Posted by Mark Silva at 12:45 pm
Now Sen. Joe Lieberman is starting to get hacked with – or is it, hacked by? – his opponent’s supporters in Connecticut’s primary election today.
The Lieberman campaign has complained that supporters of challenger Ned Lamont have hacked into Lieberman’s campaign Web site and campaign e-mail. Campaign manager Sean Smith has called on the Connecticut attorney general – Lieberman’s old office – to investigate.Now, the Lamont campaign claims to know of no such hacking.
And, in the realm of Election Day dirty tracks, one campaign’s foul play can be another campaign’s goldmine. Simply accusing someone of dirty tricks is a well-worn trick in its own right. The beauty of cross-fire such as this is, it never gets resolved before the polls close. So the charges are out there. Will they stick? Will they matter?
“If Ned Lamont has a backbone in his body,” Smith said today, “he will call on these people to cease and desist.”
Lamont, campaigning this afternoon in Bridgeport, claimed to know nothing about the accusations. “It’s just another scurrilous charge,” he said.
The Lieberman Web site started having trouble Monday night, according to his campaign. It crashed this morning at 6 am CDT.
“Voters cannot go to our Web site. They cannot access information,” Smith complained. “It is a deliberate attempt to disenfranchise voters.”
Sure enough, a recent check of www.joe2006.com found a Web site “Under Construction.” Not a good state to be in on Election Day.
“Please check back soon,” the campaign implores of would-be surfers.
And of course, www.nedlamont.com is up and running.
“Vote for change,” Lamont’s Web-site suggests.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
