Eleanor, I'm surprised at you. You should know better than making this statement: "Lieberman himself is scorned by Democrats for adding the 'Independent' label to his Democratic Party registration."
As a CT Democrat, I can tell you Lieberman was scorned by Democrats BEFORE he added "independent" to his party label. That's why Lieberman *lost* the Democratic primary to Ned Lamont! Now, Joe is scorned even more for "adding" the label "Democrat" to his party registration. We Democrats in Connecticut told Joe we don't want him anymore. He's like that annoying guy at the party who ... just ... won't ... ever ... leave.
Hopefully in 2009 Democrats will have a larger majority in the Senate, Russ Feingold will be Senate Majority Leader, and Joe will be denied the committee chairmanships he desires.
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Lieberman’s Limbo
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Lieberman votes with the Democrats 90 percent of the time. In a 51-49 Senate, he's the Democrats' firewall. If he goes, so goes their majority. But he won't be the kingmaker if the Democrats pick up four or five seats next year, which seems possible. Lieberman's experiment with Independent status was born of disaffection among Democrats with his support for Bush's war. The dream of forging a new political path will be left to Obama, who will more than likely be back in the Senate to practice what he preaches. His campaign has stalled according to most polls, his appeal to rise above partisanship is apparently not what Democratic primary voters want to hear. It's a hard sell on Capitol Hill as well.
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