With all the talk about "Superdelegates," their potential role at the convention, and the implications for who the next Democratic Party nominee for President is, it is gratifying to see the CT Democratic Party has stripped Mr. Lieberman (of the Lieberman for Lieberman Party) of his "Superdelegate" status. He will not be replaced.
According to the Hartford Courant blog Capitol Watch, via TPM's wire:
"Thanks to Zell Miller, there is a rule to deal with Joe Lieberman.
Lieberman's endorsement of Republican John McCain disqualifies him as a super-delegate to the Democratic National Convention under what is informally known as the Zell Miller rule, according to Democratic State Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo."
Hooray for small favors.
For anyone who happened to notice Joe standing right behind John McCain after his Super Tuesday "Victory" address in Phoenix the other night, and was prompted to stammer, "WTF???" at least you may get some small solace knowing he won't also be showing up at the Democratic Convention to decide who OUR nominee should be too.
It's bad enough that he can walk around poking his middle finger into the eyes of our top elected Democrats, Party Leaders, and Presidential Candidates while retaining his Chairmanships as a "Democrat" in the Senate, but to allow him to formally retain status within the Democratic Party itself would've been a complete joke.
Under the rule apparently crafted to deal with the infamous Zell Miller, who showed up at the Republican Convention to crap on "his" Party, and John Kerry, Leiberman has been officially excommunicated as a Superdelegate. Let's hope we don't see a repeat performance by Joe at this year's Repub event.
Perhaps this is the first shot across the bow towards finally sinking his charade of being an "independent Democrat," and stripping him of his ranking status in the Senate. All we need are a few more Democratic Senators (and possibly some pressure on Harry) to make this happen. Let's hope!
Joe needs to be formally (and finally) called out, and counted out, for betraying his constituents, and the Party that made him nearly Vice President of the United States. Thanks, Joe. Goodbye.