Liberman has behaved like a spoiled child since losing the Democratic primary to Ned Lamont. What exactly was the Democratic establishment supposed to do? He lost!!! He has now become a warmonger and the Senator from Israel. We can thatnk the Con. votes for sending this moran back to Washington!!! Thanks a lot!!!!

This support and the acceptance of it shows the corrupt values of Joe Lieberman and John McCain towards their respective political party. While McCain does and says everything for the sake of nomination of his party, Joe Lieberman's moral value are like empty barrel, making too much noise for nothing.
Best solution, Both Senators must be expelled from their respective political party.
How could we expect positive contributions to our country, to our society, to our progress when we have such cheap senators who look for nothing but for their personal benefits.
I AM SURE THE END WILL JUSTIFY THE MEANS.
Surely, we have two cheap, very cheap senators.

If Joe Lieberman is for McCain, I know it's the wrong choice.

VOTE DEMOCRATIC IN 08……regardless of who the candidate is…..the dems have their faults but the GOP are hypocrites & extremests.

Someone said: "We need someone who can stand in the middle and help pull us all back together… this sniping at one another over party affiliation is getting out of hand, and is dangerous if we are going to be a strong nation."

HEY, WE DON'T THINK LIEBERMAN IS TOO CONSERVATIVE!!!

PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOOKED AT: HIS VOTING RECORD IN THE SENATE, BILLS INTRODUCED, AND COMMITTEES/ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTED— believe he is working harder for the people of Israel and their national security strategy–than Americas's.

HE ISN'T CONSERVATIVE OR LIBERAL–HE'S WORKING FOR ANOTHER NATION.

In the Connecticut race, the most left side of the Democratic Party opted to endorse Lieberman's primary opponent, even though it risked throwing the election to a Republican and giving the Republicans control of the US Senate. Lieberman lines up with the Democrats for US Senate control. Incidentally, there used to something resembling the political center in the Democratic Party. McCain, except on the war issue, represents the political center closer to any other Republican in the current presidential race. Of course, if you would rather have a Republican field completely dominated by the far right fringes of that party than it would make sense to have wanted Lieberman to have waited on the sidelines. Love of country is supposed to come before love of party, and because the bulk of the electorate is in the political middle, Lieberman probably did the correct thing. After all, if McCann loses in New Hampshire, Joe will ultimately either sit remain neutral in the general election or ultimately endorse Clinton.

Tobey. The Florida recounts where stopped by the Supreme Court. Turn off rush and turn on your mind. As for Lieberman. He has always danced with the republicans . He just won't make the switch. He is in the catbird seat with the ability to tie the senate and hand the agenda to the republicans if he switches. That's Joe for you.

McCain-Lieberman or Lieberman-McCain either way . Two great Americans for 08

If not for Lieberman…

Al Gore, 2000.

John Halverson DC, I think so. They need rest. Joe is a jerk, I hope CT citizen do something for Joe, I don't want hear his voice any more.

Reading all this BS from these scorned voters complaining about the political label we put on Lieberman is lowering my IQ. I have never read so much whining in the comments section of an article! It is so reassuring to know that people will vote for the next President as a punishment for someone becoming an Independent, not that any voter like that would ever consider voting for anyone without the right label.

But my favorite is all the whiners saying that Liberman is with McCain only for the glory. It couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that they're friends, share many of the same poilical views, and have drafted legislation together!

With a political traitor like Joe Lieberman on the ticket its no wonder Gore lost The Presidency in 2000.

Even though most Republicans hate Bill Clinton as do others. What does it say about a man who will stand up in the Senate and villify this man for a morality lost venture, BTW America knew full well by Ken Star, Mitch McConnel and Dan Burton what they were voting for in '92, but then then at the two days before the mid-term election at the Democratic fund raiser in Ct. "GOOD OLE JOE" made a fool out of himself by trying to drape hisself all over Clinton and couldn't stop having his picture taken with this so called dispicable man that can go anywhere in the world and be treated as a hero. What I enjoyed about that night is Ct primary rally was the fact that Clinton broke free of JOES grasp and walked over to Chris Dodd and with a big hug said "Chris I couldn't have done all this without your help, while JOE was shoving the cameraman to get between Sen. Dodd and Clinton. It was as though Clinton was flicking a fly off his arm LOVE IT!!!!!

