Joe Lieberman's Successors: Ben Nelson, Jon Tester, Joe Manchin, More

The Connecticut senator may be quietly riding off into the sunset after driving liberals mad, but plenty of other Democratic senators have progressives up in arms with forays across party lines. Benjamin Sarlin reports on the moderates who could follow Joe’s path.

Benjamin Sarlin

Published Jan. 21 2011 2:49AM EST

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You won’t have Joe Lieberman to kick around anymore, liberals.

With the independent riding off into the sunset rather than charging into almost certain electoral disaster, liberals will go into the 2012 elections without a long-anticipated crack at unseating their ultimate supervillain.

Joe Lieberman's Successors: Ben Nelson, Jon Tester, Joe Manchin, More

The Connecticut senator may be quietly riding off into the sunset after driving liberals mad, but plenty of other Democratic senators have progressives up in arms with forays across party lines. Benjamin Sarlin reports on the moderates who could follow Joe’s path.

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