Lieberman must go, part 2

It was worse than we thought:

Having ridden the wave of support for President-elect Barack Obama, Udall and Merkley spoke out in favor of the spirit of reconciliation and moving on from the campaign, in which Lieberman was one of the highest profile supporters of the Republican presidential ticket.

But no one in the room knew, as Merkley spoke, that Lieberman had supported Merkley's opponent, Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.). Lieberman, through his Reuniting Our Country PAC, gave Smith's reelection bid $5,000 on Oct. 10, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.

Lieberman's support of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for the presidency was well known, punctuated by his nationally televised speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul criticizing Obama as not prepared to be president. His endorsement of Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who has served as the top Republican beside him at the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, also was well known in Democratic circles.

But not even Merkley knew of Lieberman's backing of Smith in their critical Senate race, until Capitol Briefing alerted his staff today.

All I can say, "Democrats" in Congress who supported "reconciliation" with Lieberman, is that you should not be surprised when he spikes investigations of the many Bush debacles, Democratic nominations to executive and judicial posts, and Democratic efforts to effect an exit from Iraq. You should not be surprised when he starts baseless investigations of the Obama administration and does everything possible to hamper Obama's agenda. He has no loyalty to anyone but himself. He's an opportunist. He will screw you.