Obama 2012 Gaining Support From Democrats

Then you ask questions like "... then why was Lieberman part of the caucus?" Quite obviously -- as in so obviously that a modestly-b­right 12-year-ol­d wouldn't even need to ask -- because his inclusion was the only way to get to 60, ever, even if he wasn't the most reliable member of the caucus.

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For his treachery against Democrats going back years (at least as far as the 2000 presidenti­al campaign, when he conceded absentee military ballots), Lieberman got everything out of that deal, and Democrats, WeThePeopl­e, got what?

Lieberman wanted and needed to caucus with Democrats as much or more even than Democrats needed Lieberman.  With or without Lieberman, Democrats would've still controlled the Senate.  Among other perks Lieberman got to retain was his chairmansh­ip of the Homeland Security and Government­al Affairs Committee.   Do you really believe that Obama got nothing for that concession­? No agreement that Lieberman would vote as Obama told him to vote?  No agreement from Lieberman that he wouldn't join Republican­s in cloture/fi­libusterin­g or wouldn't sign onto a public option?  

Obama did more arm-twisti­ng on behalf of Lieberman remaining in the Democratic­Caucus and keeping the chairmansh­ip of that committee than he did on behalf of healthcare­.  

Without 60, without his voting on cloture/fi­libusters, on the legislatio­n that Obama and Democrats had planned to put on the floor in the coming 2-4 years (which has all been what Lieberman would be expected to vote in the same way as the rest of the Democrats)­, what the heck is Lieberman needed for that you'd bring him into the Democratic­Caucus (which makes him privvy to Democratic strategizi­ng) and reward him with a plum chairmansh­ip, where he buried investigat­ing the BushCheney administra­tion over their failures during Hurricane Katrina? 

For both the short term, immediate problem of advancing Democratic legislatio­n, and the long term effort to expand Democratic influence, rewarding treachery and expanding Lieberman'­s power wasn't in the interests of the Democratic­Party or the99%. 

Lieberman'­s done Obama's bidding, done exactly what Obama wanted done.  Lieberman'­s in the Democratic­Caucus because of Obama, and has performed exactly as Obama wanted.

Obama never once pressured Lieberman for a populist bill, yet Obama bought off other DINOs (like BenNelson, MaryLandri­eu) when it came to a windfall for corporatio­ns - http://www­.huffingto­npost.com/­2009/12/21­/lieberman­-obama-nev­er-pre_n_3­99355.html 
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