Two Dean Aides Fired
Two Iowa aides of Howard Dean have been fired for trying to infiltrate John Kerry's campaign.
In a letter to the Kerry camp, Jeani Murray, Dean’s Iowa campaign manager, said the two were terminated after an investigation prompted by complaints by John Norris, who is running Kerry’s Iowa effort.
Norris complained in a letter to Murray earlier in the day that the two men claimed to work for Dean and approached the Massachusetts senator’s Creston, Iowa, office, earlier in the week asking about the operation. Norris said one of the men, Mitch Lawson, admitted Thursday to being employed by Dean and said they were trying to get their hands on “calling scripts.”
Also, Thursday, Gephardt made accusations against Dean alleging that he intended to have out of state workers come in to vote in the Iowa primary, a charge Dean flatly denied.
It's likely to get nastier as the primary gets closer. We don't think anyone benefits from dirty laundry.
Update: The NY Times reports voters in Iowa are having second thoughts about Dean, but not enough to throw the primary into disarray.
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