A Top DLCer Delivers a Stern Message to Lieberman
DENVER—We hosted Bruce Reed and Al From of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council for lunch today to chat about the election, the party, the Clintons, etc. When I asked them about the future of former (and increasingly former) Democrat Joe Lieberman, From had an interesting answer.
Lieberman, he allowed, is a personal friend. Then he recalled the early 1980s, when he was the executive director of the House Democratic CMAMaucus and a Texas Democratic House member named Phil Gramm (yep, that Phil Gramm) sponsored Ronald Reagan's economic program. We passed a rule, From recalled, saying you could not be a member in good standing of the caucus if you supported the other party's presidential nominee. He added that in the House, Lieberman would already be out.
It was a stern message from a Lieberman friend. And incidentally, to his credit Gramm resigned and ran again as a Republican—a path Holy Joe might consider when he's drummed from the Senate Democratic Caucus in January.
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Lieberman is just single-focused on Israel, but unfortunately lacking the wisdom to know that Obama is better for Israel than McCain. McCain will galvanize the Muslims against us in ways Lieberman does not "get". The "Great Satan" of Muslim minds (us) will be an even worse "Satan" when we blindly decide to be led by a dealer of the alcoholic beer they do not believe in.
How Democratic. You kick out members who support the person who is best for the country. Lieberman believes that Obama is not the best person for the country (I happen to agree). He chose McCain. Doug Kmiec, a former Reagan official, supports Obama because he does believe that Obama is the best person to lead the country. However, you don't hear any speak of Republicans wanting to kick him out of the Republican (nor do they want to do that to Ike Eisenhower's granddaughter, Susan Eisenhower).
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