An End To Objectivity?

Since 2000, the Democrats have stumbled through the elections as a result of many things, including relentless and ruthless GOP attacks. Nothing much has changed in this current election from the GOP, but is there any difference with the Democrats? Can they afford not to change? The change I speak of is becoming more like the GOP attack dogs. Fight fire with fire, right? For too long we have seen Democratic candidates try to rise above the "swiftboat" rhetoric in hopes that the voting populace would look past it. Time and time again they don't. I had hopes that both parties could actually speak objectively on the issues, and there has been some. But most of it is coming from Obama with any depth. McCain and Palin, to me, speak on issues very superficially and attack Obama and Biden on equally superficial issues (i.e. celebrity). You can't speak objectively on the issues without being called a "flip-flopper" or something of the like. You get branded as an opportunist that goes with the polls. This concerns me because Obama is trailing in several polls and needs to find a strategy to regain that lead. We have seen some attacks from Obama, but they are either in response to a McCain attack or it is original but just not sticking. Therefore, I believe it is time for the Dems to take a page from the GOP playbook and go after them the way they go after the Dems. If not, I fear they may again let another campaign slip away.