Beyond that, both candidates ran strikingly negative contests against the other: Mr. Reid's final advertisements described her as "pathological," while she suggested that Mr. Reid had somehow gotten wealthy as a result of his work in the Senate.
The result has been one of the most negative electoral contests in recent memory in which Obama is widely painted as having failed to kickstart any meaningful economic recovery, but Romney is described as a rich, elitist "vulture" capitalist out of touch with the struggles of ordinary Americans.
The credit score specialist doesn't approve of taking out many of the optimizers' methods, but he especially didn't like the negative credit contests.
In this paper, we analyze the role of negative prizes in contest design with a fixed budget, risk-neutral contestants, and independent private abilities.
And then, negative though the contest turned out to be, the undercurrents weighed in.
Mr. McCain, campaigning and raising money in New York City, said he wanted a truce because he was so dismayed by the negative turn the contest had taken.
We now know of at least two tactics that work really well in the 2012 Republican nominating contests – negative ads fueled by deep corporate pockets, and appeals to the most intolerant, hard-right elements of the party.
Then there is the dodge of contesting negative items, like histories of late payments, on the credit reports.
If you do not join Peeple, and thus can't contest those negative ratings, your profile shows only positive ones.
Under no circumstances, Mr. McCain promised, would he engage during the rest of the contest in negative campaigning.
