Gaming Lieberman.

Lieberman lost. I see a few ways in which Joe's independent candidacy can screw over the party that not only abandoned him, but tried to throw him under the bus. First, and least exciting, is that Joe draws enough independents and Republicans, added to his already present base, to win outright. Second, Joe saps enough of the Democrat votes to get Alan Schlesinger elected. Third (and this one requires a lot of dominoes to fall into place at the right time), Joe wins outright, takes office. There have been whisperings that Dick Cheney has wanted to resign from the vice-presidency for awhile now but is waiting until after the November '06 elections. Let's say that he does. Bush appoints Lieberman to the V.P. office. That leaves a vacancy. Republican CT governor M. Jodi Rell appoints a Republican, perhaps Schlesinger, to fill the vacancy. Lieberman becomes a Republican and, after naming as his running mate in 2008 Condy or Rudy, the President. Any of the three scenarios is guaranteed to make the P.O.D. People (those with President Oppositional Disorder) fume.

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