Reply #98: You have a valid point. However

[Tom Rinaldo]

In addition to the obvious, my problems with Lieberman are: He comes from a state, CT, where Democrats should be able to elect an across the board progressive Senator. CT isn't Nebraska or Montana, and I am unhappy having Lieberman taking up a seat where Democrats should be able to elect someone better. Second, Lieberman isn't exactly a back bencher, he still is a prominent Democrat, so when Joe gets kissy huggy with Bush the Republicans exploit that for a lot of mileage, saying why can't more Democrats be good "patriots" like Lieberman?

Still Lieberman is a vote for Reid as Majority Leader in the Senate over Frist (at least as of now he is). The country is going to Hell in a runaway hand basket and we have to save the country before we can complete all the needed detail work on restoring the Democratic Party to what it should be. We need to get majorities in both houses so that Democrats control the committees that issue the subpoenas. That is priority number One in my book, and that is where our volunteer time and money needs to go, to winning those majorities.

I want Patrick Leahy to replace Arlen Specter as Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.