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To: Sam who wrote (18147)	11/30/2003 6:38:22 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 794407

OUT OF ALIGNMENT by Jason Zengerle TNR Online Candidate: Joe Lieberman Category: General Likeability Grade: C For a Republican, John McCain has quite a following among Democrats--especially those running for president. John Kerry and John Edwards have often tried to align themselves with their colleague across the Senate aisle, sponsoring legislation with him and dropping his name into interviews. But now Joe Lieberman--another Democratic senator who has good relations with the Arizona maverick--has taken his McCain identification to whole new level: He's making it the centerpiece of his New Hampshire primary strategy. This week, the Lieberman campaign unveiled a new television ad touting endorsements from seven Granite State independents who voted for McCain in New Hampshire's 2000 Republican primary. "Something's happening," the ad's announcer intones. "McCain supporters are backing Joe Lieberman." Lieberman and McCain, the former McCainiacs in the ad tell the cameras, are two peas in a pod--"straight talkers" who "vote their own conscience." And just in case McCain's New Hampshire fans miss the ad, the Lieberman campaign has sent a mailing to 30,000 of them asking for their support. The strategy probably makes sense for Lieberman. After all, his support for the Iraq war and his initial refusal to vote against the GOP Medicare bill haven't endeared him to his party's rank and file. And since independents--who helped McCain win the 2000 GOP primary in New Hampshire--can vote in the Democratic primary, Lieberman's wise to seek their votes. But there's something a little desperate about Lieberman's latest attempt to ride McCain's coattails. Wasn't pledging to make McCain his secretary of defense enough? tnr.com