NPR: Lieberman Gives McCain a Boost in New Hampshire

Lieberman Gives McCain a Boost in New Hampshire

Looks like John McCain hit the trifecta on Sunday.

As NPR's senior Washington editor Ron Elving explains on This Week in Politics on Day to Day, it's been a pretty good 24-hour period for the Arizona senator. On Sunday, he got two big newspaper endorsements: the Des Moines Register and the Boston Globe. Then today, his old buddy Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Independent Democrat from Connecticut, announced that he was throwing his support behind McCain.

The Register endorsement won't help much — he's fourth or fifth in most polls there, and he hasn't put much time or effort into the state. But he has put a lot of time into New Hampshire, and that's where the Globe and Lieberman endorsements could help. The Globe is the region's biggest paper, and McCain already had the endorsement of one of the state's leading papers, the Manchester Union-Leader. And since independents can vote for whomever they want in the primary, getting Lieberman's blessing could help with that.

We'll see if all these developments will help McCain gain more ground on current New Hampshire frontrunner Mitt Romney in the two and a half weeks left before the primary.

4:56 PM ET | 12-17-2007 | permalink

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Heh heh, Lieberman is such a dingle berry. You know why Gore lost in 2000? Because so many young people were turned off by Lierbeman. This is of course because of his rather impotent crusade against video game violence.

Sent by Jody Sol | 5:41 PM ET | 12-17-2007

Then today, his old buddy Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Independent Democrat from Connecticut, announced that he was throwing his support behind McCain.

Need I say more about my prediction Democrats would be voting Republican.

fred camorra call

Sent by fred camorra call | 5:57 PM ET | 12-17-2007

There is more than one way to take this:
1) Sen. Lieberman, abandoned by HIS OWN PARTY in the Connecticut, giving his endorsement to the person HE feels most qualified. aka. apolitical Joe.

2) Lieberman's revenge! aka. A political Joe.

Sent by Harold | 12:50 PM ET | 12-18-2007

There is no reason at all to believe that democrats are going to vote for the GOP nominee merely because Lieberman endorsed McCain. He is officially an Independent who caucuses with the Democrats in the Senate but is viewed with hostility by most. Democrats will vote in droves for their nominee. The real issue is where will the swing voters go.

Sent by David | 4:30 PM ET | 12-18-2007

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