One reason I don't expect the democrats to go absolutely Devo-crazy-nutso, and do the complete cut and run in Iraq, is because they hold the senate 51-49. They only have the 51 because the two independents are caucusing with the D's. If they get too out of hand, Lieberman (who btw, they've treated soooo well) can do a Jeffords on them and shift the balance to 50-50. That means power sharing and Shotgun-man is the tiebreaker.
***Update: From Boston.com, yeah, Joe Lieberman realizes he's the most powerful guy in the Senate right now:
HARTFORD, Conn. --Sen. Joe Lieberman on Sunday repeated his pledge to caucus with Senate Democrats when the 110th Congress convenes in January, but refused to slam the door on possibly moving to the Republican side of the aisle.
Asked on NBC's "Meet the Press" if he might follow the example of Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont, who left the Republicans in 2001 and became an independent, ending Republican control of the U.S. Senate, Lieberman refused to discount the possibility.
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