1.   -- No more annoying, cloying, destroying negative political commercials on TV.

2.   Alexander ran negative commercials against Gov. Pete Wilson of California in this state last year.

3.   Brooks has started buying expensive television ads in Houston, where he has not advertised before, and he is running negative commercials.

4.   But instead of the ominous music that often accompanies negative commercials, this one features carousel music mixed with a touch of ragtime.

5.   Forbes did not so much apologize for the pervasive negative commercials he has been broadcasting as to indicate that he thought they had damaged his campaign.

6.   He also suffers from his original decision to put negative commercials on the air here.

7.   He called on Forbes to at least use more flattering photographs if he wanted to broadcast negative commercials.

8.   His negative commercials hurt his rivals, but in the end they hurt him even more.

9.   Indeed, Alexander ran negative commercials against Gov. Pete Wilson of California, who later withdrew from the race, in this state last year.

10.   Seventy-seven percent of those surveyed said the negative commercials had not changed their vote for Sharp or Perry.