Is anyone surprised the Joe Lieberman endorsed John McCain for President?

McCain is running 5th in Iowa, on his way to 6th as Ron Paul passes him. McCain's only prayer is New Hampshire, where Romney is 16% ahead and pulling away. In South Carolina, McCain is running 4th and falling. He's so desperate for attention he'll do anything - including trumpeting the endorsement of the most unpopular ex-Democrat in America.

What do McCain and Lieberman have in common? The deep devotion to a permanent U.S. occupation of Iraq, at a time when 70% of Americans want to get out in 2008.

When McCain gets clobbered in the Republican primaries, he should carry on his campaign by forming a 3rd Party with Lieberman - the Iraq4Ever Losers Party.

In the meantime, this is a wonderful clarifying event for anyone who believed Lieberman's empty promises of fealty to the Democratic Party that he betrayed by running as an independent against Ned Lamont after Connecticut's Democratic voters chose Lamont in the primary. As Ari Melber writes,

During his 2006 reelection campaign, Lieberman emphasized that he would support Democratic candidates in 2008. "I want Democrats to be back in the majority in Washington and elect a Democratic president in 2008," he said during a televised debate in July. Lieberman promptly backtracked after his reelection, announcing this January that he was "open" to supporting a Republican or Democrat for president, depending "on a whole range of issues." By not even waiting to see who the Democrats nominate, now Lieberman is revealing that the issues aren't important to him.

If Lieberman had waited until Democrats chose his nominee - and of course endorsed the Republican, as he inevitably would - he would have gotten vast TV coverage for his attack on the Democrat, and that would have hurt our candidate. But now that Lieberman has endorsed a Republican, his attacks on the Democrat will no longer matter. So today's move is a big win for Democrats!