Homeland Security Committee

I suppose there isn't much of a surprise that the Dems are giving Joe a good spot. If he hadn't he probably could get a good one from the Repugs.

Newly re-elected Sen. Joe Lieberman has been promised by Sen. Harry Reid – who is in line to become the next Senate Majority Leader – that he will support Lieberman’s efforts to become chairman of the powerful Homeland Security Committee.

In a private phone call on Wednesday, Nevada’s Reid told Lieberman that he would recognize Lieberman as the senior Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which would facilitate Lieberman’s move into the post.

The thing I find the funniest about this whole thing is that the incoming chairman will be more conservative than the outgoing chairwoman.