How to deal with the Lieberman Question
Rather than kick Joe Lieberman out of the Democratic party, why not offer him the job of Director of the EPA? He's always been on the right side on environmental issues and his portfolio at the EPA would preclude him from speaking out on Obama's foreign policy. Seems like a win/win situation to me.
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couldn't disagree more with your thoughts here. LIEberman is not a team player and he would use this position to promote himself and not the Obama policies. Joe isn't bad on the EPA issues but he doesn't need a leadership position. He's an asshole that wouldn't even investigate the Katrina disaster, much to horrid repsonse form Bush!
November 6, 2008 3:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Lieberman as a member of the Administration is accountable to his boss, the President, who can hire or fire him at will. If he is left to fester in the Senate, he can flip to the GOP. Tell me, how does that help our cause?
November 6, 2008 4:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
why even get to a point of firing him...messy and absolutely not in the country's interest!
Jade shares her thoughts much better than I did..."Traitors deserve no rewards".
November 6, 2008 4:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'd agree with your suggestion had Lieberman been at least a little loyal, and stayed neutral or endorsed but stayed off the campaign trail. Here you have the 2000 Dem VP nominee playing footsie with McCain, going to the convention and making a speech. Note that even though Obama had Republicans speak at his convention, they were all FORMER members of the House or Senate and not sitting members. He also did not have his cross-party surrogates actively trash his opponent, which Lieberman did with glee.
Now Lieberman is trying to revise history, saying that he never said anything bad about Obama, as he stood alongside McCain and other surrogates as they disparaged Obama.
Therefore, Sen. Lieberman should be left to twist slowly in the wind.
Harsher and briefer: Traitors deserve no rewards.
November 6, 2008 4:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
I agree that what Lieberman did was utterly reprehensible. But that's not what is at issue here. The issue that confronts Senate Democrats is how to expand the majority. The best way to do that is to have a real Democrat representing Connecticut. If Lieberman is appointed to head EPA, that opens the path for Ned Lamont to take the seat that should have been his all along.
November 7, 2008 5:00 PM | Reply | Permalink