Joe Leiberman has mastered the art of the flip-flopism. Usually, politicians attempt to finesse their way into a change of opinion, citing changing circumstances or unforeseen conditions. For an elected leader to simply switch sides, tell us he's against what he recently favored -- that takes some serious gumption.
Joe Lieberman is a Democrat through and through--exept on a very few issues--and he'll get re-elected in Connecticut because the voters like him.
The only reason that he's an Independent is because the Democrap Socialists, that control the nominations there, wanted someone that was more of a Socialist and Communist as they are, which Joe wasn't.
It wasn't Joe Lieberman that abandoned and was a traitor to his party
Take Sen. Joe Lieberman. Not two months ago, he reiterated his opposition to the so-called public option in a health-reform package. Instead, he suggested, by allowing people who are not eligible for Medicare or Medicaid to buy in for a rate below the private market, the government could extend coverage to more of the uninsured.
That sounds clear enough.
As Senate health care negotiations continued, the focus turned away from the public option and toward Lieberman's idea -- allowing some younger Americans to buy into government-run Medicare.
On Sunday, though, the senator changed his mind. Did he have his arm twisted by Obama? Maybe.. But he has always been that way. He told Senate leaders to scrap the idea of expanding Medicare or lose his vote. Because he represents one of the 60 votes needed to end debate and vote on a bill, his threat must be taken seriously. He should drop this BS charade and come up with a coherent explanation for his recent behavior. He should not join a filibuster against the bill.