President-elect Barack Obama has informed party officials that he wants Joe Lieberman to continue caucusing with the Democrats in the 111th Congress, Senate aides tell the Huffington Post.
Obama's decision could tie the hands of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has been negotiating to remove Lieberman as chair of the Homeland Security and Government Reform committee while keeping him within the caucus. Lieberman has insisted that he will split from the Democrats if his homeland security position is stripped.
No wonder the public views Washington Democrats as worthless and weak. They are! Lieberman campaigns against their own nominee and they negotiate with him.
The sad fact is that Obama and Reid are afraid of Joementum’s constituency. No, I don’t mean the "Connecticut For Lieberman" Party. I mean the Republicans and the Beltway pundits. They might question Barack’s bipartisan credentials.
Pathetic.
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