Lieberman Prays For Third

Lieberman learned Sunday morning that he had overtaken Wesley Clark and John Edwards for third place in the new CNN/Gallup poll. Three is the number Lieberman will never say publicly but counted on for months, and now it seemed again a possibility. When Wolf Blitzer pointed out on Late Edition that he was nevertheless a "distant third" Lieberman winced and exclaimed, "Wolf, be excited!!! This is JoeMentum here in New Hampshire."

In an effort to build on that Mo (Joe?), the campaign released a new 60-second radio ad starring post-debate converts, who came into New Hampshire offices to lend their support and ended up lending their voices, too. The ad is an appeal to still undecided voters, who in the final hours of a race for third place that promises to be close are what Deputy Campaign Director Brian Hardwick calls "gold."