Reply #1: My take as this unfolds ......

[Stinky The Clown]

Harry told him he can stay if he gives up his chairmanship and if he stands in the corner and shuts his piehole for two years.

Joe felt gobsmacked.

He says publically that he is keeping his option open.

Ratface Mitch approaches him and sez he can caucus with the Repubs, but he's gotta switch parties. And he has to serve a probationary period of two years, during which he must publically felate one elected Repub each day the next two years.

And he has to swallow.

He will again say he's keeping his options open. In this second presser it will be noticed that not only his options, but also his mouth, are held open.

But back in Connecticut, they're looking for a way to recall him.

He will retire to a kibbutz and try to run for a seat in the Knesset. Top Likud, Labour, and Kadima officials fall on the floor in gales of laughter.