Joe Lieberman Won't Endorse Anyone In Presidential Race

Excuse me, I'm fatigued.

Lieberman is an independent, so he'd do nothing to change the Democratic majority.  There are 53 in the Democratic Caucus, and with Lieberman out of the caucus there would be 52.  Even if there were 50 Democrats, Biden could always step in to break a tie.

Nothing is coming up requiring that DINOs vote as Democrats.  Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieux, Mark Prior, Jon Tester, Max Baucus (nor any other DINO) aren't going to be voting for anything just because they're Democrats.  

Now, with regard to filibusters, Republicans haven't been filibustering; they've been threatening to filibuster.  Senate Rule 22.

When it serves something that the DLC-contro­lled Democrats want, Harry Reid can (and has) require the GOP to actually filibuster (stand and talk without end).  

Harry Reid has had no problem forcing the GOP to actually filibuster when it's something that the DLC wants and perceives it needs. For example, when Democrats needed unemployme­nt benefits to continue because the masses were becoming 'critical'­, Reid had no problem calling Republican Jim Bunning's bluff to filibuster­. Reid said, "Bring in the cots, do it" and Bunning and the GOP caved. Benefits for unemployed workers continued.

Democrats could even have changed the supermajor­ity rule (it does NOT have to be done at the beginning of a new Congress, as some argued). It can be done at any time (see page 6 - http://fpc .state.gov­/documents­/organizat­ion/45448. pdf ].

But Democrats put off their critics for not forcing the Republican­s to actually filibuster and changing Senate Rule 22 during the session by assuring fed-up Democratic voters, "We'll change the rule come the beginning of the next Congress".

They didn't.

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