https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/04/rip-positive-ads/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 09:25:57 -0400<![CDATA[A full 86 percent of Obama’s television advertising and 79 percent of Romney’s has been negative, according to the Wesleyan Media Project, which tracks political advertising. By comparison, Obama and John McCain had spent an average of 69 percent of their TV budgets on negative ads by this point in 2008, and George W. Bush and John Kerry had spent 58 percent in 2004.]]>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 19:15:30 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/04/rip-positive-ads-n97184