Dalton: Dellinger is 'pandering'

Walter Dalton says Hampton Dellinger's ad is "extreme pandering."

In an e-mail to supporters, the candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor attacked Dellinger's pledge in a recent ad to "bring our National Guard home from Iraq."

"Like most Americans and nearly all Democrats, Senator Dalton wants to bring our troops home from Iraq," Dalton spokesman Lewis Lowe said in a statement. "But to tell voters that the lieutenant governor can bring the National Guard home is disturbing on many levels."

Lowe added that the ad "illustrates a lack of understanding" of the office of lieutenant governor and "a deep underestimation of North Carolina voters if he believes they will buy his extreme pandering."

Previously: Smathers, Besse object to ad.