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It's lucky for John Kerry that he may be named Secretary of Defense, Otherwise he would have some serious competition for being the most pretentious member of the Senate. Angus King is already off to a good start, delivering an pompous 900 word speech on why he's joining the Democratic caucus but will still stay a completely malleable mugwump.
Jason Linkins, Huffington Post - The reason it took King such a long time to make up his mind is because his campaign has largely been one long, operatic piece of schtick, in which King has gone to comical lengths to demonstrate that he will be "independent." This has been so important to him that at times he has actually presented himself as a daft man who doesn't know how the Senate works. But at long last, he seems fairly content that he has pulled off this act to everyone's satisfaction....
No one but King was actually ever under the impression that joining the Democratic caucus meant that he was locked in as a slave to Harry Reid's whims. The [Portland Press Herald reports] that King "spoke at length" with Bernie Sanders and Joseph Lieberman, who are both independents that caucus with the Democrats. Why he had to talk to them to gain assurances that he wouldn't be required to "toe the party line" is beyond me. He could have just read a single newspaper article on Bernie Sanders or Joe Lieberman. He could have also familiarized himself with the non-party line toeing antics of actual Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Jon Tester. Seriously, much of King's apparent confusion could have been solved simply by using Google....
Also, saying that you'll go along with whatever party is the majority isn't so much a sign of tremendous independence as it is a sign of tremendous co-dependence. But what can I say? Angus King is one weird dude.
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