Well, not the wolves exactly, but the Senate Democratic Caucus, which could be worse:
The full Democratic caucus will vote on whether Joe Lieberman is allowed to keep his chairmanship of the Homeland Security committee at its caucus meeting next week, a leadership aide confirms to us.
Previously, Reid’s office had held this possibility out but hadn’t made a final decision on whether to throw Lieberman’s fate to the full Dem caucus for a vote
President-Elect Obama has weighed in with the opinion that he would like to see Lieberman stay in the Democratic Caucus, but Lieberman’s online enemies seem to think they have the votes to kick him out.
Personally, I don’t think this will mean much of anything in the long run. If the Democrats kick Lieberman out of the caucus, he may well end up with the Republicans (although I don’t see what value there is in that move for him since the GOP can’t offer him anything) but he’s still going to vote the same way he always has, and that’s usually going to be of benefit to the Democratic leadership and the White House.
H/T: The Crossed Pond
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So voting for the Bush administration and supporting Republicans in their neoconservative policies is somehow of benefit to the Democratic leadership and the (Obama) White House? Is this some new definition of “benefit” of which I was previously unaware?
Great example to hold up to civics classes throughout our country on display here by Democrats. Makes you wonder why they have votes in the first place on issues, we should just have everyone go home for four years and let every vote stand with what the number of Dems is versus Reps. So thats how our democracy should work? We no longer have moderates, conservatives, liberals, libertarians, just big “D”’s and big “R”. This basically demonstrates all that is lost in Washington; all politicians and ZERO Statesman left.
The Democrat leadership has a history of punishing those who dare have an independent thought. I don’t understand why they do this, especially since he will likely vote with the dems on most any issue that isn’t War related which is a large quanity voting issues.
Harry Reid is a jerk! The way he’s treating Joe Lieberman is disgusting. Sen. Lieberman took a stand for what he felt was right and for him to be punished for that is unfair. The Senate is supposed to be a chamber for debate, Sen. Reid has turned it into pit of vipers.
Lieberman took a stand…now he has to face the consequences of his actions. It’s called “responsibility”> Are you crying that Lieberman is a “victim”…LOL
I don’t care what the Dems do to Lieberman, I’m just pointing out that, in the long run, who he caucuses with means almost nothing. He will still vote with the Dems 99% of the time.