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Negative campaign ads through American history

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As America resigns itself to another interminable presidential race, you can already hear voices crying out against divisive tactics and unsupported accusations. While it's popular to view negative campaigning as a dirty product of modern politics, the dark arts of "candidate definition" have been practiced since the very birth of our republic. Radar takes a look at some of history's most negative campaign posters.

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