Will Lieberman Switch Parties?

The Boston Globe notes that the Democrats are quaking in their Senatorial boots over Iraq, as Joe Lieberman's re-election on strong support for President Bush's war policies may keep Sens. Biden and Levin from drastic action. The Globe notes:

Asked on NBC's "Meet the Press" if he might follow the example of Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont, who left the Republicans in 2001 and became an independent, ending Republican control of the U.S. Senate, Lieberman refused to discount the possibility.

Because if Lieberman is left out of the Dem Iraqi policy development, he could do what Vermont Sen. Jeffords did in 2001 and declare himself a member of the opposite party. If the Repubs were or are smart enough to offer him seniority as the Dems did Jeffords, Joe might just throw the Senate back into the hands of the Repubs.

And the MSM and academicide claque could hardly object, since the Dems pulled the same trick only a few years ago.

Nancy Pelosi is rapidly reverting to her socialist roots in the House, supporting Murtha on the House Majority Leader internal Dem vote to be held this Thursday. And Pelosi is supporting convicted felon Alcee Hastings, who took bribes while a Federal Judge, for head of the House Intelligence Committee, due to a hissy-fit biyotch set of issues with the very competent Jane Harman. Wonder how much Hastings, a total farce as a congressman, will charge for turning over US intelligence secrets to the enemies of our country? Seniority and skin color is everything with the Dems, and the leftish MSM will probably defend Hastings, with the exception of the NYT, in one of its uncharacteristic fits of civic responsibility, which asked Pelosi to nix the Hastings appointment.

If Pelosi lurches leftward and the Senate follows her lead, the Senate could fall back into Repub hands, as Lieberman is one of those uncharacteristic Dems, a man with a conscience.