Is Lieberman Taunting Us?

There is a lot of worry and uncertainty here in the liberal blogosphere about just how centrist President Obama will be.  Should we be worried that he’s keeping Robert Gates on as SecDef, or that Rahm is his Chief Of Staff, or that Larry Summers is his senior economics adviser, or should we be encouraged by appointments like Christina Romer and Peter Orszag and (maybe) Tom Daschle?

I gotta tell ya, this sure doesn’t help my peace of mind:

Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman took another step Tuesday toward mending his relationship with Democrats, saying that Barack Obama’s actions since winning the presidency have been "just about perfect."

"Everything that President-elect Obama has done since election night has been just about perfect, both in terms of a tone and also in terms of the strength of the names that have either been announced or are being discussed to fill his administration," Lieberman said during a visit to Hartford.

Jeez, I can’t think of a more discouraging endorsement.  But is he just sucking up to the new boss, or is he acutely aware that there would be no better way to fill us with despair than to suggest that Obama is assembling some kind of Lieberman dream team?

If we were talking about someone with a normally functioning human sense of gratitude, I would bet on option 1… but this is Joe Lieberman.

(h/t watertiger)

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