Finally.
Despite assurances to the contrary from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Democratic insiders are certain that Sen. Joseph Lieberman will be kicked out of the party's caucus next year and lose his Senate chairmanship if he addresses the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., as planned.
Lieberman's Democratic colleagues willing to accept his support of Sen. John McCain for president consider his speaking to the GOP convention as the last straw. Lieberman was re-elected from Connecticut as an independent in 2006 after losing the Democratic nomination because of his support for the Iraq War.
I'm sure that hearing will only embolden him to do it.
But my question is, if he decides to leave the caucus prior to the election, does it swing the Senate to the GOP?
I know there's some organizing resolution that keeps the chairmanships until the start of the 112th Congress, but at this point, I almost don't care.
The moment he gets booted, I will be so schadenpleased.
Or something.
If he leaves, I think he knows he's gone forever. He will retire in 2012, assuming he is not brought into a McCain administration (god forbid).
But great news nonetheless.