Joe Lieberman, the Democratic candidate for vice president in 2000, is endorsing Republican John McCain for president this year. At first I thought it was a little too early for this endorsement as part of McCain's strategy to win over independents (with whom Lieberman has a good reputation and history) because it would alienate the conservative GOP base needed to win a primary nomination. But after reading further down in this piece on politico.com, I realized it might be a good plan, especially since now is a good time as any for the crumbling McCain campaign.
And now for my two favorite humor pieces of the week. Today's Maureen Dowd column is both a hilarious look at what Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama might really be thinking and perhaps a fantasy on the part of the author that last week's Des Moines Register debates weren't sinfully boring. And then there is the Shouts & Murmurs section of this week's issue of The New Yorker, which is the traditional humor section of the magazine. Although I would recommend this "Rudy Giuliani quiz" to any of my friends, I didn't find it particularly funny. Just scary. I liked Giuliani until I read this profile of him, and the one-page quiz again turned me off from this cheating, lying, sneaky and corruption-laden political phony.
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