Top Lieberman Campaign Official: We Begged Obama For Help In 2006 -- And He Came Through

[RamboLiberal]

Now that Joe Lieberman has emerged as John McCain's lead attack dog against Barack Obama -- even going so far as to suggest that Obama's judgment could pose a danger to our safety -- there's some very interesting behind-the-scenes back-story to the Lieberman-Obama relationship that you should know about.

Specifically, a top official on Joe Lieberman's 2006 Senate reelection campaign tells me that Lieberman's staff practically begged Barack Obama to come in and endorse him at a critical moment -- requests that Obama agreed to, helping Lieberman minimize the damage from challenger Ned Lamont's recent entry into the contest.

This back-story is particularly relevant right now in light of Lieberman's harsh assaults on Obama's national security credentials.

The top Lieberman official, who was directly involved in securing Obama's help, tells me that the campaign was desperate for Obama to come to Connecticut in March of 2006, soon after Lamont entered the race.

"We needed him to strongly validate us as a candidate that liberal Democrats should not desert," the official tells me. "We went to the Obama operation with a very urgent plea for him to come out for us."

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/top_lieberman_staffer_we_begge.php

Man I hope we get a majority in the Senate cause it will be fun to see this traitor sent packing over to the Repukes where he belongs! Glad Obama confronted him.

[BlooInBloo]

1. I'm sure this is a lesson that'll stick with Obama.

[billybob537]

2. LIE berman is so done

start the joeblivion clock 5 months tic tic tic.

[speedoo]

7. Joeblivion!!! Excellent!

Is that yours?

[madaboutharry]

3. What a self-serving pos.

I despise him. There are no words to describe how low he is.

[DS1]

4. Lieberman looks just like the rodent he is

[jonnyblitz]

5. I live in CT and held this against Obama for the longest time.

Of course I support and will vote for Obama now but back then I judged him harshly for this.

[bemildred]

6. No good deed goes unpunished.

Joe has always been all about Joe, so I don't know why this should be a surprise. Didn't he mess up Gore's run for President too, leading to the current disastrous mess?