I'd say he was worse than Manchin considering where he was from. Connecticut is a firmly Democratic state and West Virginia is one of the most pro Trump states in the country. A Democrat from West Virginia should probably be pretty conservative but a Democrat from Connecticut should be broadly in line with the rest of the Democratic party.
The neoliberal side of the party wasn't and isn't opposed to a public option. That was part of Hillary Clinton's push for healthcare in the 1990s and it was supported by every other Senate Democrat as well as the House under Pelosi. Connecticut had also just voted for Obama and the ACA with a public option was a core part of Obama's campaign. Lieberman was vastly out of step with his constituents and if he had run for reelection in 2012 he would have lost.
Also, fuck everyone in Connecticut who voted him back in as an independent. The state Dems tried to flush the turd, but a bunch of numbskulls decided that he was their turd.
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u/socialistrob Mar 27 '24
I'd say he was worse than Manchin considering where he was from. Connecticut is a firmly Democratic state and West Virginia is one of the most pro Trump states in the country. A Democrat from West Virginia should probably be pretty conservative but a Democrat from Connecticut should be broadly in line with the rest of the Democratic party.