The political season is heating up in Vermont, and two congressional candidates, Peter Welch (D) and Martha Rainville (R), have pledged to run clean and open campaigns. However, Rainville recently was the beneficiary of a $21,000 effort to test negative campaign tactics in Vermont. The Republican National Congressional Committee paid the firm that produced the "Swift Boat" ads in 2004 to question Vermonters about similar ads to appear on behalf of Rainville. The expenditure was recorded with the national Election Commission and reported by The Associated Press.
Rainville claims that she knew nothing of this. The question now is which of these candidates will say "no" to further attempts by national committees and their ad agencies to smear the opponent.
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