1.0 link 50757 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-e-jackson-jr/sen-craig-thomas-rwy-is-d_b_50757.html When Joe Lieberman was re-elected to the Senate in 2006, as an "Independent Democrat," he chose to sit with the Democratic caucus in the Senate, resulting in Harry Reid (D-NV) being elected, counting the vote of Bernie Sanders (I-VT), as Democratic Majority Leader. Alas, in a 51-49 split institution, the effect has been that the senator from Connecticut holds a sword over the heads of Democrats. This has meant, in the words of an eminent expert on the Senate, "his...

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