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This is kind of cute. Lieberman had created an independent party for his run for Senate, once he lost the Democratic primary, and now — now one of his critics has taken over the party and elected himself its chairman. It’s humorous, and sort-of clever on The Critic’s part, except for one thing: it doesn’t make any difference whatsoever. Lieberman likely won’t run again in 2010 and if he did, it’d probably be as a successful Democrat. It’s like buying someone’s old house once they’ve left it to spite them. It’s somewhat cute, a little creepy, but ultimately devoid of meaning.

Which makes it, of course, a perfect political gesture.

Today, the new Congress opens for business. I can say I’m excited, but not particularly optimistic. I’m curious to see how much of their platform they genuinely try to enact, how much they pretend to want to enact, and how much the Republicans block from Enact.

We’ll see how serious the Democrats, and Republicans, are.

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 4th, 2007 at 12:56 pm and is filed under Outside Retort (Current Affairs).