202 5853880. If you think its more positive, 202 5853881. And if you think its been the same as previous campaigns, 202 5853882. You can reach out to us and give us your thoughts on social media today. Twitter you can reach us at cspan wj. You can send us email to journal at cspan. Org. One of the questions they took the people who participated was the into. This is the response they got. They said this. There is another turn off for american voters. The remaining quarter has no options, suggesting they just all tuned it out. With that in mind, your thoughts on the tone of the campaign as youve been viewing it. If you perhaps think its more negative than years past, be sure to tell us why. If you think its been more positive 202 5853881. And 202 5853882 if you think the tone has been the same as in previous races. When it comes to ads, one of the things they tell us is the number of ads, according to the center for public intug row tie is reaching about a million monday, about 908,000 u. S. Senate focused tv ads this election cycle. Thats according to the folks at slate magazine. If you turn to the Washington Post this morning they have a listing of attack ads or most attacked candidates. And these are done by outside groups and the amount theyve spent. It doesnt list the specific groups but does give a dollar figure. At the top of that list of most attacked candidates by outside groups is thom tillis out of North Carolina with 32 million spent on attack ads against him. Joany ernst also the republican from iowa, 23 million spent. Mark udall the democrat from colorado with 21 million in ads targeting him, and coming in fifth, kay hagan the democrat from North Carolina, 18 million spent by outside groups, taking a look at that campaign targeting her. For those thoughts, maybe the tone of the Campaign Comes through debates, maybe it comes through ads that youve seen, maybe some other thing, as well. If you want toel the us if you think the campaign has been more negative, call us at 20 fight of 5853880. If you think its been more positive 202 5853881. If you think its been the same, 202 5853882. Well hear first from june, she is in lexington, kentucky. She thinks it has been more negative. Tell us why. Caller well, i can go back to even the beginning of when president obama im africanamerican here in kentucky. And when mr. Mcconnell first said im going to do my best to make this president a one term president , after that i was just, you know, just the whole disrespect of the presidency bothered me. Now this race here in kentucky with allison grimes, you know, i went to alisons very First Campaign party. I took four young 13yearold girls. But i guess to get to my point, i just its just really sad how disrespectful congress has been to this president. Host so june, specifically to this campaign, what youre looking at in kentucky, would you say its been a negative one so far . And if so tell us why specifically. Caller okay. Ill make this point, and i dont know how long i have. I actually was a person that signed up people for connect, the health care here in kentucky. And to listen to people call it obamacare, i would have to really correct them say call it the Affordable Care act. But we signed up 500,000 people. And the negativity thats gone on and people talking about that its not working, i had people crying on the phone saying they never had health care. They were just so happy to have it. Host okay. John from spring, texas, also says its been a negative campaign. John, hi. Caller yeah, i agree with that woman. Host before you leave tell us why you think the campaign has been negative. You have a governors race going on there. Would you say thats been negative, as well. Caller yes. Host how so . Hes gone. Rene from san antonio, texas, she says she thinks it has been the same. Hi, rene. Caller hello. Good morning. Host why do you think its been the same . Caller unfortunately ive been watching the debates on cspan, and i dont see anything different than in the last election. I think that whenever anyone one asks a direct question they never get an answer, a true answer. So im to the point where i think im just going to vote everybody new in. Oust everybody. And maybe that will make a difference, theres going to be some honest people somewhere in this country. Host so from the debates youve been watching, youre saying youre not learning anything from them, is that what im taking away . Caller no, im learning a lot. Im learning a lot. I am an educated woman but im learning that no one can answer a straight question. Host betty is next, thinks it has been a negative campaign. Hi, betty. Caller hi, good morning. I do think its negative, because the back and forth, the bickering, the no no solutions, its just so mean spirited. Nobody is trying to Work Together, not coming not coming with any kind of with any indiana dont of solutions. And it just gives off that negativity and im pretty much at my wits end. And its sad the politicians cannot Work Together on behalf of the American People. Host being where you are what have ads been like . You probably get them from pennsylvania, i suspect, and the surrounding states. Caller yes. The ads i pretty much dont really once you see them ads i pretty much kind of am turned off. I dont really Pay Attention to the ads as much, because its pretty much its to be expected, you know, just very negative. Host again, if youre just joining us about the campaign, campaign 2014 if you think were asking if you think it has been more negative or months testify or the same. During this time we want to show you some of the debates weve been taking in, and some very charged, as far as nature and the tone of the campaign to help illustrate what were trying to discuss with you. By the way, six debates that you can see tonight on cspan. If you go to our web site, cspan. Org, part of our campaign 2014 coverage about 130 debates were up to covering. Six of those you can see