Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: Karl Rove Called Lieberman On Primary Election Day To Wish Him Well

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove (C) talks to Rev. Al Sharpton (R) and Rev. Jesse Jackson at a signing ceremony for H.R. 9, the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, July 27, 2006.

Reuters: Rove called Lieberman on voting day

Karl Rove, a top political adviser to President Bush said on Thursday he had called Sen. Joseph Lieberman to wish him well in the Democratic primary in Connecticut this week.

Top Republicans, including Vice President Dick Cheney, have taken the unusual step of publicly commenting on the results of the Democratic primary that Lieberman lost on Tuesday to an anti-war challenger.

“I called him. He’s a personal friend,” Rove told reporters traveling with Bush to Wisconsin. The call was made late Tuesday afternoon, the day of the primary won by challenger Ned Lamont, who painted Lieberman as too cozy with Bush.

Rove said he called Lieberman “and wished him well on his election that night,” and that reports he had offered to help the senator were “completely inaccurate.”

Now, how badly does the White House want Ned Lamont to win?

The Kossaks, etc. must be going wild and Allah says he will have a round-up of reactions later.

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