How Convenient
Today's news is that Sen. Joseph Lieberman has rejected offers from the Bush administration to head the Homeland Security Department. How convenient for Bush that according to the Seventeenth Amendment, the governor of the state that the senator represents gets to appoint his replacement. Of course, the republican governor of Connecticut would likely select a republican (registration may be required for that link) if he were to take the position.However, Lieberman acts like such a republican that it probably wouldn't make a difference. He was one of the fools in the senate who led the rush to war in Iraq. He not only supported the Iraq resolution, he co-sponsored it. He has always been quick to express support for the president in times when we needed him to act like a member of the opposition party. He is also more pro-censorship than most republicans out there.
Still, the republicans have enough of a majority in the Senate now to push through all kinds of bills that will hurt the middle class. Even if he votes and acts like a republican, the democrats still need him.
posted by Skrambled Egghead Reborn @ 9:51 AM
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