WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Republican strategist Karl Rove opposed the choice of U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, Ind-Conn., as the Republican vice-presidential candidate, sources say.
Politico, a Washington publications, said Thursday that three unidentified sources said Rove personally contacted the Lieberman to ask him to withdraw from the pool of potential running mates for presumptive Republican Party presidential candidate John McCain, a U.S. senator from Arizona.