As detailed here and here Senator Joe Lieberman appears to be none too pleased with what his advisor terms “sleazy tactics” by the Obama camp in leaking and misrepresenting a conversation between the two senators.
I thought Obama was supposed to be against bluster and bullying as a negotiating tactic. And this is not the first time he has tried to slime a senate colleague. All in all it is a rather odd way to demonstrate that you will usher in a new era of comity and bipartisanship.