Senate Democrats are ready to give him the boot, says
Bob Novak:
Despite assurances to the contrary from Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid, Democratic insiders are certain Sen. Joseph
Lieberman next year will be kicked out of the party's caucus and
lose his Senate chairmanship if he addresses the Republican
National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., as planned.
This is the handiwork of the MoveOn.org/DFA/Howard Dean wing of
the party, which backed Ned Lamont's primary challenge of Lieberman
in 2006. "Progressive" Democrats may stridently defend the right of
dissent in wartime, but they would not tolerate a prominent
Democratic senator who refused to march to their anti-war
music.
Perhaps Joe should get together with Zell Miller and form the
Ex-Democrat Party. Maybe they can
persuade Hillary Clinton and the PUMAs to join them.
topics:
Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, NATO
