February 14, 2005

D.C. Scuttlebut: Lieberman on list for SecDef?

The Washington Post reports an intriguing rumor floating around the nations's Capital:
There's been K Street chatter, our colleague Jeffrey H. Birnbaum tells us, that [CT Senator Joe] Lieberman could be on an administration list to replace Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld in the next year or so. That would be convenient for Lieberman, whose term is up in 2006, and could give Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell (R) an opportunity to appoint a Republican to the seat for at least a few months before the election, inching the GOP closer to a filibuster-proof Senate.

Talk of Bush tapping Lieberman for homeland security surfaced a couple of months back. At the time, it was assumed that Rell would appoint Nancy Johnson (R) CT-5 - who happens to be my Congresswoman - to be Lieberman's Senate replacement. While I think Joe would make an excellent Secretary of Defense, I'm not sure if wouldn't be better to have him continue to serve as Senator - voting his conscience and offering Bush the little bit of bipartisan support he could ever hope to get.

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