What’s remarkable about this election is that it seems that a lot of people are booing attack ads. It seems like I’m far from the only one that much prefers candidates to talk on how they can work together, not to take perpetual jabs at each other. Not only does it not move us forward, but it’s frankly irritating.

In tonight’s debate, Hillary seemed to be in attack overdrive mode. After one particularly pointed remark, John Edwards made a comment about how, before she finished third in Iowa, she didn’t seem to be so focused on the negative politics. Bravo, John.

Anyone who read my (admittedly lengthy and sometimes meandering) commentary on the 100 Club dinner last night–or anyone who went there–remembers one thing that seemed odd: Hillary fans were assigned to tables right by the stage, and right in front of the cameras. The Obama tables were cast into a corner, perpendicular to all the cameras, at a distance. I was somewhat peeved by this, but didn’t think too much of it.

I can’t believe I’m linking to Fox, but it turns out that a Fox reporter picked up on this, with surprisingly good insight. (For brevity, feel free to scroll about a third of the way down and start with the sentence beginning, “Never was that on display more clearly than at the 100 Club Dinner here Friday night.”)

I think I speak for almost everyone, not just fellow Obama supporters, when I say that this type of sneaky campaigning isn’t welcome here. When the Republicans tried phone-jamming our get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts years ago, we sent them to jail. We don’t like people who play dirty in New Hampshire, and any politician who thinks they can come into our state and pull the wool over our eyes is in for a surprise. Except it’s really no surprise, but rather, common sense: we like an honest, clean fight in which the best candidate wins, and the voters will speak on Tuesday.