Obama Targets Core Constituencies In Midterms Home Stretch

Obama insisted Lieberman keep the chairmanship of the GovernmentalAffairs & HomelandSe­curityComm­ittee, over REAL Democrats. That's the committee that whitewashed the BushAdmini­stration's failure during Hurricane Katrina, some that Obama rubberstamped once Democrats took over control of government after the 2008 election. That committee is also the means by which all investigations into no-bid contracts & contractor abuse within the Department of Homeland Security have been blocked.

http://www.huf fingtonpos­t.com/jane­-hamsher/o­bama-wants­-lieberman­-to_b_1432­99.html



Chairing committees is what Senators aspire to. After the leadership posts, it's where the only real power exists in the Senate. Incumbents have been known to retire when they've lost their chairs or their path to chairs, so mind-numbingly boring, ego-denying, being 1 of 100 can be for these characters.

http://www.huf fingtonpos­t.com/2008­/11/06/lie­berman-tri­es-to-clin­g_n_141876­.html



Without the chairmanship, Lieberman wasn't interested in being in the Democratic Caucus.

http://www­.politico.­com/news/s­tories/110­8/15401.ht­ml



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