Then Joe went to work on his money pals and bought his seat in the Senate. In CT. money talks and you know the rest, but only in Ct does this crap also get you elected. I wonder if Joe spent any of his own money to be elected or did the big bosses of Industry put him back in so the money could keep rolling into the Military Industrial Complex and to one of the riches states in America. Joe won't be satified until ISRAEL own all of the Middle East.

I'm tired of both the Democrat and Republican political parties … Time for them to go…

Joe Lieberman is a traitor to his party and his ideals. All I can say is that maybe it was a good thing he wasn't vice president.

This endorsement is like getting one from "NOW". For every 2 votes it brings, you lose 5! Deep down Mr. McCain is a truly decent man, but by the time anyone gets the Republican nomination, he will have cowtowed to the simplistic, discredited, hateful and greedy, i.e., the Republican coalition!

See 'The Caine Mutiny' John is still looking for the strawberry ice cream.

Finally: two honest and trusted politicians.

That is great to see two old has beens leaning on each other.I will be glad to see both of them fade away with George.

are they on their way to a rest home?

- I hope so! LOL.

Two old fools joining forces. What a joke these senior citizens are.

What makes Lieberman think he is really a Democrat? I think that he should, as someone else mentioned, be a Republican. It makes sense given that most of his postions are fairly close to the Republicans. I thought that I like Lieberman, but I think that has changed over the years.

are they on their way to a rest home?

Just to entertain the above idea, it is quite obvious that NC senator Elizabeth Dole (who previously sought the presidency and was in the republican shortlist for VP on 2000 prior to Dick Cheney filling the positon himself as Bush's running mate) would be among the strongest VP choices……….

I do not know why Lieberman even tries to masquerade as an independent. He should either join the republican party or go and live in Israel. He is backing Bush or voting to give more to Israel or not insisting they quit building in Palestinian territory.
He has the idea we have adopted Israel and should support them from the cradle to the grave and then pay to buy them.

Liberman should relinquish his Senate Commitee chair and his Senate seat won as an Independent. Now that he has shown his true colors as a Bush lover and Republican.

Go Hillary44 08! http://hillaryis44.org/

and the caption for that photo should read…..

"SPINELESS JOHN MEETS CLUELESS JOE"

Larry Buchas, you can't have it both ways. If you want the Iraqi people to return home (like they are starting to do) and to not live in fear at work or at the markets then you have to have our troops there to make the country secure. If we live before the country is on solid ground you are going to have even more violence like there was before the surge. If you care about the Iraqi people then you should be supporting our actions there to secure that country.

CNN,

NO one really knows what will happen…….But, why should only journalists speculate? I think its a solid & viable ticket: with McCain's resurgence, there is a shot that such a scenario could play out. If McCain is not the Nominee, I would not be surprised if a women VP is part of the Republican ticket. That would more likely play out if Romney wins the nomination (could you see anyone in the republican top tier on a Romney ticket? And would any of the second tier Republican Presidential candidates generate the media boom needed for him to win ? ….Exactly.. …)

Lieberman is looking out for Israel and McCain thrives on war.
Perfect match!

BOTH HAVE NO EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE.
-CAREER SENATORS.
-BOTH SUPPORT AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS.
ANOTHER SORE / LOSERMAN TICKET.

Joe Lieberman is a complete Joke, I feel sorry for the people of CT. What a waste of space

10To 1 HE WILL BE MCCAINS VICE PRESIDENT RUNNING MATE. jOE lIBERMAN JUST LOOKS OUT FOR JOE. HE IS A TURNCOAT AND A TRAITOR.

I think we should send Independent senator?? lieberman and gop senator?? maccain to pakistan as investigators in the death of the woman prime minister that was just assasinated . the job discription should be orders to remain in pakistan until they absolutely come up with how she died. they should not be relieved until ,without a doubt they solve the problem and who did it. That should keep them busy and/or QUIET, for a long long looong time AMEN!!!!!!!

"Joe Lieberman will not help to John McCain"

Take a look at the New Hampshire polls, before and after the Lieberman endorsment, then get back to me.

John and Joe have been pals since the rest of us were in diapers. This is really no big surprise.

