Many months ago (back in March) I wrote about a bet I made with a friend of mine. I bet that the Democrats would not cut Joe Lieberman loose (by taking away his committee assignments), even if they got 57 or more Senates seats. I lose the bet if he loses his committees, whatever the Senate makeup. We didn’t discuss whether Lieberman should count as one of the 57, so to be fair, I am going to assume now that we are at 56.<\/p>\n
So how are things looking? <\/p>\n
For a while things were looking good, in the sense that they were looking bad for me. But today, it’s looking more and more like I’ll win the bet (or no one will win if we don’t pick up one of the remaining three seats). As I’ve noted before, Dodd is making supportive noises. Bill Clinton is making phone calls on Lieberman’s behalf<\/a> andObama has let it be known that he want’s Lieberman to stay in the caucus<\/a>. Lieberman will see that as a sign that he can dictate terms, and I’m beginning to suspect that he’ll be right in drawing that conclusion. Why is it that these people can’t see that as soon as he gets what he wants Lieberman will revert to form. Can’t they see that Lieberman must be destroyed?<\/p>\n So at the moment, it looks like my friend will be paying for dinner in January, provided we get one more seat in the Senate. (C’mon Franken, I’m rooting for you.) There is still a chance that things may change, and that I’ll be buying. We can all only hope.<\/p>\n