OK, can we find two more unpopular senators here on Daily Kos than Joe Lieberman and Sam Brownback?
Is redemption possible, even for just a little while, and even on one issue?
Contrary to their horrible records on so many other issues, Brownback and Lieberman have actually stood up against the Department of Homeland Security and the evil bloated mollusc from Wisconsin, James Sensenbrenner, author of HR4437. The issue at stake is political asylum. The United States has always recognized and supported the right to seek protection from political persecution, and has welcomed dissidents from around the world since Colonial days. Einstein, Niels Bohr, Mozart's librettist, the Pilgrims, Madeline Albright, the list goes on and on. All came as refugees or asylees.