[governsleastgovernsbest]

Today Show ping.

[scooter2]

I don't see why Al Gore shouldn't get a new government job. They must need janitors somewhere.

[fuquadukie]

Better buy some more popcorn and beer - this is going to get even more entertaining.

[thesummerwind]

Very classy Joe, or, very .......!

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Lieberman bemoaned the fact that Gore is supporting Dean who is diametrically opposed to Gore's past positions on issues.

This shouldn't surprise Lieberman. He himself had to do a tight-wire act, while flipping on issues, in order to be crowned the VP candidate.

[Loyal Buckeye]

"The most telling moment of the interview came when Katie said: "some have called Dean too liberal. Does the endorsement by Gore, who is more centrist, help establish Dean in the mainstream?" "

Right, Gore is ultra-liberal and Dean is wacko-liberal. Gore's endorsement sure establishes Dean in the mainstream.

[PGalt]

Joe...you are the classic useful idiot. Now get back to the work of the party, Mr. Conscience of the Senate.

[JennysCool]

"Is it symbolic that this announcement will be in Harlem, where Clinton has his office?"

Sigh. The Libs. They can't even make a simple announcement without putting on a pandering show. All smoke and mirrors.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

[randita]

He pointed out that Gore had endorsed the first Gulf War but has been a bitter critic of this war, and even plays footsie with the far-left Moveon.org.

Did Russert mention that Al Gore traded his vote FOR the Gulf War for time to make a speech on the Senate floor?

[massadvj]

Folks, there is a bigger point at play here and so far nobody seems to be talking about it.

Gore's endorsement effectively sews things up for Dean. It is a very big slap in the face to Bill Clinton, and an attempt to take control of the Democrat Party away from the Clintons.

The only way the Clintons can now keep control of the party is for Hillary to enter the race. Otherwise, the party apparatus is handed over to the far leftists and Dean. I am certain Gore extracted some concession in this regard from Dean's camp in exchange for the endorsement.

Gore wants to run in '08. He has no chance if Hillary runs. So he is effectively defanging the Clintons now, trying to draw Hillary in early. The Clintons' lapdog Clark is going absolutely nowhere, so it's Hillary or nothing if they want to retain control over the party and its pursestrings.

The Clintons' response has been to withdraw and form shadow organizations for collecting soft money. I think you can take this as a sign that Hillary will not run, and that they will marshall the resources for their '08 campaign from outside the party establishment.

Still, the Dean nomination is a setback to the Toons' future ambitions.

[Savage Beast]

"Gore is thinking that his endorsement might position himself as the alternate candidate (instead of Hillary)..."

You've got to admit that the sheer scope of his wild imagination is awesome.

Lieberman spent the rest of the day nursing a blister on his tongue and sticking pins into an effegy of Gore.

(He probably never liked Gore in the first place.)

[Toespi]

I would love to see Lieberman get the nomination!

[battousai]

'Russert: "Dean has a problem with black voters, there are few in Vermont. Also, his statement that he wanted to reach out to southerners with Confederate flag decals on their pick-up trucks hurt Dean with some black voters." Beyond that, yes, Gore's relationship with Clinton can only be described as "formal." '

Hah this is a laugh the black voters who are already chained to their slave master the democRAT party, would vote for a democrat even if he were the grand pubah of the KKK,

oh wait a minuet Byrd is a democrat.. well I rest my case.

[cookcounty]

" Asked whether he would still be consider Gore for a high post in his adminstration Lieberman admitted with a laugh: "That's less likely now."

Can you blame him? The two things you look for first of all are a sense of loyalty and consistency. Gore has neither.

Al is such a strange man.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Poll question to all:

Who will be the next Dem contender to drop out of the race?

[Re-electNobody]

Wouldn't you love to have someone in the control room for the Today Show strike up "Its Howdy Doody Time" theme music as they cut away to Joe Lieberman?

[BibChr]

Lieberman's statement is true on a couple of levels, when you think about it.

...which is unusual, for him, since he sold the last shattered remnants of his soul.

Dan

[SpinyNorman]

I am dying to hear what Zell Miller has to say about this low class move.

[azhenfud]

"....someone who's against everything that Al Gore and Bill Clinton stood for: middle class tax cuts, strong foreign policy, values."

That's it, Joe. Al is trying his best to disassociate himself with those Clinton VALUES.