tonight. You can find out more information from our web site at cspan. Org. But here is a sample or bit of debate that took place. This is out of minnesota. Its the republican challenger, mike mcfadden, hes challenging the democratic senator from minnesota, al franken. The topic was that of partisan ship. I believe that al franken is one of the most part i and the senators in Politico Magazine why have senator roger wicker, a republican of mississippi, worked with me to reign the Credit Rating agencies on wall street. Look at actions versus words. May i answer . Go ahead. Okay. I see Common Ground when i can. But, i also stand my ground when i when they come after the middle class. And this is where mr. Mcfadden and i fundamentally disagree. I think the economy works from the middle out. I want to work for the middle class i yo i talk about we have to plaintiff on. Were talking about partisanship. Politico magazine came out with a study, they ranked senators from one to 100 in terms of their ability to cosponsor legislation across the aisle. You were ranked last place 100 out of 100 senators. My dad said look at actions not words. According to that statistic, ted cruz is one of the most bipartisian members of the senate. Host again, we can only show you a portion of that. If you want to see the whole thing go to our web site, campaign 2014 web site at cspan. Org where you can see the whole exchange between those two candidates. Well be showing you more as we go through our first 45 minutes this morning. As we ask you about the tone of the campaign, what you think about it. James thinks the tone has been the same. James is from chattanooga, tennessee. Thanks for holding on. Go ahead. Caller thank you for having me. I think its the same old stuff because each candidate or party is trying to talk about certain talking points, like whether its abortion, or whether its Affordable Health care or, you know, obamacare, or Something Like that, its just meant to take the focus off whats really important. Host when you see candidates debate, how much do you learn from them . Because we had a viewer talk to us about how much she learned from debates, perhaps even ads if you learn anything from the ads you might be seeing on tv. Caller well, i went to a Third District debate in tennessee, and the congressman kept on, you know, not trying to answer the questions. And talking about being civil. The challenger wanted to talk about some real issues. So i tell you, the challenger was the one that brought up, you know, some solutions. So that was helpful. Host who is the incumbent in the Third District . Caller chuck fleshman. Host is that your candidate of choice . Caller ive already voted for mary hendrix. I mean, im hoping that you know she doesnt turn washington when she gets in there. Host what was the one thing that drove you to her f. There was one thing out of the many things that might have driven you to her . Caller just the fact that she had humility and had served in the trenches doing several different jobs like i had, and well rounded experience that i thought she brought to the campaign. Host thats james from chattanooga, tennessee, as one who says the campaign has been more negative. This is georgia, carol, hello, how are you . Caller give me a second, okay . The thing here in georgia is that, you know, the ads are very negative. Michelle nunn is trying to speak. And some facts dont get heard in all the chatter. The thing is that in georgia they have really turned georgia im from i had called in a while ago and i had told you that im from georgia. Marshville lost 41,000 jobs out of the whole state of georgia we lost the most jobs. And it used to be the most paying job. The koreans came in, and it went to mexico. And now you have the state the capitol, all of them are republicans now, 15 democrats, okay . But the thing they when obama was elected, thats okay, i want you to Pay Attention, pedro, the thing is that i dont understand why the media they let the republicans come on there, you dont even talk about how well the economy is doing. We are not where we was. And it is because of Barack Hussein obama, not because of george bush. If you Pay Attention, everybody is trying to run on hate. You cant get anything with hate. God is about love. If you Pay Attention, pedro, everything they have tried to come against the president for, he have come through like hallelujah, go democrat. Host thats carol from georgia, mentioning Michelle Nunn runs as candidate, one of the debates we took in was fever youring her. It was she and republican david purdue who talked about negative ads, also talked about outside money in campaigns. Here is a bit of the debate. I challenged david to keep the outside money from georgia. Lets do Something Different in georgia. But within a few hours david you said no were not going to do that. And i think you know, we do see millions and millions of dollars coming in for negative advertising. Ive also said we need Campaign Finance reform. We need transparency when groups come in and spend millions of dollars without us knowing who they are. So you know, i do want to point out that the winner of the most a grig us ad of the campaign, not just in georgia but the entire United States of america, has been given to you, david, for saying that president george h. W. Bushs points of Life Organization has given money to terrorists. That ad was called pants on fire lie, not only by the ajc, but by time magazine, by New York Times, and usa today. In the actual hall of fame of pants on fire. Okay. Lets hash this out because this is what people have seen at home. She is correct in the sense that people who judged this who arent part of your campaign say it was misleading, what was in her memo is not how it was presented in the advertising. Its right in the memo. Thats exactly what was in the memo. Here is the other part of what youre not getting straight. Michael bloomberg put 350,000 in