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Lambert criticized Treen for opposing an [[amendment]] to the popular Meals on Wheels elderly nutrition program. Treen explained that the program had been funded for $99 million but another $141 million had been left unspent from the preceding year. He considered further spending for such programs to be [[inflation]]ary.<ref>''Shreveport Journal,'' October 2, 1979, p. 1.</ref>​

Lambert criticized Treen for opposing an [[amendment]] to the popular Meals on Wheels elderly nutrition program. Treen explained that the program had been funded for $99 million but another $141 million had been left unspent from the preceding year. He considered further spending for such programs to be [[inflation]]ary.<ref>''Shreveport Journal,'' October 2, 1979, p. 1.</ref>​

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Lambert won the support of Edwards and Edwards' predecessor as governor, John Julian McKeithen, who had supported Hardy in the primary. Some, however, speculated that Edwards did not mind that Treen won the election because Edwards wanted to challenge a "Governor Treen" in the 1983 nonpartisan blanket primary for a potential third term. In his endorsement of Lambert, Edwards said:​

Lambert won the support of Edwards and Edwards' predecessor as governor, John Julian McKeithen, who had supported Paul Hardy in the primary. Some, however, speculated that Edwards did not mind that Treen won the election because Edwards wanted to challenge a "Governor Treen" in the 1983 nonpartisan blanket primary for a potential third term. In his endorsement of Lambert, Edwards said:​

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