Space: the Final Frontier. What better place for a visionary like Connecticut's own Senator Joe Lieberman (I to the R to the D?) to exercise his diplomatic leadership?
Much like his alter ego Senator Palpatine, who achieved great power through betrayal and deception, Senator Lieberman has the right stuff to face down the countless threats to our planet's sovreignty in space.
Death Stars...
Fish-faced warlords...
Liberal Teddy Bears...
Vomit-inducing romantic dialogue...
Ornery space monarchs...
(particularly of the Druish variety)
I think all of our problems would be solved by blasting Senator Lieberman off to a galaxy far, far away. And even better, we wouldn't need to waste rocket fuel to blast him into space--we could just use Joe-mentum!
I even have his replacement in mind (he told me he'd be happy to move to Connecticut for the betterment of the country):