Lieberman and McCain get the band back together

 

Senate Armed Services Committee members, U.S. Sen John McCain (R-AZ) (L) listens as U.S. Sen Joe Lieberman (I-CT) speaks during a press conference on Gen. Stanley McChrystal and the war in Afghanistan on Capitol Hill on June 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. The senators were in support for President Barack Obama's decision to name U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus to replace McChrystal.

The Straight Talk Express and Joe-mentum will be reunited for tonight’s State of the Union address by President Obama.

Just days after John McCain suggested that Joe Lieberman would make a worthy candidate for secretary of defense, the Arizona Republican and self-proclaimed independent Democrat from Connecticut plan to sit together for tonight’s speech.

“Senator Lieberman will sit with Senators John McCain, R-Ariz., and Tom Udall, D-N.M., (one might call that “tri-partisan”),” said Erika Masonhall, Lieberman’s spokeswoman.

You’ll recall that Lieberman supported McCain for president in 2008 over Obama.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., plans to sit with fellow new kid on the block, U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. You might recall that Blumenthal and Ayotte were among the first four senators to be sworn in on Jan. 5.

U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., doesn’t have plans to sit with anyone specifically at the moment.

Neil Vigdor