Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Well, I've been spending the last little while having a stroll through the Lamont and Lieberman web sites. I can't tell yet whether this new focus is going to be a load of fun or the source of the worst brain-freeze headache in the history of 7-11.
A few quick impressions: Lieberman clearly plays the role of the centrist incumbent -- there's very little material attacking Bush or Republicans, at least nothing that would make it uncomfortable to work with same later. Lamont's site gives the clear impression (pretty much every page) that there's something going on in Iraq, and it ain't good. If only that would stop, all our worries would be over. It's not clear whether Lamont is running against Lieberman, Bush or Jalal Talabani. I can see that this "appeals to the base," but to the great middle? We'll see.
The Lamont site is slightly more tech-savy, while Lieberman's has that big-type look of a site designed for a lower-common-denominator type of web user. While I think I've read some internet folks criticizing Lieberman on that count, personally, I think that's advantage Lieberman on the electronic billboard front.
I notice that as of Sunday, Joe's campaign blog has shut down comments.
Ooooooo! I am risen from the grave to haunt and torment those who used my family's grief for their own petty political gain! Ooooooo! But not you, Joe, not just yet. I'll be back--right now I'm off to give Bill Frist a wedgie. A wedgie FROM BEYOND. Terri Schiavo | Homepage | 09.08.06 - 5:09 pm | #
joe is a neo liberal fascist. ILOVEJOE | 09.09.06 - 4:51 pm | #
I'm just tired of watching Joe Lieberman publicly fellating George Bush, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove. Is that so wrong? joebituary | 09.09.06 - 7:30 pm | #
I can't imagine why they decided blog comments weren't fitting in with their campaign image paradigm. Don't worry, Joe, even Abe Lincoln had issues with blog comments.
It's not all high road for Joe's site, though. The new, "The Full Lamonty" feature appears to be a sort of new attack-blog feature. That could make things entertaining. For instance, did you know that while Lamont is all against PAC money, his wife is no stranger to PAC contributions?
Doh!
No worry, though, at least one commenter on Lamont's blog (yes, his still has comments), is promising that turn about is fair play...in spades:
It's like a blog war with voting, ballots and millions of dollars at play! Woohoo!
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