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.