tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30856325.post3875514238639220707..comments2023-10-26T04:05:58.497-07:00Comments on Red State Impressions: Why Not Lieberman?Ric Carichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12715258697811131789noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30856325.post-38560576380501409582008-06-18T19:53:00.000-07:002008-06-18T19:53:00.000-07:00Obviously, Lieberman wasn't that great of a choice...Obviously, Lieberman wasn't that great of a choice. Selecting Lieberman signalled Gore's mistaken effort to separate himself from Bill Clinton. But I wasn't that high on Graham either. Gore didn't have a lot of obvious choices.Ric Carichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12715258697811131789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30856325.post-44392330500245017542008-06-18T17:23:00.000-07:002008-06-18T17:23:00.000-07:00In 2000, did you think Gore made a mistake choosin...In 2000, did you think Gore made a mistake choosing Lieberman as his VP? I remember that I was pretty surprised and disappointed, especially given Lieberman's sharp criticism of President Clinton over the Monica ordeal. <BR/><BR/>I was really hoping that Gore would have picked Sen. Bob Graham. If Gore had done that, we might be living in quite different times. But I know that hindsight is cheap...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30856325.post-84328904874143233232008-06-17T21:25:00.000-07:002008-06-17T21:25:00.000-07:00The Republicans love Lieberman in an "even the Dem...The Republicans love Lieberman in an "even the Democrat Joe Lieberman thinks..." sort of way. <BR/><BR/>But he's only useful to them <I>as</I> a Democrat. I'm not sure they'll embrace him as a Republican #2 (Remember the furor when they thought Colin Powell might be named Attorney General? <BR/><BR/>They want the Democrats pulled towards the right, not the Republicans pulled to the left.jinchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611279045540819939noreply@blogger.com