Although I despise his politics, when Robert Novak gets a tip from the inside, chances are it is good information. His latest tidbit hit comes from inside the Democratic caucus in the Senate and it is good news for both parties....sort of.
From Real Clear Politics:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Despite assurances to the contrary from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Democratic insiders are certain Sen. Joseph Lieberman next year will be kicked out of the party's caucus and lose his Senate chairmanship if he addresses the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., as planned.
Lieberman's Democratic colleagues willing to accept his support of Sen. John McCain for president consider speaking to the GOP convention as the last straw. Lieberman was re-elected from Connecticut as an independent in 2006 after losing the Democratic nomination because of his support for the Iraq war.
After his 2006 election, the Senate Democratic leadership agreed to give Lieberman the Homeland Security Committee chairmanship if he provided the decisive vote to make the Democrats a 51 to 49 Senate majority. However, with additional Democratic senators likely to be elected this year, that agreement is expected to be null and void in the new Congress.
So it definitely won't be during the 110th Congress, that is political common sense. Yet the Democratic caucus has grown increasingly wary and annoyed by Lieberman, and for so many good reasons. It has been all downhill for Joe since he was the Vice-Presidential nominee, in large part to his hawkish stance with the GWOT TM. Slowly but surely, he has come to resemble a Republican and now he is endorsing one that goes against his (presumed) social and domestic principles. Well we in the Democratic Party will have none of that, so good riddance Joe, enjoy life on the GOP side...with no chairman positions or power of any kind.
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