Obama Lacks The Courage Of His Convictions, Wimping Out Of Debate Over Lieberman
Coming into office, Obama has been talking about unity in America. In his acceptance speech late on election night Obama told us that he was going to be a President for everyone in America, and that he wants to seek a new spirit of bi-partisanship.
In the Senate, however, Democrats are acting with anything but a unity spirit. Harry Reid is working on stripping Lieberman of his committee chairmanship, and while Obama has been preaching unity he doesn’t appear to be ready to back up his words with action.
WASHINGTON (AP) President-elect Obama is avoiding the issue of whether Sen. Joe Lieberman should remain chairman of an important committee.
Lieberman’s affiliation with Democrats is in question after the Connecticut independent’s high-profile support of Republican John McCain for president.
Lieberman has met with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, but there has been no word on whether Reid intends to try to remove Lieberman as chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Obama’s incoming chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, says that what happens on Capitol Hill is the business of the House and Senate.
I wonder if Obama will be taking that last position as he, like every President before him, goes into battle with Congress over policy? I doubt it.
This is just another example of Obama’s leadership style. Which is that he has no leadership style because he’s not a leader. He’s a celebrity playing a role. That’s about it.
