Last Thursday Sen. Joe Lieberman could be seen stumping for McCain in Concord, New Hampshire. In his speech he emphasized a comeback for McCain in the Granite State and warned Obama not to get too cocky about his widening lead in the polls. Comparing the present election to that of 1948, he pointed out that Dewey was ahead in the polls and was the favored candidate, but that in the end, Truman came out on top. With this underdog portrayal of McCain and Palin, Lieberman has dismissed recent polls, saying that “they are so extreme that I don’t believe them.” He stated that, “the race is closing,” and he even threw in a little of Sarah’s Palin’s folksiness in adding that, “it ain’t over until it’s over. We’re fighting hard.”
The past few days Lieberman has evaded questions about whether Palin is prepared to become president if such a thing were to happen. Having helped her increase her understanding of foreign policy issues, Lieberman said he was confident that Palin’s credentials would be sufficient if she were to become commander-in-chief. However, Lieberman was insistent that McCain is “going to be alive and well,” so “she’s not gonna have to be president from day one.”
In the midst of campaigning for McCain, Lieberman conceded that if Sen. Obama were to be elected president, he would support the Democratic nominee. In a conference call of Connecticut reporters, Lieberman said of Obama that, “He’s bright. He’s eloquent,” and that “I have a lot of respect for Sen. Obama.” Seems to me like a pretty stark shift from endorsing the Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright attacks and stating that Obama does not “put country first” a few weeks ago.
Lieberman will be campaigning in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania in the last few days before the election.
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Indeed, an interesting admission from Lieberman about supporting Obama should he win. But on the other hand, what other choice would J-Lieb have? With the exception of Iraq, he votes with the Dems on everything.
Now that Obama is so much ahead in the polls and is seemingly a shoe in to be the next president of the United States, Lieberman seems to be trying to get an early start on repairing his damaged connection with the Democrats.
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