Reply #12: no no and again no

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for a number of reasons:

1.) Conn has a repub governor, so we lose a seat in the senate. I don't care that it's only until '06, we don't need to hand the repubs another seat on a silver platter. Disagree with Lieberman's stances all you want, for the most part he still votes with the Dems

2.) Bush gets to pretend that he's bipartisan and 'working across the aisle' this will create the impression that the dems as a whole don't disagree with Bushco, that much. Since Lieberman was on a presidential ticket as a dem, we can't easily portray him as sell out a la Zell Miller.

3.) When the shit hits the fan, and it will, without a doubt. The administration has a democratic punching bag to blame things on. Lieberman's not exactly a forceful personality, so he probably won't be able to fight against the accusations that well.

4.) He'd be nothing but a publicity figure, the way Collin Powell was. Placed into that position to gain political favor, but not actually treated seriously.