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Yep, the conventional wisdom has arrived on why Lieberman kept his seat, it was the savvy thing to do.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20081118/us_time/08599186039600
I love how later in the article they add this tidbit..
The Gang of 14 - or what's left of it, now that Republicans John Warner, Mike DeWine and Lincoln Chafee have all either retired or lost re-election bids - came into existence in the Spring of 2005 to prevent the far left and right wings of the two parties from blowing up the Senate over several of President Bush's judicial appointmentsIt's funny, I seem to remember it differently.