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...President-elect Barack Obama can forgive, so can we.' THOMAS R. CARPER, Democratic Senator from Delaware, on allowing Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut to serve in the Democratic caucus despite Lieberman's campaigning for John McCain...
...change” and suggested his own party’s candidate did not “put country first,” the Democratic Party failed to make this change for Lieberman by stripping him of his committee chairmanship, an act that would have effectively forced him to caucus with the Republicans. Unfortunately, a tangled web of party interests among Democrats prevented this from happening. According to the New York Times, President-elect Obama, apparently interested in promoting party unity, has “signaled” his interest in retaining Lieberman’s vote, while Sen. Chris...
...1930s, according to Richard Curtin, director of the University of Michigan's survey of consumer sentiment. As if Detroit isn't hurting enough, its biggest longtime booster in Washington, Michigan Representative John Dingell, lost his powerful perch as head of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in a caucus vote on Thursday. For 28 years, Dingell had helped craft every piece of environmental legislation, but he will now have to hand his gavel to California Representative Henry Waxman, a darling of environmental groups...
When asked if he felt reprimanded, chagrined or punished, Lieberman responded with unwavering support for his fellow Democrats. "This is the beginning of a new chapter, and I know that my colleagues in the Senate Democratic caucus were moved not only by the kind words that Senator Reid said about my longtime record but by the appeal from President-elect Obama himself that the nation now unite to confront our very serious problems," said Lieberman, while admitting that he had uttered certain statements on the trail that he now regretted...
Many members of the caucus are still furious with Lieberman - 13 voted against him in the secret ballot, and many more emerged saying that while the decision was good for the country, they personally will have a tough time forgiving him. That lingering resentment should help guarantee Lieberman's cooperation. "It is the iron law of reciprocity. He will remember and help those who helped him at a critical time in the future," says James Thurber, director of American University's Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies. "It is politically smart. The President and the Democrats will need...