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I disagree. Liebermann is going to be an irritation to dems on Iraq war. Baker-Hamiliton commission is the name media calls it - but it is NOT Prez's creation but Congress created it with the name "Iraq Study Group" . Prez already announced that he will not rubber stamp it's recommendations.

Hogwash. Liberman is going to be the chairman of Homeland Security. The Iraq study group was proposed by Reps headed by my Rep, Frank Wolfe. It wouldn't have been set up if the Reps and WH didn't want it. Sandra Day O'Conner is one of the Rep members on the group as was Gates. Bush may not rubberstamp the recommendations of the group, but he will use it as a smokescreen to cover our "redeployment." The Iraq Study Group like the 9/11 Commission, will take on a life of its own. Beware of foreign policy being formulated by a "bipartisan" committee. Firing Rumsfeld was a politically expedient move and sop to the Dems.

Also, there is a mis-conception that the the Sec.Def nominee is anti-Cheney person. Untrue again - both Cheney & Hadley worked with him earlier.

Gates is a career bureaucrat. He will reflect the institutional view in much the same way that Scowcroft does. The CIA is not very happy with our current policies. Look for Gates to change our policies to more reflect the CIA's viewpoints.

Lieberman told Tim Russert that he is an "Independent Democrat." Russert asked him if he'd ever consider caucusing with the Republicans, and Lieberman said: "I'm not ruling it out, but I hope I don't get to that point."

I am also not buying this Madrassa Media spin below: