Few look back as they step to other side of aisle

0 Comments | USA TODAY, August, 2008 | by William M. Welch

DENVER -- When he appears Monday before the Republican National Convention, former Democrat Joe Lieberman will be reprising the role of turncoat attacker that Zell Miller played so effectively against his party four years ago.

But unlike the Georgia senator, who retired shortly after the 2004 GOP convention, Lieberman has a political future -- at least in the Senate if not in a McCain administration. And Democrats here are saying good riddance.

"I think he would be the least welcome here of any Democrat I could think of," former president Jimmy Carter said Thursday about Lieberman, as Democrats wrapped up its convention nominating Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Carter's remarks were part of a newsmaker session with USA TODAY and Gannett News Service.

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