Challenging the Escalation of Negative Politics | Capital Commentary

Challenging the Escalation of Negative Politics | Capital Commentary by Michael Gerson.  MGB: If she was forced into second class insurance because the plant closed and Romney profited from that style of capitalism that closed it (that he brought to the firm from day one), than that view of capitalism is an issue. It never used to be this bad, mostly because the money was not there to do it.  Willie Horton ads, thanks to Karl Rove (whom Gerson served with in the Bush White House) had a lot to do with it, but Lee Atwater and Jesse Helms had something to do with it too - although certainly the nuclear war ad against Goldwater was probably the first shot.