In the article "GOP Pulling Cash form South Dakota Senate Race" (Link to Article), Manu Raju discusses how confident Republicans in Washington are withdrawing funds from the senate campaign in South Dakota. Rounds has been the leader of the campaign ever since he "blasted Pressler and Weiland with hard-hitting ads." Rounds initially resisted airing the ads, but resorted to them recently, and they took a tremendous effect on the largely conservative state. The article does mention Weiland's concern of the attack on him and Pressler. Weiland states the negativity of the ads are not good for anyone including Rounds.
This article shows the current campaigning methods candidates are using. The republicans obviously feel that Rounds will win Senate for SD, and that is the reason behind their withdrawal of funds. I agree with Weiland that the ad hominem against other candidates is honestly a bad representation of what he or she believes is okay. Yes, I understand that in a close race, this may be one of the only options left, but the votes should not be based on a person's attack on another person just for the sake of it. I am glad that Rounds did not take that option right away, and I am excited to see the outcome of this race! Go Rounds!
I agree with Giles-- playing dirty by slamming the other candidates only makes you look desperate and cruel (although it is an often-used tactic). I find this article interesting because my blog post this week was about the Democrats pulling funding from Weiland's campaign ads in this last week-- it looks like both parties are following the same train of thought (and we all know how often that happens!).
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