Lieberman Slicing the Salami

A lot of talk in the blogosphere today about Joe Lieberman campaigning with Republicans, with others not no sure. As usual, the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

It seems like a deliberate fudge to me, to give Joe plausible deniability about campaigning with a Republican while also cresting off of Jodi Rell's wave of support. As someone taking credit for "saving" the Groton submarine base, Joe has every right to show up at a celebration for the one-year annivesary of that. The reason the senior Senator from the state, Chris Dodd, is not there is likely that he's not up for re-election. And it's in Republican Rob Simmons' district, I'm assuming. And Jodi Rell's the Republican governor. So yes, that all makes sense.

However, it's 75 days from an election and Lieberman's appearing at what looks to be a public celebration with two Republicans. Remember that he's already marched in a parade with Nancy Johnson (R). He's trying to have it both ways. Again. Well, imagine that.

I also think it's good that liberal blogs did not uniformly condemn Lieberman for this move, but brought it up for scrutiny. I try to make it a practice not to believe everything I read, though I've been burned before as we all have.