Lieberman campaign promises a fight
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060806/ap_on_el_se/connecticut_senateORANGE, Conn. - U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman's campaign manager said Sunday that challenger Ned Lamont's ads have "taken their toll," but he promised a fight in the final two days of the campaign to overcome what he called negative messages.
Sean Smith said the campaign has scaled back its get-out-the-vote efforts for Tuesday's primary "a little bit" to spend more money on ads. But he said the campaign will still have an unprecedented presence with thousands of people helping out. Supporters are coming from across the country, he said in a conference call with reporters
"They have taken their toll," Smith said of the ads. "And we are going to combat that in the next 48 hours with a positive message about Joe Lieberman's record."
Lieberman, a three-term incumbent and his party's vice presidential candidate in 2000, has been dogged by liberal Democrats angry at him for supporting the war in Iraq. Lamont, a political newcomer and founder of a cable company, has capitalized on the war's unpopularity in Connecticut by accusing Lieberman of being too close to Republicans and President Bush.
A Quinnipiac University poll released last week showed the Greenwich businessman leading Lieberman 54 percent to 41 percent.
Smith said the polls are unreliable. "It is notoriously difficult to predict who is going to turn out in this race," he said.
Lamont, who has spent about $4 million of his own money on the race, strongly disagreed with Smith's assessment.
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