I have no idea why the Senate Democrats have welcomed Joe back with open arms; I can only hope they’ve got secret photos to hang over his head to guarantee his vote with the caucus in the coming years.
I’m all for forgiveness and compassion, but I’m also for holding people responsible for their actions and not being a carpet to walk on. Lieberman has been like a little kid, kicking the Dems in the shins, spitting in their soup, and knocking the flower vase onto the floor with a defiant snear. He did everything he could to tank the Democrats in this past election, but they’ve voted 42-13 to keep him in the caucus and allow him to keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. Even Obama was reportedly in favor of it — which means a lot more to me than the usual gang of Democratic Senatorial Idiots favoring the idea.
Still … bizarre.
(via Les)
This is the Dems playing ‘No filibuster’ politics. Now that Stevens has been defeated in Alaska, Franken has a real shot in Minnesota and the runoff next month down South . . .Joe gives the Dems a lock on cloture.
That said, don’t expect to hear much from Joe in the near future. I’m sure he’s been give ‘Shut up or get out’ orders.
The Dems also offer Joe the ONLY chance he has of getting re-elected. Frankly I’d love to see the Dems defeat Joe in his next election so we don’t have to deal with this weasel.
Barack is a very savvy politician. He knows he’ll need Senatorial cloture to pass a number of measures that will be necessary, but unpopular to fix the mess he’s been given. Now’s the time for work, knives can be sharpened later.
“But I want bloody vengeance NOOOOOOOOWWWWWW …”