He’s baaaaaack

Created
Sat, 15/07/2023 - 03:30
Updated
Sat, 15/07/2023 - 03:30
And making the same mess he always makes I’ll just leave this here: Six questions for Joe Lieberman. Lieberman, the former Democratic senator from Connecticut who later became an independent, is a co-chair of No Labels, a centrist group that is working to secure ballot access for a potential third-party “unity ticket” in next year’s presidential race. The group describes the effort as an “insurance policy” to prevent President Biden, former president Donald Trump or any other candidate who doesn’t embrace its agenda from being elected if the group sees a path to victory. Lieberman will appear in New Hampshire on Monday with Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), who’s mulled running for president next year as an independent. We talked with him about whether he wants Manchin to run and how he deals with Democrats who fear that No Labels’ efforts will hand the election to Trump. This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.  The Early: What’s the message No Labels will be trying to deliver in New Hampshire? Lieberman: The reason what No Labels is doing in New Hampshire on Monday is important is that we’re really launching our own policy agenda for ‘24, which we call “Common Sense,” evoking memories of Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense.” Inevitably, as we have initiated this 2024 insurance policy project, the talk has gone to, “Who are you going to run?” That’s not irrelevant, but it’s not the question before us now. The Early: Do you see this policy agenda as the foundation of a platform should No Labels decide to run a presidential candidate?…