The Neispace of Doom wrote:
He won reelection very easily as an independent despite being drummed out of the democratic party, mostly for his views on the iraq war.
Yeah, but he won as an "Independent Democrat". After the election, Liberman was on one of the radio shows (Hannity or O'Rielly, I don't remember which) and they asked him about switching caucuses, especially important because he was what would put the Democrats in power. Lieberman openly said that he was elected by people expecting him to act as a Democrat and that the quickest way to lose their support would be to become a Republican.
I don't see any benefit to caucusing with the Republicans for Joe. He'd **** off folks from home, not be especially popular with the GOP unless he abandons his liberal beliefs and lose
any chairs because he'd be in the minority party.