Joe Lieberman is making noise about pushing through a stand-alone repeal of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell', alongside Senator Susan Collins (Republican of Maine). He claims to have the votes. If he can get this done, he'll have a nice liberal feather in his cap for his 2010 reelection. Considering that he had roughly 25% job-approval ratings in his home state at the beginning of the year, he'll probably need it.
Just being able to claim he co-wrote this, the most significant federal civil rights bill in recent memory, would be a major victory for him in Connecticut, and do a lot to mend fences with Democrats, many of whom have come to revile him for his hawkishness and anti-health-reform views. If it passes, he may even end up a hero.
Who am I, if I'm not myself?
- Tavis Post
- A compulsive sketcher with a love of comicbooks, film, and politics. A tired, yet happy father. His joy is tinged with cynicism; his sorrow with a laugh. A balding, liberal long-hair who'd finish the job with a razor, but is in no rush to be thought a nazi biker from prison. Twice the man you are, unless you weigh over 140 or are a woman.
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