The new ad seems to have caused the entire Lieberman campaign to implode in a fit of furious spin. Here's the new Lieberman press release (via CGG):

Statement from Marion Steinfels on the Lieberman Campaign’s reaction to Negative Ned’s Latest Smear Tactics:

“Ned Lamont’s smear tactics hit a new low today with this vicious attack on Sen. Lieberman. Ned’s army of consultants he hired to run his campaign -from former Republican Party Chair, Tom D’Amore to Bill Hillsman- who have spent years working to defeat Democrats, are at it again.”

Yes... an "army of consultants" consisting of entirely two people. And who are those two people? An adman who got Paul Wellstone elected to the senate and an independent consultant who Lieberman falsely claimed was a Republican and Ned Lamont's campaign manager.

But it gets better...

HERE ARE THE FACTS ON JOE LIEBERMAN:

Joe Lieberman has been a scathing critic of the Bush Administration.

Hold on a sec. My brain just exploded from laughing, and I have to clean it up.

...OK, better now. Let's continue...

Joe Lieberman is the only person in the United States of America who ran against George W. Bush twice, and beat him once.

I'm not even sure I know what that means. But it doesn't exactly sound like a ringing endorsement.

Lieberman criticized the Bush administration before the war started and after it began.

But not on Iraq.

Lieberman harshly criticized the Bush Administration for being unprepared for the post war situation in Iraq.

But he hasn't done anything about it.

...Joe Lieberman Opposes Bush’s Attempts to Pack the Court with Right-Wing Ideologues, including Miguel Estrada and Dennis Shedd.

But Alito was OK.

...Joe Lieberman OPPOSED the Nomination of Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court.

But he voted for cloture, allowing Alito onto the Supreme Court, telling Sean Hannity he did so "because it was time to move on."

It seems like someone really doesn't like being called George Bush's Favorite Democrat.