Axelrod: Romney's ads are making people think Obama's running a negative campaign

David Axelrod: Partly, Joe, that’s because the Romney campaign and their friends in the Super PAC world have just spent tens and tens of millions of dollars specifically on spots accusing Obama of running a negative campaign. So, I’m not surprised to see those numbers, generally.

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Scarborough: So, it’s not you’re negative ads, it’s their negative ads accusing you of being negative that is causing —

Axelrod: I think that had an impact on the numbers.