Desperate Times

TEXT: McCain Promised a New Kind of Campaign... MCCAIN: "We need to have change in America. We need to do things differently. I want to prove to you that I will wage a respectful campaign. [McCain Town Hall, Thomasville, AL, 4/21/08] TEXT: ...But Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures. HAGEL: "Yeah, I think John is treading on some very thin ground here when he impugns motives and when we start to get into 'you're less patriotic than me, I'm more patriotic.'" [CBS Face the Nation, 7/27/08] QUESTION: "Joe Klein, writing in Time Magazine, says 'This is the ninth presidential campaign I've covered. I can't remember a more scurrilous statement by a major party candidate. It smacks of desperation.' Those are pretty strong words from Joe Klein, whom you obviously know." [CNN Late Edition, 7/27/08] QUESTION: "You admit, that's a pretty stunning charge." [MSNBC, Morning Joe, 7/30/08] HEADLINES ACROSS THE SCREEN: Washington Post, 7/30/08 McCain Charge Against Obama Lacks Evidence USA TODAY, 7/29/08 McCain attack ad cheapens campaign. More to come? New York Times, 7/30/08 McCain Goes Negative, Worrying Some in GOP New York Times, 7/30/08 Low Road Express TEXT: John McCain's Idea of a New Kind of Campaign?