[Alberta's Child]

He's leaving his options open -- sort of like what Michael Bloomberg did when he ran for mayor of New York City in 2001 (Bloomberg was a life-long Democrat who switched to the GOP just to avoid running in a hotly-contested Democratic primary).

He's not going to switch parties, but there is at least an implied threat that he could run as an independent on a "neo-conservative" ticket -- probably with Joe Lieberman as his running mate. In fact, this scenario would probably offer him the best chance -- though still a small one -- of winning a presidential election.

I wonder how his cheerleaders here on FreeRepublic would feel about a turn of events like this.

[sitetest]

Dear Alberta's Child,

In the extremely unlikely event that Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Lieberman ran together as independents, I'd expect that a substantial minority of FR members would back the ticket.

I think this would mirror the electorate as a whole. I think that a Giuliani/Lieberman independent ticket would take an appreciable number of voters who would otherwise most likely vote Republican, and perhaps a small sliver of those who would ordinarily vote Democrat.

The question is, whose ego would win out for the top of the ticket??


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