They reveled in biting negative ads, battering Mitt Romney's business career to persuade swing voters that they were better off sticking with Obama.
With 41 days before the election and a comfortable lead in the polls, Gov. George E. Pataki is campaigning as if it were the final week, deploying supporters and negative ads to batter his Democratic opponent in a bid to effectively end the race before it really starts.
While he used negative ads to batter Hollenbach -- most notably one that featured a farmer arguing that Hollenbach's statements on taxes amounted to shoveling manure -- Musson and Dyche recall McConnell showing a soon-to-be-discarded restraint.
Some researches indicate that the bearing capacity of negative battle pile is less than that of positive batter pile under free pile head.
The Church of Scientology has been battered by negative publicity in the last few days.
On television, the negative advertisements that had battered Iowans for days were gone, replaced by sunny advertisements in which the Democrats built up their credentials.
Steve Case, chairman and chief executive of America Online, told a packed room that investors had wildly overreacted to negative market news recently, battering his stock way lower than it deserved.
In recent weeks, Mr. Bradley's insurgent campaign has been battered by negative news coverage and falling poll numbers, and many political analysts have argued that he has not been sharp enough in drawing distinctions with Mr. Gore or aggressive enough in responding to the vice president's repeated attacks.
During the news conference, he was hit with a number of tough questions and accusations from journalists — a reflection of the mounting anger at the banks and real estate developers, who are generally perceived to be responsible for the three consecutive years of negative growth that have battered Irish citizens.
BURLINGTON, Iowa — With his candidacy battered by negative campaign ads and a disappointing showing in the Iowa caucuses, Newt Gingrich is adjusting his strategy to rescue his ailing campaign, aggressively swatting back at Mitt Romney, whose supporters have painted him into the box of a Washington influence-peddler.
SeaWorld has been battered by negative press in recent years as former orca trainers have spoken out against the company's practices, first in the documentary Blackfish and in a book, Beneath the Surface, by former trainer John Hargrove.
