Buckshot:
negative campaigning is about "don't vote for blogs because he beats his children/dog/cat/wife" you don't have to spell out your agenda to the paroles, just throw mud.
That's a great thing to suggest, given elements of the media read these pages.
Hopefully AOPA is smart enough to not want to be tainted or embarrassed by being caught out engaging in lies and rubbish like that.
Aaaaah one of those "honourable" types.
Let me explain. Politics is not an honourable calling. if you want something you have to fight for it, and if you fight using Marquis of Queensbury rules you have already lost.
Tainted? yes. Embarrassed? No. Respected as a no holds barred advocate for Aviation? Yes.
To put that another way, play nice and all you will get is the proverbial up your backside.
Every time.