Lieberman caucuses with the Democrats in the Senate, but that is about all he does for Democratic causes. The man votes like a Republican on the crucial issues of the day (like Iraq) and now as a proud member of the Connecticut for Lieberman party, he feels that he can help fundraise for the right too. A spinster might call it a bipartisan event, but it is really just another knife being twisted in the back of the Democratic party.
From The Washington Post:
The event, which will be held in a Capitol Hill location still to be determined, will feature Lieberman and Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) -- a very rare bipartisan fundraiser. Attendees are being asked to raise $3,000; $2,000 would come in the form of a political action committee donation while the other $1,000 would be a personal contribution, according to an electronic invite for the fundraiser obtained today by The Fix.
"Let's try to make this a bi-partisan tour de force," reads the invite.
"Senator Specter approached Senator Collins with the idea of doing a joint fundraising event with Senator Lieberman," said Collins spokeswoman Jen Burita. "Both senators are colleagues with whom she works well and good friends, so we thought it was a great idea."
Lieberman's willingness to work openly for Collins's reelection will surely not sit well with Democratic strategists who want Rep. Tom Allen (D) to oust the two-term incumbent. For Lieberman, his support of Collins is payback. She was one of a handful of senators who campaigned for him in the general election following his loss in the Democratic primary to Lamont. (He ran for and won reelection as an independent.) Lieberman and Collins also serve together as the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in the Senate.
The June 21st event will be payback for Lieberman, who was endorsed last year by Senator Collins after Joe lost the Democratic primary. That primary should have been enough for Holy Joe to get the message that he was out of step for the Democrats in Connecticut. Unfortunately his massive ego and lust for power got in the way of any sort of dignity that he might have had left.
Now he is on the loose and hardly tied to his former party. Raising money for Republicans directly effects the chances to build on the size of the Democratic caucus in the Senate. Apparently this is the way Joe goes when his feelings are hurt by the people that abhor his Republican values.
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