BUSH = LIEBERMAN?

Lloyd Grove of the New York Daily News informs that Bush allegedly told Australian Prime Minister John Howard that Democratic presidential hopeful and de facto has-been Sen. Joe Lieberman "would be the toughest Democrat for him to run against."

Lieberman's campaign took this as a show of strength, running radio ads touting this putative assessment from Dubya.

What he likely doesn't realize is that the former Texas governor finds it difficult to distinguish himself from the Connecticut senator.