Das macht nichts. He can "neutralize" Joe Lieberman as fast as he can do in Sarah Palin. The simple fact is, history points in this direction. Thugs consolidate power. It's what they do.
Census Bureau, out of Commerce Dept and--into White House basement.
Security/ interrogation of terror suspects--out from the CIA, into the White House basement.
Cabinet, cast adrift and ignored--handpicked unvetted thugs/czars/commissars---White House basement.
Control of auto industry/financial industry--into the White House basement.
Health and energy sectors--- to go into the White House basement.
I could go on, but you get the point.
Damn, those are frightening observations....I feel like I just got slapped upside the head :(