Picking Joe Lieberman would be EXCELLENT NEWS!!!! for McCAIN!!!!

Shhhhhh....keep this shit quiet until he makes the announcement.

At the gates of hell while he's chasing bin laden. He and traitor joe would be at the front of the admission line and welcomed with open arms.

LIEberman would help McHouse wipe his ass after he took his morning crap, which would also depend on if he drank enough metamucile the night before. I hope they pick LIEberman to see him LOSE again would be GREAT!

Down goes Droopy Dog!

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Picking Lieberman would make for an interesting convention. Hurricane Gustav, 15,000 Ron Paul supporters, and a socially liberal Senator as McCain's running mate. Please, dear Jeebus, pick Lieberman.

Oh, no! Not Droopy Dog! Barack can't overcome the Joementum!

And this is why we haven't really had a "unity" ticket since 1864. A pro-choice, pro-environmental-regulation, pro-gay-rights, pro-gun-control VP pick would be rather poorly received by pretty much every part of the Republican base.

BTW, where does the idea that Jews love Holy Joe come from? I'm Jewish, and I freaking hate that guy.

No chance for Lieberman getting picked. Zero. I don't think it's Romney either.

Lieberman wouldn't help at all - I think most Democrats like their ticket, and I think at best they'd split the independent vote which wouldn't make up for the base and evangelicals abandoning him.

Portman has real economic experience, but he is reportedly Bush's pick for VP, and worked in the Bush White House. He is virtually unknown outside of his district in Ohio. Pawlenty has a slightly higher profile since he has been doing the surrogate circuit, but has no international experience and many GOP fear his debate with Biden.

Romney is tough because of his money and how he came into it. Also Huckabee is already speaking out against him, which mean evangelicals will be leery.

Huck would be interesting, however he has said some pretty outlandish things AND the GOP Business base would be turned off by the ticket.

My Pick - Tom Ridge. He's pro-choice but will pledge to follow the Republican platform. He's probably the best candidate to debate Biden because his national security chops will hold up.

I think the continued floating of Lieberman is to get people so against the possibility that when he names Ridge there will be a sigh of relief and his pro-choice stance will be an afterthought.

I think Romney is being used as a decoy. No way the GOP puts him forward given the Obama/Biden populous message.

Ridge is a decorated Vietnam Vet, and Powell wanted him to be Bush's SecDef in 2000.

If he isn't picked I'll eat a bug. The GOP are no dummies - this guy is perfect save his pro-choice beliefs, and he already indicated he'd pledge to uphold the party platform. He's Roman Catholic and 63 years old. He'd pass the CIC test.

Book it - Obama/Biden vs McCain/Ridge

Gee, do you suppose some Floridians remember the way Joe sold them out in 2000 (when he said illegal votes from the military should be counted)?

Let me explain something about us Jews.

We can be a little tribal. But we're not stupid.

Joe Lieberman happens to be very unpopular amongst Jews.

Some fundamental truths about Jewish voters IMHO:

1) American Jews are not a monolithic voting block.

2) However, American Jews are more likely to be liberal and to be Democrats than the rest of the population. For most of these voters, a candidate's ideology and party trump his or her religion.

3) For most American Jews, Israel is not the most important election issue. Health care, the economy, the Iraq war, the environment, civil and human rights, and other issues are of equal or greater concern.

4) For those American Jews who do look at Israel policy first, that does not automatically translate into a vote for the Likudnik/Lieberman point of view. Many of us believe Israel would become more secure on a long-term basis if it moved away from the often-counterproductive, hard line Likud policies the likes of Lieberman blindly back.

5) Among the majority of American Jews who belong to conservative or reform synagogues, or who are not particularly religious, many of us view Orthodox Jews -- of whom Lieberman is one -- with skepticism and suspicion. This is not unlike the way many Christians view fundamentalists.

These and other reasons explain why Lieberman would hurt, rather than help, McCain in Florida and elsewhere.

And I hope that when people rightfully bash Lieberman they will focus on the fact that he is a pompous, reactionary, hypocritical asshole, rather than his religion.