Lieberman, who caucuses with the Democrats but votes with Republicans on many matters, ranked second to Thune as the senator most admired by GOP Insiders. In his own caucus, the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee came up empty, though. The Insider survey results made Lieberman laugh out loud when National Journal caught up with him in between a round of votes on health care amendments. "You've made my day," he said, chuckling. GOP Insiders revel in the Connecticut senator's pesky willingness to do what they described as "right," especially when he parts company with his liberal colleagues.
Of course he's delighted.
One of the polled Democrats (note that Reid did not make the list for Democratic congressional insiders):
Durbin. "Displaying quietly effective leadership in the shadow of a leader who has a difficult time leading."
Two of the polled Republicans:
Lieberman. "Doesn't care about the political consequences for doing what is right on terrorism and health care."
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McConnell. "Gets more done with fewer voters than most leaders in either majority or minority in my lifetime."
Normally this sort of insidery gossip and veneration annoys me, but damn if this doesn't confirm a lot what we're seeing out of the US House of Lords.
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