Lieberman Goes the Full Zell
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Lieberman Goes the Full Zell

Seperated at Birth?

In 2006, Joe Lieberman was in a bit of a spot. His stubborn and increasingly vocal support for the Iraq War and perrenial thorn in Democrats' side had a lot of Connecticut Democrats fed up and ready to give Joe the heave-ho. Faced with a tight primary battle against newcomer Ned Lamont, Lieberman needed some Dem street cred and begged another popular newcomer, Barack Obama, to campaign for him. Two years later, this is how Lieberman repays a fellow Democrat's kindness:
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican official tells The Associated Press that Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman will be speaking at the Republican National Convention.
The GOP official said Wednesday that Lieberman would deliver a speech as Republicans gathered in St. Paul to nominate John McCain for president.
Like anyone didn't see that coming.
Like former Georgia senator Zell Miller before him, Lieberman has followed a career arc from moderate Democrat scold to an Iraq war supporting, Republican talking point machine, such that anytime a Democrat felt a knife in the back, Joe's name was usually on the handle. And that's as good as it gets for an audition to play in St. Paul:
Maybe Lieberman will reiterate his claim that Obama has not always put his country first. It's awfully valuable to McCain and the GOP to have a so-called Democrat leading with such a smear, and there apparently is nothing Lieberman won't do for his new buds.
But is there anything they won't do for Joe? Actually, there's quite a lot, and Joe shouldn't get too comfy with his new chums:
I hope that when Lieberman gives his speech...he realizes that the delegates cheering him on are the same people who'd be rioting in the streets if their party ever gave Lieberman anything more than a symbolic honor...Lieberman's only use to the Republicans is as a sideshow act; and he, of course, has no use anymore to Democrats...He truly is a man without a political home. So sad.
There's not much hope for Lieberman keeping his chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Although Harry Reid has let Joe do his business in the Democratic Party punchbowl for so long, even this may not matter. As Open Left says:
I still remain skeptical that they will actually strip him of his committee chair, since it will demonstrate self-respect and a willingness to stand up to conservative Democrats.
One way or the other, come November 5th, expect Joe to have a little more time on his hands, and for the Homeland Security / Government Affairs Committee to actually get some work done. After all, there's not much of a reason for Harry Reid to do anything sooner than that:
If (Reid) pulls the trigger, Lieberman gets to…tout it as evidence that partisanship has gone too far, that he was deemed perfectly qualified and capable of serving the American people on those committees until he stepped out of line, and that McCain’s the only maverick in the race willing to bridge that divide and put country first.
Lieberman's going to do all that anyway, but at least he won't be able to throw the rest of the Senate Dems under the bus as well.
Again, that is.
And so Lieberman is going all in for McCain. He has no other choice, really. The Democrats are highly likely to pick up at least one seat in the senate, making Joe's agreement to caucus with them irrelevant. And once Joe's no longer a Democrat in any way, shape or form, he'll cease to be of any interest to the media that loves them some Democratic infighting. A McCain victory is Joe's only shot at maintaining any relevancy or power, either on a committee or as part of a McCain cabinet.
As for even higher aspirations, given Joe's speaking slot on the first day of the convention (not to mention his ostensibly pro-choice position), it probably rules him out as McCain's VP choice. But the Associated Press was still mentioning his name as a possibility as of yesterday, so who knows?

Debate continues as to whether or not that was a typo.

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