Midterm elections are rapidly approaching, and political wars are raging in the form of TV ads and campaign fundraising all over the country for House, Senate, and gubernatorial seats.

According to Campaign Media Analysis Group, a division of TNS Media Intelligence Co., which recently released its report on political ad spend for 2006, pols are spending 150% more than in 2002, possibly in hopes of swaying the emotional vote.

According to BBC News, former VP Al Gore recently told a ...