Dirty Tricks in NH: All rival candidates are treated to variety

[Jerseycoa]

"As the Democratic candidates for president stump across New Hampshire, they have encountered a cast of characters that pop up daily to ask embarrassing questions in front of potential supporters.

"But in the black bag of campaign tricks, planted questions are among the mildest forms of shenanigans encountered here. With so many candidates in competition to win the nation's first primary, the high jinks range from the mundane to the menacing, and are likely to intensify over the next week.

"So far, the New Hampshire attorney general is investigating phone calls made to independent voters incorrectly telling them that they are not eligible to vote in the Jan. 27 primary. At the New Hampshire headquarters for Howard Dean, someone plastered Confederate flag stickers on the cars in the parking lot. And staffers of Sen. Joseph Lieberman on Monday tore down campaign signs belonging to retired Gen. Wesley Clark near the Manchester Airport.

"Prank caller

'We've witnessed tactics here that I think are going to make it really challenging to come together behind the eventual nominee,' said one senior campaign official in the state."

Source: Chicago Tribune

[snippy]

1. The phone calls are a common republican ploy.

The RNC has done this type of thing many times, although usually in a general election.

[maddezmom]

2. "All of the campaigns deny engaging in dirty deeds...

but most privately acknowledge that everybody does it."

Thanks for posting, I'm afraid NH is going to get really ugly.

[Jerseycoa]

3. Oh, yeah

:evilfrown:

[maddezmom]

5. Kick

[aquanut]

4. Lieberman has the most illegally placed signs in NH

Lieberman was the first to place campaign signs in illegal locations and he has the most illegally placed signs. It smacks of desperate tactics.

He can't possibly win at this point, he'll be a spoiler at best, and when his staffers take down other candidate's signs it reflects poorly on him.

Is it any wonder he has such a high negative rating?

http://www.pollingreport.com/J-O.htm#Lieberman