" Reid is echoing an argument he knows is false"

[ProSense]

Lieberman himself, meanwhile, said he was able to keep his slot thanks to Barack Obama, whose recent statement said he held "no grudges" against Lieberman. Lieberman singled out the "appeal by President Obama himself" as a key reason he's staying.

So, Senate Dems will be allowing Lieberman to keep his plum spot despite the fact that he has been deeply awful in that role, and despite the fact that he endorsed efforts by the GOP to imply that Obama is in league with terrorists, suggested that Obama endangered our troops, and said Obama hasn't always put the country first.

Worse, Reid is echoing an argument he knows is false: That this is only about retribution. Reid and his fellow Senators have made the political decision to leave Lieberman in a job that he was a disaster at, rather than make the good governmental decision to remove him for the good of the country.

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They all owe Americans who voted for change an apology.

[JuniperLea]

1. This is change... and the nuance is sweet if you ask me...

Think about the phrase, "no grudges." This implies that there is something evident which is, as a matter of standard though, something grudge-worthy... something that really stinks... something ethically putrid... and Lieberman is thankful for the pass.

I think a lot of people were lost in some fantasy world during the Obama campaign and somehow missed the message that Obama planned on reaching across the aisle from the very beginning. I think he is going to continue to show mercy. I don't have a problem with a president who actually does these things instead of just giving lip service to them.

I don't know where all y'all been.

[WA98070]

3. People heard "Hope" and hoped for what they want. As far as reaching across the aisle, he was ....

on the other side all along.

[JuniperLea]

5. Funny...

That's what the RWer who occupies the office next door says. I'm not buying it. I don't think he misrepresented himself at all.

[AlinPA]

2. He supported Palin's actions of enraging their supporters to yell "kill him" in referring

to Obama.

[EFerrari]

4. I'm thinking the residents of the Gulf Coast who suffered Lieberman's "neglect"

in not investigating Katrina are owed one, too.

It's hard to see how Obama's "generosity" will help them in the least.