Kick. Him. Out.

So there's actually some kind of debate about whether we should let Lieberman stay in our caucus? Seriously? The man stood with McCain, and therefore also on behalf of the Republican party, in one of the dirtiest campaigns in history. He argues that it was a principled stand - that he was rising above party - but what that means is that his principles are that the Democrats are the wrong people to lead the country. Kick. him. out. Take away his chairmanship. We don't need him, and we don't want him. We probably haven't won the 60 seats, but even if we had, Lieberman would not matter. We will be the majority party, and Lieberman will still vote however the hell he wants to on cloture. ALL the Republicans can do to stop us on measures where the Democrats are unified is to filibuster. If Lieberman is so "principled," he will not base his votes on these issues on partisan politics, but on what he thinks is best for the country, no matter what party's caucus he joins. He was never going to be on our side anyway. We can work with him on specific votes, but he is NOT a Democrat, and should not be treated like one. He has no leverage. The further right he moves, the less likely he is to win reelection in 2012 anyway. Just, kick him out.