Holy Joe's Trash Talkin'

[RogueTrooper]

It would seem that Mr. Lieberman has started with the trash talk. Via firedoglake

Understandable I suppose with Lamont having turned into a serious challenger Lieberman's campaign are going to have to get their definition of Lamont across to the Connecticut voters. Also, with all the trash talking the Lamont campaign has done to Lieberman there is only so much a man should take before other are muttering that you are yella’.

My question to the Nedrenaline Junkies: How is your man going to respond to this? To Joe going negative in general and the charges in particular?*

*I particular enjoyed centerist Joe’s use of “class warfare” in his article. Fine irony indeed.

[sandnsea]

1. Would seem Lamont already started

http://nedlamont.com/blog/168/on-the-air

[RogueTrooper]

2. Ned's Ads

I dont think those are explicit responses to JL's new negative advert.

[sandnsea]

5. I didn't say they were

I said Ned started before Joe did. The little doggie ad is much snottier than Lieberman's ad. Joe's ad appears to be in response to Ned going negative, not the other way around.

If that's the kind of campaign they both want to run, that's their business. But labeling one and not the other is sleazy politics in itself.

[RogueTrooper]

7. I thought that is what I said

I thought I said that Ned went negative first - My question was about how Ned's campaign was going to respond to Joe going negative.

[dsc]

3. assuming accuracy

I find nothing wrong with this ad. These are legitimate points. I will say that for him to be going negative now, he must be worried which is a totally other issue. But negative campaigning on real issues isn't a bad thing.

[RogueTrooper]

4. I am not saying that negative campaigning is a bad thing

However, I am not sure that going negative is indicative of Lieberman's concern. Rather that he is getting in early to define his challenger before his challenger has had a chance to define himself. I was wondering what the response will be from the Lamont campaign - are they going to ignore this attack or are they going to respond; and if they are going to respond how do they plan to respond.

[dsc]

8. you did call it trash talking

which has a pretty negative connotation. Usually campaigns with no concern about opponents don't worry how they are defined. Lieberman is clearly worried here, what is unknowable at this point is if he is correct to be worried.

[Larkspur]

6. Lamont is trying to get Lieberman to debate him on the issues

Lamont even challenged Al Terzi, local CBS anchor, to help get Lieberman into a debate. Terzi said that his station was working on that.

Lieberman really doesn't want to debate Lamont, but the more he drags his feet while Lamont is on the offensive about it makes Lieberman look scared and weak.