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To: Rambi who wrote (25973)	8/7/2006 12:12:25 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541188

It depends which party Lieberman's baseline convictions match up to best now. Gramm found he really supported most of Reagan's program, switched parties and ran for his seat again as a Republican. As much as I didn't like the guy much, he took the right course when it came to where he stood. I guess I don't see Lieberman's stance as "working with his own party"; he comes across as a senior senator who decided he wanted to dig in his heels about a controversial topic, then got miffed when his followers wouldn't follow him. Senior senators aren't supposed to be treated like that. There is also a sense that apart from immigration, Bush did little to reach across the aisle and be the uniter he said he would be. After five years of his rather zealous partisan presidency, I don't think many Democrats will get much credit in their own ranks for doing what Bush would not, trying to work together.