• Since, really, 2006, Lieberman has felt alienated from his caucus, and he’s grown more conservative. He does not care about liberals, who tried to drum him out of office in 2006; he seems to enjoy poking them in the eye.
• Atlantic political writer Marc Ambinder • Describing the nature of Joe Lieberman’s recent attacks on the health care bill. Ultimately, he’s still smarting from his near-loss in the 2006 Connecticut Senate race, so he appears to be playing this as his comeuppance. Ambinder suggests that the ultimate 60th vote of this will not be Lieberman – who appears to be trying to stonewall this, privately giving a thumbs-up while publicly trashing it – but Olympia Snowe, who will require less work to win over. Perhaps once everyone realizes that, this will get easier. source

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