Good news and bad news

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/us/politics/19cong.html?_r=1&hp

I was happy to see that Ted Stevens lost his Senate seat, on his 85th birthday no less. His present from the repugs in the Senate - they didn't boot him out, but instead waited for the election results, touching, no? Things I will miss - Jon Stewart doing a montage of Stevens repeatedly bellowing, "No, No No," on the floor of the Senate. Things I won't miss - Stevens being allowed to bellow, "No, No, No," on the Senate floor. The extra bonus is that no doubt Sarah P is gnashing her teeth up in AK. I am sure she was already scooping out luxe housing in DC and planning a killer wardrobe. I guess God is showing her the door... It is nice to see that not all the people of AK think it is a fine idea to return a convicted felon to the Senate.

The bad news in the Times article is the failure to bounce the odious Joe from his committee chair. There are so many reasons that this is horrible, I don't know where to start. I think one of the most petulant comments from Joe was how hurt his feelings were when colleagues didn't campaign for him. Boo hoo. Well, Joe, guess who did? Much to my disappointment, Barack did. Joe Lieberman has no loyalty to anyone other than to Joe Lieberman. The only positive, and it isn't much, is that hopefully he knows he owes his post to Obama, but frankly, I don't think it will make a difference in how he behaves. What the Senators who voted for him to keep his chair, fail to understand is that this isn't about payback, he was a crap chairman, showing the morals and wisdom of snake. It also makes the Dems look spineless and pathetic. The so called 60 seat filibuster proof majority is meaningless if you don't have party loyalty. Does anyone really imagine that Lieberman will vote with the Dems if his buddies across the aisle lure to have one of his notorious attacks of his so called conscience? I don't think so.