The Dodd/Salazar Compromise: Joe Stays

According to tomorrow’s Washington Post, a compromise may be in the works in which Senator Lieberman would remain Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee but lose one of his low-profile subcommittee chairmanships. The newspaper states that:

A pair of Senate Democrats will offer a compromise plan today to sanction Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) for his support of the Republican presidential ticket but allow him to keep a key committee chairmanship and remain in the party caucus.

Senators and aides said yesterday that Sens. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) and Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) would present a plan at a caucus meeting that would strip Lieberman of a low-profile subcommittee chairmanship, possibly one on global warming issues. But Lieberman would retain the gavel of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

I’m glad to see cooler heads are prevailing. I’m sure the “base” will love that.

Update: Tuesday 11.18

CNN agrees. Senator Lieberman will keep his Chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.