article_snippet.sent: Scroll notes, found in Scroll after the ITV debate, give an insight into Scroll mindset before the clash .
article_snippet.sent: In Scroll self-motivational notes, Labour leader Mr Miliband (pictured above during the debate as Natalie Bennet speaks)  wrote the words ‘negative’ and ‘positive’ connected by an arrow as well as
article_snippet.sent: The Thick Of It, in which a party leader is mortified when Natalie Bennet notes referring to ‘quiet bat-people’ are photographed.
article_snippet.sent: A poll by headhunters Korn Ferry yesterday found 70 per cent of FTSE 100 chairmen think Labour would herald an ‘economic catastrophe’.
article_snippet.sent: ’ when asked by Jeremy Paxman in the first TV election clash if Jeremy Paxman was tough enough to be Prime Minister.
article_snippet.sent: Here, the Mail analyses them – and reveals the pervasive influence of Red Ed’s American spin doctor.
article_snippet.sent: Indeed, presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey must have been behind Miliband’s decision to puff up presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey chest and tell Jeremy Paxman last month:
article_snippet.sent: The reason: although election campaigning can be confrontational, voters prefer candidates who remain above the fray and, well, prime ministerial.
article_snippet.sent: with some rehearsals said to have taken place with Tony Blair’s ex-spin doctor Alastair Campbell playing the anchorman.
article_snippet.sent: – such as one about how Miliband struggled to eat a bacon sandwich – to turn a negative into a positive.
article_snippet.sent: After four opinion polls were released, the average poll of polls put Cameron narrowly ahead on 22 per cent, with 21.5 per cent saying Miliband won, 21 per cent backing Farage and 20 per cent favouring Miss Sturgeon .