Boxer supports Lieberman
According to this item from the SFGate politics blog, Barbara Boxer plans to campaign on behalf of her Senate colleague, the prowar imperialist Joe Lieberman.
This illustrates the point that when you sign on to the Democratic Party, you sign on to the whole package. Although Boxer is supposedly a more "progressive" member of the Senate, the reality is that, for professional politicians within the Democratic Party, loyalty to the party apparatus is always more important than any issue. Boxer's stand on the Iraq War is not as progressive as many liberals characterize it anyway, since she has not called for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, and her failing on this issue is a telling sign of how off base the Democrats really are. Still, her support for an outright hawk like Lieberman only further illustrates this point. In fact, it belies the myth that many progressives hold onto when they think that somehow you can separate "good" Democrats from "bad" ones. When you support a Democratic Party politician, you have thrown your lot with the party apparatus. You can't separate Democratic Party politicians from their party, and Boxer's support for Lieberman illustrates this beautifully.
This illustrates the point that when you sign on to the Democratic Party, you sign on to the whole package. Although Boxer is supposedly a more "progressive" member of the Senate, the reality is that, for professional politicians within the Democratic Party, loyalty to the party apparatus is always more important than any issue. Boxer's stand on the Iraq War is not as progressive as many liberals characterize it anyway, since she has not called for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, and her failing on this issue is a telling sign of how off base the Democrats really are. Still, her support for an outright hawk like Lieberman only further illustrates this point. In fact, it belies the myth that many progressives hold onto when they think that somehow you can separate "good" Democrats from "bad" ones. When you support a Democratic Party politician, you have thrown your lot with the party apparatus. You can't separate Democratic Party politicians from their party, and Boxer's support for Lieberman illustrates this beautifully.
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