After the Election the Democratic Party has gained six seats in the senate, giving them a greater advantage, many democrats are pressing the senate majority leader Harry Reid to punish Joe Liberman (former democrat turn independent) for criticizing Barack Obama at the RNC and supporting John McCain. Liberman said "Sen. Obama is a gifted and eloquent young man who can do great things for our country in the years ahead. But, my friends, eloquence is no substitute for a record.” For this many Democrats want him either ejected from the Democrat caucus, and/or stripped of his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, however Harry Reid still want to keep him because regardless of what Liberman did, he still gave the democrats the edge of the republicans prior to this election. Reid has said “Quite frankly, I don't like what he did." But he pointed out that Lieberman has supported Democrats on most issues, including an important budget vote earlier this year.” So with the new Democrat lead congress is Lieberman worth being lost to the other side?
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aTrgURyMdP3o&refer=home
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/09/senate.lieberman/
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