Netroots Raging About Lieberman
Blogometer's Ian Faerstein catalogs the angry musings of the left today about news that Dems voted 42-13 to allow Sen. Joe Lieberman to continue to caucus with the Dems and keep his Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chairmanship.
A sampling:
AMERICAblog's Joe Sudbay: "Seems like Joe has learned well from his Republican colleagues. He's trashed the president-elect and worked against Democratic Senate candidates. For that, he'll be rewarded. He's called the Democrats bluff. This is, of course, instructive for the small GOP caucus. They now know that the Democrats in the Senate are all talk, no action. Not a good signal to send. But, that's what Democrats do. They cave. Pathetic."
Open Left's Chris Bowers: "I should have expected this, since we are dealing with the Senate Democratic caucus. Threats of joining with Republicans have once again led to a compromise that overwhelmingly favors conservatives. Don't expect a fighting Democratic Senate over the next two years. If a group of conservative Democrats threatens to support a Republican filibuster unless their demands are met, then those demands will probably be met."
MyDD's Josh Orton: "Lieberman [is] now likely to keep his gavel. And the sun will rise in the morning. [...] If this happens, Joe Lieberman will walk away as the most clever politician in all Washington. He played a game of chicken and won."
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