Lieberman For VP

I completely agree with William Kristol's op-ed piece in which he made the argument that McCain would be wise to pick Joe Lieberman as his running mate. This would be an exciting pick and an excellent one for the country. Unlike Barack Obama, who has been preaching a change to a new politics, but decided to resort to old Democratic politics, this would really demonstrate a politics of change. It would also be a move toward a politics of unity, which Obama would just not be able to bring about. Hopefully McCain will pick Lieberman, but i fear he will pick a safer running mate like Mitt Romney or Tim Pawlenty.

Here's some excertps from Kristol's op-ed:

"So what’s to be done? McCain could well decide the obstacles to Pawlenty and Romney aren’t insuperable, and pick one of them. He could choose a different Republican governor or ex-governor, senator or congressman. Or he could decide that Obama’s conventional pick of Biden allows him to seize the moment by making a bold choice. He could select the person he would really like to have by his side in the White House — but whose selection would cause palpitations among many of his staffers and supporters: the independent Democratic senator from Connecticut, Joe Lieberman."

"Lieberman could hold his own against Biden in a debate. He would reinforce McCain’s overall message of foreign policy experience and hawkishness. He’s a strong and disciplined candidate."...

"Obama and Biden will try to frame the presidential race as a normal Democratic-Republican choice. If they can do that, they should win. That would be far more difficult against a McCain-Lieberman ticket. The charge that McCain would merely mean a third Bush term would also tend to fall flat. And an unorthodox “country first” Lieberman selection would reinforce what has been attractive about McCain, and what has allowed him to run ahead of — though not yet enough ahead of — the generic Republican ballot."

Full op-ed.