U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman held a 12:30 p.m. press conference today at his offices in Hartford. The economy topped his agenda, but he also heaped praise on the man he tried to help defeat in the presidential election – fellow Democrat and U.S. Senator from Illinois President Elect Barack Obama.
Lieberman noted it was Obama who helped broker peace between Lieberman and his colleagues in the Senate and was thankful he was not punished for backing Republican Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign.
But Lieberman still faces a censure vote Dec. 17 from Connecticut’s Central Democratic Committee.
Party chairman Nancy DiNardo told me this afternoon many Democrats believe Obama wants to let bygones be bygones, while others continue to remain angry over Lieberman’s supporting McCain and criticizing Obama on the campaign trail.
DiNardo has been taken to task by some in her party for being too diplomatic with Lieberman in recent years and treating him with kid gloves.
One thing her office did do is take the Senator’s picture off the wall in Hartford.
Depending on the outcome of the Dec. 17 vote, might that photo ever come out of storage?
“I never say never to anything,” DiNardo said. “There’s always a possibility. I just don’t see it happening very soon.”
