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...might be about previous votes and statements. This reduces the chances of that issue fundamentally changing the dynamics of the race. This isn't 1972, with George McGovern battling Scoop Jackson and Ed Muskie caught between, or 2004, with Howard Dean challenging the field and Dick Gephardt and Joe Lieberman losing ground as war supporters...
...Lieberman is a sad excuse for a Democrat, but he has no incentive to change his affiliation. Rather, he uses his image as a “rogue” senator to appeal to voters, and to further himself in the Senate. As a “Democrat-Independent,” he maintains the Democrats’ 51-49 majority, not out of principle but because it affords him a tactical position to wield unwarranted bargaining power. But this “independent” streak is a disguise for his true political orientation. Far from a thoughtful Democrat...
...just for show, the time has passed when it was necessary that senators be elected for their superior wisdom. In the age of mass media and widespread information, senators have a duty to represent the beliefs of the people who voted for them—an obligation Lieberman shuns in order to protect his own political capital...
Despite leaning on a Republican base to secure electoral victory, the senator remains purposely ambiguous about his party—he required 78 percent of the Republican vote to win in Connecticut this year. Again, Lieberman is able to use his opportunistic politics for personal gain, currying favor with Connecticut’s liberal voters and maximizing his influence as the Democrats’ majority-sealing vote—all without explicitly revealing where he stands. Instead, he should face the truth about his party affiliation and put ethics ahead of his appetite for power...
...course, a switch might disadvantage the Democratic legislative agenda and please Republicans, but it is an opportunity to transcend party-politics—an area Lieberman likes to claim as his specialty. Realigning with the correct party would make a powerful statement against the culture of self-aggrandizement and insider politics that defines Washington. What better way to prove the “independence” he brags about than to take such a bold action...