Please Pick Droopy Dog

This would be perfect in a lot of ways. Once Lieberman accepted the Vice-Presidential nomination of the opposing party, it'd be next to impossible for the Senate Democratic leadership to cover for him any further ("He's only against us on the war!"). After we pound McCain and Lieberman into the turf, we can expel him from the caucus and move on with things. Our pickups in the Senate, which will be at least 5 and perhaps as much as 10, should be enough to compensate. Obviously a filibuster-proof majority would be nice, but ditching Lieberman would be a lot nicer.

I love this logic, too:

“[McCain] loves Lieberman. And he is on the [short-]list because Lieberman has never embarrassed anyone, never misspoken. The first rule is, don’t take someone who costs you votes,” said one McCain adviser.

Yes, he's never misspoken. All those times associating Iran and Al Qaeda must of come out of someone else's mouth. Or telling rape victims that it's a short ride to another hospital if pharmacists don't want to prescribe the morning after pill. Or "nobody wants to end the war more than I do." Please.