Reply #9: Leiberman puzzles me - I have no earthy idea why he is running

[Bob3]

since he seems to agree with * on a fair number of issues. Yes, he he says Bush is taking the country in the wrong direction, but when when it comes to specific issues Iraq, Tax Cuts, Cuba, Gay Marriage, and Violent Video Games, he is either in complete agreement with Bush or just a hair to the left but the difference is minute. So why the hell run?

And just supose he gets the nomination – juding by the poll numbers – he will start out with a base of some 40-45% of the electorate that would vote for a fica plant if it ran against Bush. So then, of course his job would be to get some 11-6% of the electorate to decide to vote for him rather than Bush. This is where he comes a cropper. There is no earthly reason for anybody to pick Liberman over Bush, except that Liberman is a democrat. And he has those votes already. So the question remains why run?

And these days I notice he only gets press if the disses his own party. Not the best tatic to get support later in the race.

Like I keep saying he peaked the day he annouced. He may not make it out of NH alive.

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