Liberman to Switch Parties?

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Well, Liberman is pretty Republican already, and probably could be persuaded to move - except for a few things. Number one is that right now he is one of the most powerful men in the world. With the senate so closely divided, he can swing some things one way or the other - he has become a de facto "Decider" – in the sense of that word which referrs to the fait accompli instead of the Bush-like wishing it were so. And if he were to just simply switch parties, he would become just another Republican and lose a great deal of his present power. Number two, with the world so tied in knots in the Middle East, the true axis of which is oil, Israel and the American corporate need for oil, Liberman has other important constituencies as well as his American ties. Finally, what if Cheney should step down before the conventions? Who would be a possible vice-presidential replacement? Could it be Liberman? Well, of course not. He is clearly not as suitable as McCain, or Juliani, or Romney, or that snappy senator from South Carolina, or . . . . So what would have to happen for Liberman to switch in a great big way?

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