Biden and Julie trade snarks

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Ouch! The Rudy camp just sent out a snarky release attacking Biden for his slams at Giuliani. They're reaching back to Biden's failed 1987 campaign, which was derailed after allegations of plagiarism. It's something that is very rarely brought up, at least here in Iowa.

From Giuliani's press shop: "The good Senator is quite correct that there are many differences between Rudy and him. For starters, Rudy rarely reads prepared speeches and when he does he isn’t prone to ripping off the text from others. And, Senator Biden certainly falls in to the bucket of those on the stage tonight who have never had executive experience and have never run anything. Wait, I take that back, Senator Biden has never run anything but his mouth."

That smarts!

Team Biden, for its part, issued a list of instances during the debate when rivals complimented the Delaware senator. “The phrase most often heard on the stage tonight was, “Joe is right,” followed closely by the phrase, “I agree with Joe," says Biden campaign manager Luis Navarro.

*** UPDATE *** No one can accuse Team Biden of being sluggish. It only took Biden's camp 27 minutes to react to the Giuliani release that brought up his less-than-proud moment 20 years ago.

From Communications Director Larry Rasky:
“We are well aware that former Mayor Giuliani will attempt to drag this race into the mud where the Republicans like to wage their campaigns. It’s pretty obvious that they can’t defend themselves on the real charge that Mr. Giuliani walked away from the cops and firefighters who were waiting for the 9/11 Commission to be enacted and the Biden crime bill to be restored.”

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/10/30/439815.aspx