Lieberman Rules Out VP Run With McCain

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Still believe he will be McCain's VP.

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I don't think that this has actually changed anything. Lieberman has simply repeated his denial while leaving the window open for running. No-one (with the exception of John Edwards) has ever got onto the bottom half of a ticket by actively campaigning for it.

I also believe that Ann Coulter's grab for attention has made a Lieberman ticket more likely. If McCain wins he will have done so in the face of the active opposition from the Republican 'base', proving that he owes them nothing (and he will also be p.ssed off at them).

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""Hurricane Katrina Investigation: A Nation Still Unprepared. The response to Hurricane Katrina shook the public's confidence in the ability of government at all levels to protect its citizens in a crisis. Immediately after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in August of 2005, Senators Lieberman and Collins launched an investigation into government's response to the disaster.

By April 2006, the Committee held a total of 23 hearings, conducted formal interviews with more than 325 witnesses, and reviewed over 838,000 pages of documentation, all of which was reflected in the report "Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared." The 749-page report contained 88 recommendations for local, state, and federal governments to adopt in order to prevent a similar disastrous response to the next catastrophe. The report concluded that Katrina was the first catastrophe that tested all levels of government since 9/11, and all levels of government failed the test. Senator Lieberman also submitted additional views on the Administration's lack of cooperation with the Committee's investigation and the White House's leadership failures in Katrina. The report contained a series of recommendations, which Senators Lieberman and Collins set about to enact into law.""