[Southack]

"but that doesn't mean we have to take him and his policies in, too"

The GOP has to come up with 60+ votes to overcome filibusters. The GOP has 51 Senators. If you don't want Lieberman, then *which* 9 Democratic Party Senators *do* you want to vote with you to get our most controversial judges and policies approved (or do you just want to deny that filibusters and minority Parties have any power)?

[bc2]

there is a difference between getting enough democrats to break a filibuster, and opening the "big tent" up to socialists like Joe Lieberman.

That is what I am saying. There are plenty of folks on both sides of the aisle who vote across party lines on many issues, without joining the opposition's party.

You seem to think it a better idea to just adopt the liberals into the GOP for the long haul.