NY Times: 'Miffed' Lieberman now arguably 'most influential member of Senate'

Someone wants to tell this wanker kid his father did not win the Democratic Vote, Lamont was voted in by the people of Connecticut and deserved the backing of the Democratic Senate, and his father got in with Republican Voters, so he cannot call himself a Democrat. Call the man slime bag trash, and you will be right on.

Just remember dont turn you back on him, he's Georgies puppet.

RAW STORYPublished: Tuesday November 14, 2006

Sen. Joe Lieberman, the now "independent" Democrat from Connecticut, could be the most powerful member of the U.S. Senate, according to a front-page article that will appear in Wednesday's edition of The New York Times.

"[I]t is hard to imagine how Lieberman could have emerged better from last week's election," writes Mark Leibovich. "He was re-elected comfortably, and the Democratic Party he still belongs to is now in the majority... Yet that majority is slim enough ... to turn Lieberman into arguably the Senate's most influential member."

Leibovich notes that if Lieberman were to leave the Democratic Party, the Senate "would effectively be under Republican control" because under Constitution rules, Vice President Dick Cheney gets to cast tie-breaking votes.

"It was very painful to him to have all these people he thought were his friends embrace his opponent," GOP Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is quoted as saying. "[N]ow, not only is he re-elected resoundingly, but he is also the key to which party controls the Senate."

The Times article also reveals that Lieberman, according to people close to him, is still "miffed, if not bitter" about the support his "unknown, untested and unfamiliar" Democratic challenger Ned Lamont received from the senator's party allies.

Excerpts from the article follow...

Lieberman received a standing ovation at a caucus luncheon after Sen. Harry Reid, who is poised to become the majority leader, declared, "We're all family."

All of which is particularly touching in light of recent history. It was, after all, just three months ago that Lieberman became something of a party pariah after losing the Democratic primary in Connecticut but continuing his re-election bid as an independent.

Lieberman won re-election last week without help from most of his Democratic Senate colleagues, who backed Ned Lamont, his Democratic rival, over their "good friend Joe Lieberman."

These would be many of the same good friends "who were happy to leave my dad by the side of the road," as Lieberman's son, Matthew, put it in an election night speech. These, presumably, would include "friends" like Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., John Kerry, D-Mass., and Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., all Lamont supporters.

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