HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, an
independent who supports Democrats in Congress despite his backing of
the Iraq war, said on Thursday he was not ruling out endorsing a
Republican in the White House race.
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It's curious that Lieberman chose to make this statement on the eve of
"Live Earth" which many see as a massive pre-campaign rally for a
potential Gore Presidential run.
Gore's longtime opposition to the Iraq war puts him in direct
opposition to Lieberman (his former Vice Presidential running mate),
on what will surely be a key issue in the 2008 race.
Having Lieberman speak against his former running mate at the
Republican convention in 2008, would make the Zell Miller event of '04
seem almost trivial by comparison.
While my gut tells me Lieberman has too much integrety to whore
himself for the neo-con machine like that, there is no doubt it is the
pipe dream of every Republican strategist. And there is no question
that the idea of a Gore nomination in 2008 scares the hell out of them.