Lieberman wins; Stevens loses

Mark Begich was finally declared the winner in Alaska's Senate race, defeating incumbent and rat bastard Ted Stevens. Also, after absentee ballots and early votes were counted, the turnout in Alaska actually turned out to be quite high. There's still no explanation for why the polling was so wrong in Alaska, but nowhere else.

Also in the Senate, Democrats voted 42 to 13 to allow Joe Lieberman to retain his chairmanship of the Committee on Homeland Security. Sure, allowing Lieberman to stay is a great bipartisan move. It also rewards him for his committee's complete lack of oversight on homeland security.



I guess making out with John McCain was punishment enough.

No harm, no foul

Despite his participation in the McCain campaign, Obama wants Joe Lieberman to remain in the Senate Democrat caucus. This is certainly a good sign for Obama's promise of a new politics in Washington.