Joe Lieberman is the "perfect" politician... [View All]

[kentuck]

He will never lose an election in his state. Why? Because he is a Demopublican. He is smack dab in the middle of both Parties. He has allies on both sides of the aisle and he gets votes from both Party affiliations. He manages to get his Democratic constituency and just enough Republican votes so that it makes it near impossible for him to lose in his homestate.

Is that good or bad? Actually, it's neither. Because he is weak on all issues. He is ready to compromise one way or the other, according to which way the wind blows. Great for a politician, but devastating for his Party. Because he will never champion a progressive cause that faces an uphill battle. If he can't get bi-partisan support, then it's not worth his time.

That means he is has no strong political passions, one way or the other. He believes the best way to get things accomplished is to stand in the middle and take the least controversial solution. He gets a lot of attention but what we get is as weak as watered-down coffee. He weakens our Party.