Joe Lieberman about to have to pay the piper

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Originally Posted by MikeinAR

Please. This has nothing to do with working with people on both sides of the aisle. Until he proves otherwise, I'll take Obama at his word that he's willing to work with people across party lines on issues where they can find common ground and it's good for the country. This has to do with making sure all of the people in their party actually support their party.

That has absolutely zero to do with allowing a member of your own party to chair congressional committees while continually publicly trashing the party and it's nominee. I'm sure they'll be glad to work with Lieberman on issues he can help on, but you and I both know that neither political party would allow his shenanigans to go on and allow him party leadership.

Joe is not a member of their party. He's Independent. They threw him under the bus. He mde them pay. They were fortunate that he was willing to caucus with them to give them a majority. He has every right to be Independent. They needed him to get a slim majority. He needed them to have a chairmanship.

Obama is the head of the party now. Not Reid, not Pelosi. As soon as BO heard word about what the Dems thought to do to JL HE COULD'VE PICKED UP THE PHONE AND SAY (sorry, got stuck on caps---I'm typing this on my phone, too time consuming to correct it), BO could pick up the phone and simpl tell them, "Revenge is old politics, I promised America Tuesday that petty immature politcs is over."

I think keeping a campaign promise is more important than getting even.