A raft of negative TV ads that Sen. Hillary Clinton was expected to launch against Sen. Barack Obama has apparently been put on hold -- at least until "Super Tuesday." Clinton's win in the New
Hampshire primary has changed the dynamics of the race, leading to the move, according to various political strategists and ad consultants.
"I would be very wary of being the first to
draw blood," says John Lapp, a Democratic adman not currently affiliated with any presidential campaign. "You have such an advantage doing the response, being able to call the other person negative,
and then you go ahead and lower the boom."
Lapp, who advised Rep. Richard Gephardt in his 2004 presidential bid, adds that he sees the next round of ads from Clinton and Obama
pointing out each other's flaws in an indirect way: "For the near future, they'll be positive, aspirational, and at most have very collegial comparatives with no names mentioned."
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