Later this morning, Joe Lieberman, the independent Connecticut Senator who still caucuses with the Democrats, will endorse John McCain for President:
Sen. Joseph Lieberman (Conn.), who was on the national Democratic ticket in 2000, will cross the aisle to endorse Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) tomorrow, Republican sources said.
The two will appear together on Fox News on Monday, then at an 8 a.m. town hall meeting in Hillsborough, N.H. They will talk with reporters after the meeting. McCain is also scheduled to appear on NBC’s “Today” program.
The move, which will help cultivate McCain’s moderate status, is an effort to draw attention to the McCain campaign, which needs a splash. Otherwise, it does not make sense for McCain because it will only remind core Republicans why they distrust him.
The question, though, is whether it might motivate independent voters in New Hampshire to vote for McCain over, say, Barack Obama in the January 8th primary.
