Josh Marshall reports that Bill Clinton is making calls (presumably to Democratic senators) in behalf of Joe Lieberman.
It has already been reported that the president-elect has signaled that he wants Lieberman to stay in the Democratic caucus in the Senate. That's the right posture for Obama. He's going to be president, and presidents ought not engage in revenge and pettiness (others, however, should!).
But why does Clinton have a horse here, and what gives him the right to be making such calls? Fine, he's known Lieberman for 35 years or whatever. But this is one of those cases, which arrived a little earlier than we all expected, that compels me to say: Bill, it ain't your party anymore. If he's worked this out with Obama and cleared it with his people, that's one thing. Then it's fine. But if he's freelancing this…well, there's a new sheriff in town, pardner.
