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Rove, Bush offer to help Lieberman?
Posted 1:18 pm
ABC News ran an item this morning highlighting a very odd offer of political support for Joe Lieberman. (via Hotline)

According to a close Lieberman adviser, the President's political guru, Karl Rove, has reached out to the Lieberman camp with a message straight from the Oval Office: "The boss wants to help. Whatever we can do, we will do."

This hasn't been confirmed by the campaign or anyone else, so I'm going to hold off on rushing to judgment, but what struck me as the most interesting part of the ABC report wasn't the last seven words, but rather, the first six.

Sure, if Rove really did call the Lieberman campaign, on the president's behalf, offering campaign support, it's a pretty huge deal, but this leak came to ABC by way of "a close Lieberman advisor."

In other words, the Lieberman campaign wants to get the word out that the senator is considering accepting help from the Bush White House. Even if it's not true, the fact that the Lieberman team wants people to believe it speaks volumes.

Lieberman's outreach to Connecticut Republicans has formally begun.

A complete rat bastard. If true.