Much debate has centered on Senator Joe Lieberman's ability to keep his position as the Chairmen of the powerful Senate Homeland Security Committee, given his antics and flip flops throughout the health care debate this year, not to mention backing the opposition candidates run for the Presidency in 2008. And much of the debate center's on the Democratic Leadership, and why one "independent", a former Democrat, is given so much power, so much esteem, in this Senate, when the Democrats clearly hold overwhelming majorities. The obvious answer of course is that without him, the Democrats are clearly unable to overcome a Republican filibuster. It is why they can not strip him of his leadership positions, and it is why he holds unprecedented power, although he is just one of 100 United States Senators.
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