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[desh]

I'm not sure I'm comfortable with this. If Webb (D-VA) and Tester (D-MT) hold their leads, then the senate will consist of 49 Democrats, 49 Republicans, an independent who will definitely vote with the Democrats on basically everything (Sanders, I-VT), and Joe Lieberman. Therefore, Joe Lieberman will essentially be the second most powerful person in America. Lots of bills, leadership of committees, and so on will depend entirely on his swing vote.

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[desh]

I hope his swing vote is better, yeah. In fact, it probably would be. I've just hated Lieberman for years, way before any democratic blogs existed, and so I'm not so happy he's still in office. Once the rest of the results come in, I hope I'm happier.

And part of me still hopes that the dems kick him out of the caucus if he ends up not being a swing vote for whatever reason, though I know intellectually that that would probably be a bad thing.

[cynara-linnaea.livejournal.com]

I'm also not happy with Lieberman, but I decond that swing is better than predetermined.
Also, the House went blue, and we definitely kicked tush in the gubernatorial elections. (And as someone from MA, let me say that that is a profound relief -- about damn time we had a Democrat for our governor. Oh, and Kerry Healey would have been a disaster regardless of color.)