We must not condemn to frustration those whose job it is to protect us by failing to provide them with the necessary resources to meet the threats they face.

In the 2000 presidential election Gore and Lieberman won the popular vote by a margin of more than 500000 votes but lost the deciding Electoral College to the Republican George W. S. But since his speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention in which he endorsed John McCain for president Lieberman no longer attended Democratic Caucus leadership strategy meetings or policy lunches.