HotAirhttps://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/04/where-are-the-liberal-lions/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:53:11 -0400Where have all the liberal lions gone?<![CDATA[Since the deaths of Massachusetts’s Ted Kennedy and Minnesota’s Paul Wellstone, the Senate has not had a signal, outstanding liberal voice. The liberal faction even takes a back seat to conservative Dems who hold the threat of defecting and costing the party its majority on key votes for gun control, taxes and spending. The conservative Democrats stopped the Democratic majority in the Senate from passing a budget for the last four years for fear it might be attacked as “liberal.” &#8230;]]>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:20:06 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/04/where-are-the-liberal-lions-n280933