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...has passed. An ironic bit of news today: Howard Dean is stepping down from the DNC, to be replaced by an Obama pick. You'd think he would have earned some thanks from Obama and the Democrats for his 50-state strategy, which undoubtedly helped the party enormously; not so. I have to wonder if Howard's old enemy Rahm Emmanuel (Obama's new Chief of Staff and a bitter opponent of the 50-state strategy) played a part in that decision.
At the same time, it is being reported that Obama is pushing Harry Reid and the Democrats to forgive Joe Lieberman and keep him in the caucus. This seems like suicidal madness, because Lieberman's chairmanships give him considerable oversight authority and investigative powers. He never used them against Bush, of course, but there's every reason to expect him to use them constantly against Obama.
Plus, of course, Joe did everything he can to help McCain and hurt the Democrats in the past year. His every waking moment in the campaign was to deliver a giant "f--k you" to the Democratic Party.
What does a guy have to do to be punished by the Democrats? Apparently, the only crime they'll punish is the crime of brilliantly saving their asses. Maybe if Lieberman had come up with the 50-state strategy they would have dumped him from the caucus...
The moment of sanity is over. Back to the status quo.
