I'm endorsing Johnny, now exit stage left ...
Posted on 12/16/2007 12:19:59 PM PST by Alter Kaker
Democratic and Republican sources say that Sen. Joe Lieberman, the independent Democrat from Connecticut and fierce supporter of the war in Iraq, will formally endorse Sen. John McCain tomorrow in New Hampshire.
A McCain spokesperson declined to comment.
A source familiar with the endorsement said that the two will appear of NBC's Today Show tomorrow morning and at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire.
The endorsement could help McCain with independents in the state. Combine that with news that Rudy Giuliani is scaling back his advertising buy there, that the Boston Globe endorsed McCain, and that McCain's rivals are spending most of their time in Iowa.
The endorsement is further evidence of Lieberman's slow drift to the right in American politics and is bound to generate intense anger among Democrats who support him. But Lieberman and McCain have often walked in lockstep together on the prosecution of the war, have traveled to Iraq together, and have worked together on domestic issues like climate change.
The move will heighten speculation that McCain might ask Lieberman to join his ticket.
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stockholm syndrome in the u.s. senate.
So what candidate stands head and shoulders above McCain?
BTW, kudos to McCain for standing strong against the poorly concieved, high-handed, and stubborn Rumsfeld/Wolfowitz/Bremmer strategy in Iraq, so we could actually win!
Sorry, but *yawn*.
The Dims hate Lieberman, and there’s nothing (especially not Lieberman) that can turn the opinion of most conservatives toward MdInsane.
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First, I want to apologize. I forgot to mention McCain's support for the illegal alien amnesty bill. That's another biggie against him.
Who would be better? Well, Thompson, Hunter, and Tancredo without a doubt. That's a gimme.
Now the other three I have serious issues with. Huckabee is the worst. I'd go for McCain above him, no doubt.
Now we're down to Romney and Guiliani. Guiliani's much, much better on taxes, but worse on life. But let's look at the life issue.
The only thing the President can do to influence it is to appoint conservative judges. Guiliani has said he'd appoint conservative judges. You can believe him or not; I couldn't argue whichever way you went. I tend to believe him.
But we KNOW that McCain obstructed an effort to put conservatives on the bench against Democrat obstructionism. He was part of the Gang of 14. One OTHER thing we know about McCain is that he absolutely lives to have the media say nice things about him. Those two facts taken together make me think we're more likely to get a David Souter from McCain than an Antonin Scalia.
Guiliani certainly has administrative experience over McCain, so that would be another point in his favor. I'm not huge on that as a qualification, but does count for something. Bottom line, while it may not be "heads and shoulders," I'd support Guiliani over McCain.
Romney? Hell, who knows what he really believes about ANYTHING? Ideologically, there's just no way to know. He says one thing while running for office in Massachussetts, and the exact opposite while running for President. He subsidized abortions, implemented a government-run health care system, and bragged about what a great advocate he would be for homosexual rights. Basically, he's a snake in the grass.
On the other hand, he appears to be a skilled manager, and has a pretty good record of accomplishments. He's also squeaky-clean, and a very good debater. He exudes competence.
Romney versus McPain? Well, it's a coin toss, but I'd give a SLIGHT edge to Romney with electability being the tie-breaker. Romney looks and sounds like a president; McCain looks and sounds like a cranky septugenarian.
So there it is. My ranking:
Thompson
Tancredo
Hunter
Guiliani
Romney
McPain
Huckabee
I'd vote for every one in the general of course, with the possible exception of Huckabee, who is more and more looking like a complete fraud to me.
I'd sure like to hear more from McCain about exactly the justices and judges he would be willing to nominate.
I dont know. I think it just proves my point that voting for mccain is like voting for a deit democrat.
There is a lot of smearing on this website, some of it backed by campaigns no doubt.
Its possible McCain’s operatives do some of the smearing.
Well I think that is a huge boost for him.
Now the “McLaughlin Group” panelists are sayting that with Oprah, Obama could seep the early Democrat contests and make things uncomfortable for HRC. I would have never thought that could happen. I can’t see the Clintons going “gently into that good night”.
How do you think Obama would fare in a general election? He may be what misguided America thinks it wants.
Joe Lieberman is going to be on with McCain (Fox & FRiends)this morning.
Moonbats call him LIEberman just like we do.
Liberman did endorse McCain on FoxNews this morning.
Wow, very interesting.
I’ve gone through Thompson, Huckabee, and lately Romney. McCain wasn’t even on my radar.
I have to say that this endorsement gives me pause to at least consider McCain. Say what we want about Lieberman’s social views or McCain’s RINO tendencies, Lieberman is owed some respect for his politically courageous and consistent position on the WOT (which very nearly cost his Senate seat), so I feel I ought to reciprocate and at least learn a little more about the man he’s endorsing for President.
I'm endorsing Johnny, now exit stage left ...
Perhaps we should start posting only those who haven't endorsed McCain.
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