If Ron Paul was not running, then I would have considered voting for John McCain had he not wimpered at Bush's ankles for the last 8 years. Today, I could not vote for him because of his strong support of Bush.

As for Lieberman, the least said about him, the better.

I hope the voters of Connecticut are happy with this buffoon.

He is all for JOE and doesn't care who he steps on along the way.

LIEberman is a Republican pretending to be a democrat, when he lost against another democrat during primary, he became independent. His true color is finally out, he is a REPUBLICAN. Gore made a mistake choosing him as running mate in 2000.

Liberman seems to enjoy wearing his RED sweater and tie.

Is this a subtle way of him showing his true colors — As a REPUBLICAN?????

Ohhhh geez the Old Fart Twins again!

You guys got to understand that Mc Cain is Joe's only hope for his future.

He knows full well that he will loose his seniority, the chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee and Governmental Affairs Committee, and, of course, get kicked out of the democratic party comes next elections after the party wins an overwhelming majority in congress.

Joe understand that he can either spend the rest of his years in the senate as a lame duck senator or pray to God that his buddy Mc Cain gets elected, in which case, he would probably get a cabinet position ( Defense Secretary, or SCOTUS for example) and thus guaranteeing eight years of relevancy in American politics.

Bottom line is Joe as always is out looking for his interests and not those of the American people.

Poor Joe is trying to remain vital, and also secure himself a key position in an administration. He knows that this will never be with a Democrat president, because they are all loony tunes.

Unfortunately, he has chosen poorly and has saddled himself with Rootin' Tootin' Cowboy McCain. I will grant him, though, that this was his only (albeit impossibly thin) chance.

Nevertheless, Joe should now go ahead and become a Republican. He's not a bad person - just in a bad party.

Another fine example of power hungry politicians. The Democrats rejected him as their standard-bearer, so he bolts the party to run as an Independent and whins when the Democrats and party leadership doesn't support his candidacy.
As a result, he wins and blackmails the Democratic leadership into granting him key committee chairmanships while he continues to back Bush and his cronies.

Let him officially change parties and become a card carrying Republican. Maybe enough Democrats will be elected in Nov 2009 where he can be stripped of his committees and relegated to the minority where he belongs!!!

His endorsement of McCain is fruitless. McCain has had his time at the Presidency and has been repudiated. I'm sick and tired of hearing about his POW status 30+ years ago!! Enough is enough!! He's been in the Senate all these years and been a constant supported of Bush and his offenses againest this country. He needs to go back to the Senate, do his job, or retire back to
Arizona. Quite wasting people's monies.

Joe Lieberman is the most patriotic member of Knesset.

Poor old Joe's come a long way from the VP nomination to his current antics for the enemy. He will be gone sooner than most of us. He's more harmless than most rabid Repellicans.

Wow that picture tells it all. These guys need to do my crossword puzzles or play siduko. If they had any sense they would retire and play a support role for new and fresh canidates.

I think it is an intelligent thinker who can think for themselves without being tied to a party. I have been registered in one party for years, and I think choosing a person to represent our states and countries based on party is ludicrous. I think Lieberman is setting a wonderful example, and I've been thinking of changing my status to an independent voter for the past couple of years. I wish all of the candidates from each party the best, and may the best man or woman win! No party earns my vote, but an individual person will.

"Lieberman to hit the trail"

"Hit the trail" to find lost John McCain? LOL

Those two curmudgeon, warmongering fossils deserve each other.
Bye!

To Joe Lieberman, the closet NeoCon Republican:

I hope the good people of Connecticut will try to RECALL you for lying to get Democrats and Independents to vote for you.

I don't know the requirements for a recall, but I surely would sign a petition with great pleasure. Otherwise, I guess we have to wait until the next election to throw your behind out of the senate.

You and the bombardier McCain make a scary pair.

Lead the nation forward? Forward to what? More war in the Middle East? By all means Americans, if you want more war, choose McCain because he'll assuredly give it to you. Maybe he'd even bring you a victory or two, but at what cost? We don't need a warrior president. We need a president who can bring the nation back as an economic, not a military, superpower. Romney is the person most qualified to lead the nation in an economic turnaround it badly needs.

The blind leading the blind.

