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Old 11-06-2008, 06:06 PM   #17
enurihent

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My point is, unless you're looking to punish the opposition party, why do you need Lieberman?
Because Senate politics is practical, not idealogical - its about getting your bill passed - not loyalty to the leadership. They need his vote. Maybe not even now - but if they take the long view, they may need it more 2 or 4 years down the road (I can't imagine that the GOP won't pop back up after a long recession in '10).

If he was in the house, they'd have tossed him years ago. Same with McCain. All they care about there is loyalty. Maybe they'll decide that they won't get to 60 even with him after all, and toss him from the caucus. But I think thats a stupid decision. The Bush era is over, the McCain campaign is history... why dwell on it?
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