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January 3, 2008

Lieberman Campaigning for McCain

Joseph Lieberman rallied John McCain supporters at the Brown Bag Deli in Concord, N.H., on Thursday morning.

“I don’t think there’s been a presidential candidate like him since Teddy Roosevelt left the Whitehouse,” Lieberman said as the crowd chanted McCain’s name.

Lieberman, a self-described independent Democrat and a senator from Connecticut, crossed party lines to support McCain, a Republican and senator from Arizona. Lieberman recently endorsed McCain. Both he and McCain support the troop surge in Iraq.

“Why did I cross party lines to support John McCain?” he said. “I did it because we all have a stake in this.”

Washington, Lieberman said, is being “washed down by partisanship.” McCain, he said, will “always put America first.”

McCain, 71, is the oldest candidate in the race for the presidency. If elected, he’ll be the oldest president ever inaugurated. At the Brown Bag, Lieberman had a chance to brush off concerns about McCain’s age, which has been the subject of a number of recent news stories. “This 71-year-old guy has more energy than anyone I’ve ever met,” he said.

The end of his short speech was reserved for some on-the-spot humor. Lieberman caught sight of a few signs behind him that said “Irish for McCain.” Laughing, he said, “Not only did I cross party lines to support McCain, I’ve become Irish too.”

-Andrew Restuccia

Posted by The Sun Newsroom at January 3, 2008 4:34 PM