Well said Heather. Joe is anything but a lock-step lemming, and we need more independent thinkers. Joe has character and values, while the likes of Hillary and Gore and others sell their souls daily to the highest bidder.

…and with this announcement, we hereby bury John McCain's presiodential ambitions once and for all.

I am digusted by Lieberman! He is no longer a Democrat. He is another neocon whose policies are just like Bushs and and their right-wing supporters.

When you look at the problems we're having in the middle east–it almost looks like our biggest enemy in the middle east is supposedly our ally.

Everytime we get just a little close to some agreement—-the Israeli's decide the day before that it is a "great" time for a "premptive strike". All talks, naturally, are placed on the back burner.

If anybody believes the Israeli's want peace with Palestine–they are sorely ignorant fools.

The Israelis will not stop until Palestine no longer exists–and the entire region is a Hebrew nation. Please…show me any evidence of anything else?

They will never concede–and will always create a problem–or execute an attack just prior to any real negotiations–to stall any efforts made by the U.S. to try to intervene.

They are smurking at us…and Palestine.

We are such dunderheads. The current lead attack dog is Lieberman…and it's getting tougher. So much so that he had to switch parties to find a potentially electable lacky to continue the legacy of deceit and lies.

BIG NEWS!!!! two k street corporatists hit the campaign trail. Just remember voters corporate success is the only measure of a societies worth.

Romney will not need corrupt political dealmakers to win in NH, he will just need votes from citizens who want to improve our country, our standard of living and our image abroad!

McCain has been in this game way too long to be objective anymore….he can't fix a system he has been a part of for so long!

Romney 2008

Again Leiberman shows his truest colors.

Instead of representing the American people….and the people of his state….
he is again representing the agenda of Israeli foreign policy–and the only candidate remaining who is still willing to "cross-check" all of his actions on Mid-East foreign policy with the Israeli Prime Minister–before taking any action.

Two has been politicians–still trying to fan the flames of "Israeli Independence" when the whole world knows the score "ad nauseum" from both sides.

He disgraces his constituents, and his nation–and should just retire to Israel and run for the Knesset–God knows he's done enough on their behalf why "supposedly" serving U.S. citizens!!!

To Heather,

It has nothing to do with liberal or conservative. It's all about being WRONG! And both of these experienced deceivers are just that, WRONG!

Just think of the trillion dollars thrown towards the WRONG war and NO END IN SIGHT? Just think if these idealogues were told where to go? Imagine if this country didn't drop the ball on BIN LADEN? Imagine NATO & Pakistan could be actual allies?

These two keep telling us how things have improved in Iraq. I'll believe that when we're out of there & regrouping for the next battle. I'll believe that when the refugees return to Iraq. I'll believe that when Iraqis can return to their markets and jobs without the fear of being blown to bits. Certainly, without wearing bullet-proof vests & army helmets like these two clowns.

All of you who are criticizing McCain and Lieberman for working together are the reason that politics have become so partisan today. Everyone should be applauding the two for being able to cross party lines and work together. I dream of the day when political parties are a thing of the past. There are so many people who I believe would have different feelings about policies if their national party they belong to didn't take a position on it. I believe there would be a lot of democrats supporting the war if it wasn't "cool" for democrats to be against Bush in everything he tries to do. There also wouldn't be blind Republican support for everything he does either. Wake up people, independents and moderates are the answer. Research the issues and the candidates instead of blindly supporting a party or a position b/c that's what you're used to.

Lieberman's allegiances are with Isreal and not with the United States. He doesn't believe in Democracy or the Democratic way. Or else he would have stepped aside when HE LOST tthe Democratic primary. Thats what Gore did when "he lost" his Presidential bid.

MJ Westport,
told you so.

Two noble Americans working toward a mutal goal. I love it!!!

r-Lieberman is a joke. He has no credibility in my eyes. After how the Democrats treated him, for him to turn his back on his word and the party…

Also, it shows McCain to be desperate enough to court the support of a traitor to the other party. But McCain knows he is not straight talking and only got the name because he put it on his bus.

Atlanta Lawyer

How is this change? These are the same clowns that are hell bent on destroying the U.S.. One's stuck in Vietnam and the other is more loyal to Israel than the U.S.

Let's get new people making the decision and put these guys out to the pasture. They've done so much damage, it may take a whole generation to recover.

