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Nov. 8th, 2006 07:10 amHURRAH FOR GRIDLOCK!!!!!
If the government can't do anything, I'm a happy man :)
If the government can't do anything, I'm a happy man :)
Nov. 8th, 2006
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Nov. 8th, 2006 03:47 pmHas it occured to anyone else that as it stands now, Joe Libermann is the most important person in the Senate?
As he was elected as an Independent, he is not beholden to either party. IF he votes with the Democrats, they have 51 votes. IF he votes with the Republicans (which is by no means impossible), it becomes a 50/50 tie and Cheney casts the deciding vote.
Let's remember that the Democrats ran a pretty smear-filled campaign against him in both the primary (where he was rejected as the Democratic candidate) and the general elections; they are probably not his favorite people right now.
What an enviable position he is in, to be able to vote his conscience unfettered by party politics.
As he was elected as an Independent, he is not beholden to either party. IF he votes with the Democrats, they have 51 votes. IF he votes with the Republicans (which is by no means impossible), it becomes a 50/50 tie and Cheney casts the deciding vote.
Let's remember that the Democrats ran a pretty smear-filled campaign against him in both the primary (where he was rejected as the Democratic candidate) and the general elections; they are probably not his favorite people right now.
What an enviable position he is in, to be able to vote his conscience unfettered by party politics.