With John McCain’s big wins on Super Tuesday, speculation is likely to increase about his running mate.Could it be Joe Lieberman, who was flanking the GOP frontrunner Tuesday evening during his victory speech in Arizona?
The latest prominent figure to raise the possibility was Weekly Standard editor William Kristol at an AIPAC gathering Jan. 31 in New York. Kristol told the pro-Israel crowd that Lieberman, an independent U.S. senator from Connecticut, was McCain’s preferred running mate, according to one attendee.
Lieberman, who caucuses with the Democrats in the Senate, but endorsed McCain for president, has said he’s not interested. Still, support for the idea exists among some of McCain’s Jewish backers.
Political observers from across the political spectrum agree that the chances are minimal that Lieberman will join a McCain ticket.
McCain is extremely unpopular with segments of the GOP’s conservative base, and joining forces with a former Democrat would only make things worse. Besides, while the two men are close friends and broadly agree on a range of foreign policy issues, they are far apart on many domestic questions, from abortion to judicial appointments.
McCain is extremely unpopular with segments of the GOP’s conservative base, and joining forces with a former Democrat would only make things worse. Besides, while the two men are close friends and broadly agree on a range of foreign policy issues, they are far apart on many domestic questions, from abortion to judicial appointments.
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Lieberman of the Green Party now that he got kicked out by Dems/Republican/Independent Parties. Now the Vampire knows as well as I do Joe Lipstick will not be the VP choice but Gov. Reilly will be the choice. Yes the same corrupt Governor who is now lining the State with all Republicans while falsely charging Dems with everything from not washing their hands to coming to work at 7:59 am as a Federal offence. Now Religious Republican voters will support the choice for a true KKK Religious Right leader to stay the Bush/Cheney course of criminal ways.
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