A reminder of the past…
Published Thu, Dec 17 2009 5:27 AM
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Some time back on the Sound Politics website, there was a posting called Kos The Kingmaker. I took note of it here at the time. Here’s a brief bit from that post (the one on Sound Politics that is).
Assuming that James Webb prevails over George Allen, the incoming Senate will have 49 Republicans, 50 Democrats (including nominal Socialist Bernie Sanders), and 1 Joe Lieberman. Lieberman, having won re-election in spite of being dumped by his party in the primary for voting with Republicans occasionally, now owes nothing to the Democrats and is even more free to vote with Republicans when his conscience dictates. If Lieberman sides with the Republicans on a party line vote, it's a 50-50 tie, with the Vice President adding the 51st vote for the GOP. Lieberman is now the real tie-breaker, the most powerful member of the United States Senate, and largely thanks to the Kos Kidz support for Ned Lamont in the primary.
Well, yesterday I saw this cartoon and it reminded me of that little bit of prophecy.
Hat’s off to Stefan Sharkansky.
Oh, and here’s another bit to note… this is the perfect example of what I’ve been talking about. Get that last sentence (with a little bit of added emphasis)…
Lieberman is now the real tie-breaker, the most powerful member of the United States Senate, and largely thanks to the Kos Kidz support for Ned Lamont in the primary.
Yes, we can turn things around by focusing on the primaries. It may have backfired on the liberals, but they were successful at getting Lieberman off the Democratic ticket in the general election.
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Angel responded with:
 | let s hope we can turn this around in the next election Perri!! |
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