Posted on 12/17/2007 6:08:18 PM PST by shrinkermd
Lieberman and McCain are bound by their fervent support for the Iraq War; the announcement is timed for New Hampshire, where independents can vote in either party's Jan. 8 primary. However, any political gain will probably be on the margins: in the 2004 Democratic primary, "Joementum" crashed and burned in the Granite State, as voters placed the senator from nearby Connecticut fifth with a mere 9 percent of the vote. Currently, McCain trails Mitt Romney by 16 points in New Hampshire, according to a compendium of polls charted by Pollster.com.
However, the hidden game plan could be to push McCain ahead of Rudy Giuliani as the "less-religious" alternative to Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee heading into February's big-state primaries. According to Pollster.com, McCain recently passed Giuliani in New Hampshire for the first time since last spring.
Although Giuliani remains the national front-runner, his poll numbers have plunged following national headlines about taxpayer expenses related to the then-mayor's affair with his current wife, Judith Nathan. (Lefty blogs have labeled the saga "Sex on the City.") A head-to-head comparison between Giuliani and McCain is uniquely unflattering to the former New York mayor. McCain is the Republican who best neutralizes Giuliani's 9/11 calling card, since the Arizona senator has hung his political hat on the Bush troop surge. Also, there's no comparing the foreign policy experience, especially as Giuliani ran away from the Iraq Study Group
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It’s irrelevant who Lieberman endorses as a Republican. McPain is irrelevant also.
Too bad for McCain that he killed himself with his high-profile flop on immigration.
All Mutts(no pun intended)
About like Kucinich endorsing L. Ron Paullard.
This sets up what I’ve been predicting...a third party run with McCain - Lieberman. That against the true Republican nominee and either Hillary or Barak would be verrrry interesting !!!!
That three way race would be very difficult to handicap, but I think would pretty much rule out a Pres. Hillary of Obama... but a Pres. McCain wouldn’t be too pleasant either...talk about the lessor of two evils!
Lieberman is not known for hidden game plans. The author is grasping at straws.
You might be insulting L. Ron by comparing him to Ron Paul.
At least L. Ron was in favor of the Fair Tax as early as the 1950s.
In a time of serious, crusade war, we have mutts to choose from. ???
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