In what shouldn’t be a too surprising turn of events, Joe Lieberman announced today that if the Senate voted to cancel funding for the Iraq war, that he would officially turn his allegiance towards the GOP. This move could only be described as extortion towards either party on Lieberman’s part as he now single-handedly controls the balance of power in the US Senate. After losing the Democratic primary in Connecticut to Ned Lamont in August 2006, Lieberman successfully won the General Election after changing parties to the “Connecticut for Lieberman” party. His role as an independent caucusing with the Democrats was viewed as so critical by the Senate Democratic leadership that they named him Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee. I’m sure that the GOP has made him quite an offer behind closed doors to swing his allegiance to the other side of the aisle.
No one seems to know where this guy stands or what he stands for, not even Joe Lieberman himself. His only loyalty seems to be to his own advancement, not to a party, an ideology, and one would surmise, not even to his own state. This is exactly the kind of self fulfilling behavior that voters all around the country rejected in November 2006 when they dumped a number of crooked, self motivated politicians. Regardless of what party Joe decides to stay loyal to, it’s time for the people of Connecticut to recall this self-interested politician out of office and into permanent retirement.
