Barack Obama has been criticized during this election cycle for not being "tough enough."  Some have suggested that he can win the general election, even if her manages to win the Democratic Party one, because he is not enough of a "fighter" to withstand a Republican Party onslaught.  I applaud Obama attempt to stay above fray.  We, as the voting electorate, cannot decry negative campaigning and then reward it with our votes at the same time.  Negative campaigning will exists as long as it works and in 2008, sadly, it still works.  Unless... we decided we are not taking the bait anymore!

Insanity is repeatedly doing the same thing and expecting different results.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/26/obama-ive-been-taking-some-hits/