your pack to come into georgia to fight against our Second Amendment rights. You got millions of dollars given to you by outside liberal parties who want to come in here and steal this election. When i look at this race, the outcome is too important for our country, the direction of our country, for our kids and grandkids for us to sit in here and bicker about ads. Host again, some of that exchange from the debate between the two candidates. Find out more at our web site at cspan. Org. Back to the phones. Hello. Caller yes, my name is im from las vegas. I came here to the United States, and dont get me wrong i am so proud i came here to america. I am grateful to america. Im a naturalized citizen now. Everything is argument, instead of just working together. All you have to do is compromise. Then there will be something accomplished. Nothing is accomplished when everybody is attacking each other. Theyre not working together. They should Work Together. You know. And the lady who you know, she holds something she sees it as a sign of responsibility. Host bill says the campaign has been more negative. Hes from new york. Go ahead. Caller hi, good morning. Host good morning. Caller i think the tone of this campaign is decidedly negative because america is so divided at this point. And i think america is divided because what were seeing is that the reign of the conservative white male is coming to an end and the emergence of liberalism is rising, and so the conservative white male is lashing back in a very angry fashion, and thats creating the great divide. Host how do you see that demonstrated in the campaign specifically . Caller well, you know, the conservative white male is backed by the coch brothers, and it goes to, you know, antiabortion, it goes to antiobama, it goes to serving the rich class rather than serving the middle class. And its a very powerful faction, but its dying in an angry fashion. Host off of twitter, candidates prefer to discuss negative issues rather than address solutions. Solutions. If you want to comment on your thoughts on the tone of the campaign, if it has been more positive, more negative or the same, 202 5853880 if you think more negative, 202 5853881 more positive. If you think the same 202 5853882. You can reach out to us on social media, as well. Joeys from woodbridge, virginia. He thinks the tone has been the same. Joe, tell us why. Caller definitely believe its business as usual. Im a white male. Im 50yearsold, and i dont see any more rhetoric or negative campaigning than i have my whole life. But i would say that as far as nastiness is concerned, the democrats definitely take the cake in that, and thats why they win elections. Republicans want to get a little bit more nasty if they want to win another election. Host how close have you been following debates and ads and things like that this cycle . Caller well, you know, ive pretty much turned a deaf ear to it at this point because im not getting anything out of it. I do want to make a comment on the lady who called in a few calls ago. Its almost comical now at this point to hear africanamericans call in and complain about the negativity towards president obama. I mean, the bottom line is, people are negative towards president obama, not because of his skin color, but because they believe hes a horrible president. His policies have been devastating for this country. Hes flooded the country with illegal aliens, not approved the Keystone Pipeline, millions of americans have lost health insurance. Hes run trillion dollar deficits over the last six years. Why wouldnt people want to criticize him . Host dave from california, thinks the campaign has been more negative. Hi, dave. Caller hello. Yes, it has been more negative. And i also plan to more primitive. It reminds me more of 15t 15th century politicking than 21st century political messaging. Host why so . Caller candidates seem to be challenged to either return to the past or just running negative campaign, in other words just using the failure of an incumbent or somebodys personal live as opposed to challenging ideas. No good seems to come from that. Host do you think the negative aspect comes from the debuts or ads or are they equal . Caller i think its a general national. Of Representative Democracy where outside money influences elections by basically class tieing competitors. Super packs have been pretty good at that. Host chuck from virginia. Hi there. You think its the same. Tell us why. Caller its the same probably a little worse. You know, these things happen because not the last guy but the guy before the last going to calling in with the nonsense he has been talking about the president being a horrible president. The reason why thinks are horrible is because people represent him. People if the American People are stupid enough to put the senate back in the hand of the people who are screwing up everything to make sure nothing to get back in power again, they dont give a dam about them. All they want to do is make sure the democrats so they can get back mad at the democrats and put them back in power. They dont deserve to be able to vote. Thats why you dont have anything because the people you love. You keep voting for them. Go become to Ronald Reagan when he screwed up the rescue of the students in iran. They screwed that up on purpose to make sure the democrats didnt get elected again. Wake up stop being so stupid. Host again, if you think the campaign has been more negative, more positive, the same, you can have a chance and ability to call in and let us know. Recently the defense secretary chuck hagel speaking at the Washington Ideas Forum in washington, d. C. Announced policy when it specifically comes to members of the military who travel where ebola might be present. Here is a little bit from the forum about this policy. What i said in response this morning was give me within 15 days the operational specifics of how that would workings and the