Reply #78: Lieberman votes his conscience too. [View All]

[cmkramer]

I completely disagree with him on the war but I have no doubt he did what he thought was right.

So why is it that when Russ Feingold screws Clinton over and don't forget he was the deciding vote on getting John Ashcroft out of committee, he's voting his conscience or however you want to put it, but if Lieberman does it, he must be GOP-lite or something?

From Ed Kilgore who is part of the dreaded DLC: http://newdonkey.blogspot.com/

"I can't imagine that these hugs and kisses are any more welcome in Liebermanland than was Bush's famous "kiss" at State of the Union Address. It's not like Joe needs Republican help in Connecticut; in the absence of a viable GOP candidate in the race, there's not a whole lot of doubt that Nutmeg State Republicans would overwhelmingly prefer Lieberman over Lamont in November without any encouragement from on high. And all the love directed at the incumbent from national Republicans could seriously erode his support among Democrats and independents."

But here's what I really want to know: are all these national Republicans embracing Joe Lieberman willing to support anything he stands for other than his position on Iraq, which they claim crazy lefties have illegitimately targeted him for? Will they suddenly develop an interest in dealing with global climate change? Will they agree that labor laws need to be revised to make it easier for workers to organize unions? Are they on board with Lieberman's ambitious proposal for a federally funded National Center for Cures to speed new medical treatments? Will they take a serious look at Joe's 2004 tax proposal, that would have made income tax rates actually more progressive than they were before the Bush tax cuts? Will they push for a systematic attack on corporate subsidies in the federal budget and tax code?"