Letters to the Editor
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Form The Circular Firing Squad!
Perhaps we should ask Joe Lieberman how strong a Democratic majority we have in the Senate.
It's great that we have at least one party in American politics that can have debates and differences of opinions within its ranks. Obviously, there are some issues (and the issue of restoring habeas corpus could maybe be the most serious ever) about which there should be no disagreement-- a veritable litmus test-- but the fact remains that it is there.
I was impressed with the Democratic party after the Ned Lamont primary victory. Is there any credit given for good intentions? Should Democrats expel Lieberman from the party and risk ceding the putative majority? Should Blance Lincoln and David Pryor be next?
I'm as impatient as anyone for Democrats to repair the damage done to our country and its repuation over the past six years, but we aren't going to do it by assigning blame for the worst and most shameful episodes to the weakest members of the fragile dissenting coalition.