Before Quote by Rick Wilson

A lot of our Democratic consultants have fallen into the self-defeating prescription that the candidate that runs the most negative ads wins. I have…

— Martin O'Malley

But it was very hard for people to separate me out from Hillary Clinton. All their ads were Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John Edwards,…

— Brad Carson

Other Republican candidates may retort to personal attacks and negative ads.

— George W. Bush

It's the Democrats' same old weakness: much too much dependency on consultants and TV ads rather than mobilizing people.

— Bernie Sanders

I want to make sure every House Republican is protected from some kind of dishonest Democratic ad. So let me say on the record,…

— Newt Gingrich

I have to go over my carefully prepared ad-libs.

— Vin Scully

Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left. It's totally dishonest.

— David Ogilvy

Today, you've got hedge fund billionaires aligned with Karl Rove, running ads against me to try to get Democrats to vote for you [Bernie…

— Hillary Clinton

It's a matter of fact that Senator Obama has spent more money on negative ads than any political campaign in history.

— John McCain

The party currently is about fund-raising and occasionally blasting out ads.

— Wes Boyd

I've been a Democrat all my life.

— Caroline Kennedy

Even though voters overwhelmingly dislike negative ads, they do influence voters' opinions about a candidate.

— Mercedes Schlapp