Democrats Will Keep Lieberman In The Caucus
They sort of had to. Just about everyone from Harry Reid on down wanted Lieberman out, but The One started talking about “unity” and “bi-partisanship” after the election and you can’t exactly say those things and then stand by and watch as your party trashes someone who actually did work with the other side.
So Obama put in the call, and Lieberman stays in the caucus. He’ll keep his Homeland Security chairmanship, but the Democrats still stripped him of a subcommittee chair.
There will be a lot of back-slapping in Washington DC, and no doubt the media elite will be all teary-eyed with the unity of it all, but this doesn’t really mean anything. The Democrats’ idea of bipartisanship will still be “you go along with our agenda.”
Not that Republicans would do anything less if they were in office. Which is as it should be. All this talk of “bipartisanship” is a waste of everyone’s time.
