Democratic Wusses

My God, what will it take for congressional dems to kick someone out of the party for disloyalty?!?! For the second straight convention, a democratic senator (Lieberman) will speak in support of the republican nominee.

I understand the 51-49 senate situation, by jeez, Harry Reid et. al basically shrugging that Lieberman can speak to whoever he wants without any retribution or consequences just make them look pathetic and weak wussies. And why is it no Republican ever speaks in support of a Dem nominee?

Would it really be so bad if Reid kicked Lieberman out of the caucus and/or stripped him of his chairmanship? He should do it on the first day back in session. The R’s would burn 2 weeks in September organizing the chamber after the surprise move.

In some ways, it would hurt McConnell wouldn’t it? he’s in a tough reelection bid and the Dems could use parliamentary maneuvers to keep him in Washington rather than on the Kentucky campaign trail.

And a 50-50 senate would require Dick Cheney to emerge and appear on the senate floor to cast the deciding votes – what more could you ask to fire up Dems nationwide and give everyone the sense of what is at stake than Cheney tipping the Senate balance back to Republicans, courtesy of sanctimonious Joe Lieberman. Pathetic. Talk about rallying the base. And so long as the D’s have the House there is a firewall so nothing bad can be enacted (not that anything was going to pass anyway).

On another note, I came across this line in today’s New York Times story about Obama in PA. “political scientists tend to paint Pennsylvania in broad swaths: there is Philadelphia and its liberal-to centrist suburbs,….”

Doesn’t that sentence perfectly capture the damage Bush has done to his party? For 50 years Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties have been the epitome of country club republicans. Now after 8 years of Bush-Cheney they are being described as “liberal to centrist” suburbs. Amazing.