The New York Times finds that Lieberman is losing his friends.
Mr. Lieberman was leaning back in a chair in his Senate office, wearing a loose-fitting pinstriped suit, grinning a lot and appearing quite comfortable while describing "my uncomfortable position." He compared his predicament to the old Groucho Marx conceit, "I don’t care to belong to any club that will accept me as a member."
So there, Democrats!
(cross posted at MyLeftnutmeg.com)
He can't stay and chat after lunch:
He greeted his colleagues, including some who felt he should not have been there. He ate his lunch (salad, eschewing the mac and cheese) and sat through a discussion about gasoline prices and Medicare.
Then the conversation veered into the danger zone, the presidential election — specifically, Senator John McCain’s recent votes, or nonvotes, on energy policy.
At which point Mr. Lieberman walked out.
He can't go for a nice stroll on a sunny day:
As Mr. Lieberman spoke, a group of protesters not far from his office were calling for his party to oust him as chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The organization, unsubtly named LiebermanMustGo, was delivering a petition proclaiming the same.
His colleagues smirk when his name is brought up:
Mr. Lieberman said he had felt no ill will from Senate Democrats, though queries about him tend to elicit squirms. While entering the Tuesday lunch, many senators waved off questions about their prodigal colleague (one smirking), and several offered disparaging comments off the record.
There are nasty things written in his office sign-in book!
"There were times in my career where I really wanted to be supported, dare I say liked, by everyone," Mr. Lieberman said in the interview.
Not so now. One of the last entries in the guest register of Mr. Lieberman’s office said, simply, "You are crazy. No war with Iran."
And people wouldn't even vote for him again in Connecticut..
Maybe he should think about a nice retirement community in Arizona?