John McCain does not support an amnesty program for illeagls. He supports a comprehensive immigration reform that starts with securing our boarders. Then we have to deal with the 12-15 million people living here illegally. It is unrealistic to expect that that we can deport all of them.

John McCain is a strong supporter of tax cuts, he just believes they need to be accompanied with spending cuts. It is irresponsible for us to cut taxes and increase spending. McCain has never accepted a special project for his state, something not even Ron Paul can say.

Joe will not drag McCain down, in fact one of McCain best fund-raising days was the day of the endorsement.

Hey Lieberman finally came to his senses. Backing a rep. is pretty darn smart, I would say. He backed a Dem once and lost. I'm for Lieb.

MJ, the only reason Lieberman is still around is that the Dem Senate leadership was worried that he'd defect to the GOP, thereby pushing them out of the majority and the all the committee chairmanships. So they agreed not to support Ned Lamont, who was the Democratic nominee for the seat.

Ned was probably a one-issue candidate, but his one issue was so important that it would've been well worth it to have him in there making himself heard and causing trouble.

Someone once described Joe Lieberman as the kid in your junior high school who would yell, "Hit him! HIT HIM!!" when a crowd gathered around two scared boys squaring off to fight.

I think the reason Liberman is an "Independent", is that he is so deeply Neocon/Fascist, he wouldn't even fit in today's Republican party. I trust Dubya more than I trust Lieberman. Both McCain and Lieberman are either senile, or just plain crazy. They have both made that much abundantly clear.

After six recount of the Florida ballots it was determined that Gore did NOT win! And this was after Gore sent his lawyers to throw out military ballots. This was after the major networks declared that Gore won before the polls closed in the Florida pan handle, costing Bush about 10,000 votes over Gore.

These two would make a great advertisement for active Senior's, except they're both against Social Securinty. They're like like Mathau and Lemon in their final movie. Both changing their opinions and personalities from their last presidential positions just to prolong the days where their presence is appreciated. That time is fading fast. Must be time to flip styles again - this ones more than over done.

It seems Libs think Lieberman is too conservative, and conservatives think that McCain is too liberal. Perhaps this is a signal that these two are exactly what we need. We need someone who can stand in the middle and help pull us all back together… this sniping at one another over party affiliation is getting out of hand, and is dangerous if we are going to be a strong nation.

Your article should begin "Joe Lieberman, Democrat turned Republican" There is nothing either Democratic or Independent in Good old Joe Lieberman. I wonder just how foolish his Connecticut constituents must be when he promised them one thing and delivered another. I appreciate his Jewish roots, but he can't be a United States Senator and an Israeli senator at the same time. Pick your loyalties Joe.

I hope Joe Lieberman runs for the senate again so that I can have a chance to help vote his butt out of office. I voted for him the last two elections, but "fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me."

I was hoping for a recall petition after Lieberman starts campaigning for his true party, the Republican Party.

If McCain wins the nomination, I will vote against him for president in tribute to Lieberman since McCain thinks like Lieberman, if he wins, we will have more and more dead Americans and possibly World War III.

Remember "BOMB BOMB IRAN?"

Is Joe looking to be another vice presidential nominee pick again?

I think so, no wander he is supporting John McCain because he knows full well that none of the demoncratic nominee would consider him as a running mate.

Talk about the politics of endorcement for personal opportunities, and I will tell you outrite that you are talking about Joe Lieberman.

I hope Lieberman does not drag McCain down.
Neither pasrty should trust such a fair weather friend.

I wish Joe would join the Republican Party. That way the idiot democrat leadership could go back to obscurity which is what they are best qualified.

The 2007 Emmy Award for TOO BORING goes to…
The 4th Term Career Senator from CT!!!

a democrat liberal warhawk, thats supporting a RINO …big surprise. Seriously…take away party labels and thats who McCain is. With his amnesty platform and campaign finance reforms.

I aam very disappointed in JOe LIberman. Why doesn't he just join the REpbulican Party. HAd Gore selected Bob Graham in 2000 we would have carried Florida even by a wider margin. I understand Joe being for Israel especially since I am a SOuthern Baptist but enought nis enough.

Joe Lieberman will not help to John McCain. Joe should stay home and keep quiet!