Because we shouldn't forget them, nor let our elected officials off the hook -- most particularly Joe Lieberman

David Shuster quoted this post by Jane on MSNBC tonight. Peter Slutsky, the liberal guest on the show, reacts to the quote. Peter, a good friend and a genuinely good guy, argues that if Obama made a mistake about Lieberman's chairmanship, it will be Obama who pays the price. I don't think that's right. Lieberman promised to investigate the katrina response when he ran for reelection and then refused to do so, to the pervasive harm of a lot of Katrina victims.

Regular readers know I've had my doubts about Barack Obama. And have told me what they think of my doubts, too. But we're hearing that Obama has began calling around on Lieberman's behalf, and I'm getting a sick feeling in my stomach just like I did when I heard from contacts that Obama was twisting arms to get the bailout bill passed.

MSNBC's Tom Curry offers what purports to be an analysis of why the Democrats allowed Lieberman to keep his gavel, but it reads more like a handy compendium of worthless Villager conventional wisdom. Although in fairness to Curry, a lot of it comes from the Democrats themselves.

What I really want to know is, who is Lieberman rooting for in Georgia? On the one hand, he has more in common with Chambliss, but if Martin wins and Begich and Franken pull out their elections, that would make Joe the magical 60th vote and, in his mind, the belle of the ball.

A weak threat, if any, between old colleagues.

Jim Shea of the Hartford Courant smacks the snot out of Joe Lieberman for his rampant avarice, self-serving grandiose delusions and disloyal craptastic snip-i-tude: What you have to ask yourself is this: If the Republicans, and not the Democrats, had been in the position to offer Say-It-Ain't-So the chairmanship of a powerful committee, which side of the aisle do you think he would have been sitting on?

This is it Democrats, the final day for all of us to stand up on behalf of our party and remind our senators of the change we just ordered. Action tips and a song by the legenary Ska artist, Prince Buster, below the fold.

Maddow smackdown of Lieberman on Katrina

Mark Pazniokas, in the Hartford Courant: In Connecticut, it may have taken some energy from a campaign to have the Democratic State Central Committee censure Lieberman. The committee is supposed to consider the censure Dec. 17.

"I can tell you, certainly, that the fact that President-elect Obama comes and says he wants him back in the caucus has made some people step back," said Nancy DiNardo, the Democratic state chairwoman.