Now It’s Hugs for Lieberman

NYT reported Senator Joseph I. Lieberman strode into a Democratic caucus gathering like he owned the place or, at the very least, like someone who is a flight risk and could leave at any minute, taking the Democrats’ new majority with him.

If the Dems lurch too much to the left, they may slide right out from under him.

In other words, everyone was extra-special nice to the wayward Democrat on Tuesday. “It was all very warm, lots of hugs, high-fives, that kind of stuff,” said Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado.