Obama says McCain is too negative

From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli ROLLA, MO -- Obama said at a town hall here today that McCain is running a campaign based on nothing more than fear and negative attacks. “He’s spending an awful lot of time talking about me,” Obama told a crowd of 1,200. “I haven’t seen an ad yet where he talks about what he’s going to do. And the reason is because those folks know they don’t have any good answers. They know they’ve had their turn over the last eight years and made a mess of things... And so the only way they figure that they're going to win the election is if they make you scared of me. So what they’re saying is, 'Well we know we’re not very good, but you can’t risk electing Obama. You know, he’s new. He doesn’t look like the other presidents on the currency.'" Earlier, speaking at a restaurant in the town of Lebanon, Obama responded directly to a question about McCain’s new television ad by asking reporters to turn the tables. “He doesn’t seem to have anything to say very positive about ... (link)