Pattern

Washington Post: At the end of perhaps the most charged and negative week of the presidential campaign, Sen. John McCain sought to tone down his rhetoric toward Sen. Barack Obama even as his running mate, allies and his own advertising continued to attack the character of the Democrat...

KSTP: Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, locked in an increasingly tight and bitter election contest with Democrat Al Franken, said Friday that his campaign would halt negative advertising in a race recently dominated by it… In a Minnesota Public Radio News/University of Minnesota poll released earlier this week, respondents by a more than two-to-one margin blamed Coleman more than Franken for the negative tone of advertising in the Senate race.

Oralndo Sentinel: Today, Kosmas released a list of 15 questions that counter a new ad by the third-term Oviedo Republican in which he tells viewers that he is sorry for his role in the Jack Abramoff corruption scandal. Among her questions: Why is Feeney apologizing after claiming he did nothing wrong in the first place?

Anyone else see a pattern?