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Supermajority

By The Daily Dish
May 19 2008, 1:25 AM ET

Despite loathing the guy, Publius wants Lieberman to keep his committee chair:

The problem is that Joe’s vote will actually become more important the more that Democratic majorities expand. More precisely, the closer that the Dems get to the magic number (60), the more vital Joe becomes. Ironically enough, I think Lieberman is more important in a 59-41 Senate than in a 53-47 one.



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