While driving home this evening, I pondered, in the wake of Lieberman’s endorsement of McCain—what if McCain doesn’t win the GOP nomination, and what if Unity ‘08 doesn’t snag Bloomberg?
Unity ’08’s rules call for a ticket featuring both a Democrat and a Republican.
Could Unity ‘08 run McCain and Lieberman (assuming “Connecticut for Lieberman” is an adequate proxy for “Democrat”)?
Apparently I’m not the only person pondering this. I got home, and found this editorial from the New York Sun in my reading pile:
Senator Lieberman’s decision to flash his famous independent streak by crossing party lines and endorsing Senator McCain for president might seem to take some wind out of the sails of the idea we have been nursing of a presidential campaign by the mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg. If Mr. McCain fills the niche of the candidate who can occupy the centrist terrain and attract independents such as Mr. Lieberman, the Democratic Party’s 2000 vice presidential nominee, what’s the need for Mr. Bloomberg?[...]