Sen. Reid Backs Lieberman for Homeland Security Chairmanship

[Jcrowley]

Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006 5:18 p.m. EST

Sen. Reid Backs Lieberman for Homeland Security Chairmanship


Newly re-elected Sen. Joe Lieberman has been promised by Sen. Harry Reid – who is in line to become the next Senate Majority Leader – that he will support Lieberman’s efforts to become chairman of the powerful Homeland Security Committee.

In a private phone call on Wednesday, Nevada’s Reid told Lieberman that he would recognize Lieberman as the senior Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which would facilitate Lieberman’s move into the post.

Lieberman was the ranking Democrat on the committee, but he lost the Democratic primary in Connecticut and ran successfully as an independent. That leaves Carl Levin of Michigan as the senior committee member elected as a Democrat.

However, Lieberman had promised – before the election – that if he won he would continue voting with the Democratic Senate Caucus. Reid is evidently seeking to reward Lieberman for his loyalty with the chairmanship.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/11/9/171950.shtml?s=al&promo_code=2831-1

[JI7]

1. it's newsmax, do you have another source ?

[Jcrowley]

11. Poke around

http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/081606/news1.html

http://www.ctnow.com/custom/nmm/newhavenadvocate/hce-nha-1019-nh43nclieberman43.artoct19,0,7307726.story

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/8911.html

[Renew Deal]

2. That's fair

That's the game we play.

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

4. elections have consequences

and this is one we lost. So Lieberman gets the Chair. Either that or we lose the majority.

[Xipe Totec]

9. Lieberman gets the Chair

I love the sound of that.

Oh, wait, you mean the committee chairmanship?







Never mind... :hide:

[Renew Deal]

16. Paging Agent Mike

Mess in post 9. :P

[Art_from_Ark]

22. I think the poster was thinking "Lieberman gets the chair,

as in 'the last chair in musical chairs'"

Yeah, that's it! :P

[Xipe Totec]

77. I was thinking of this chair...

Oh well. :yoiks:

[saigon68]

78. This CHAIR would FIT him better

1881 - Dr. Albert Southwick, a dentist and former steamboat engineer, sees elderly drunkard touch terminals of electrical generator in Buffalo, New York. He is amazed at how quickly and apparently painlessly the man is killed and describes episode to friend State Senator David McMillan.

1881 - McMillan speaks to Governor David B. Hill. Hill asks state legislature to consider how modern
day electricity might replace hanging.

[lovuian]

116. Isn't Lieberman the Bush Spy that sold out Gore in 2000

isn't he the SUPPOSEDED LOYAL DEMOCRAT who was a TRAITOR to Democrats and he GETS Chairmanship of HOMELAND SECURITY UNDER REID... Democrats rewarding Independant Traitors to the Democratic Party


Me thinks there are some Powerful men who are being exposed for their aiding and abetting Tryanny

Be careful here Harry

[barb162]

133. So did you vote for Gore/Lieberman or Bush/ Cheney

Wow, all the criminal phrases we have here. Aiding and abetting tyranny, traitor, etc. Shouldn't you be reporting Lieberman to the FBI or Homeland Security? (Oh wait, he's gonna be head of the Homeland Security Committeee) My, my, my, sounds like this man should be locked up for a million years at least. No, two million years.

[Jawja]

48. Yep.

In return for a Senate majority, Lieberman will get a chairmanship. That is expected.

[SharonAnn]

99. I think Lieberman will be a good Chair. He knows the issues and

has been in the forefront of defining the changes that need to be made.

Remember, he championed this strongly, when * was fighting it.

I'm OK with this.

Where I would prefer NOT to see him is anything dealing with Finance or Insurance or Investment companies. His ties there are too close and he thinks more of what they want rather than what citizens need.

[JI7]

3. "reward Lieberman for his loyalty"

does that mean if he was passed over for the position he would caucus with the Republicans ?

[MisterP]

15. all the loyalty of Ben Nightmare Campbell...

[Art_from_Ark]

29. And Richard "The Dick" Shelby

[theboss]

54. Who left of his own accord

Joe never left. He was forced to run as an I.

[Warren Stupidity]

55. No wasn't forced to run as anything.

He lost the Democratic Party primary fair and square. He is an asshole. Hopefully Senator Thomas will step down and Joe will be irrelevant.

[theboss]

57. And he won the general

I'm still trying to figure out why Joe was supposed to not run for an office that he knew he would easily win. Particularly when there was no guarantee that Lamont was going to win the general.

To me, this whole Lieberman fiasco is proof enough why the "netroots" and "Move-on" and "Kos" and "DU" and all the radical websites need to stay as far away from positions of influence in the party as possible. They have passion, money, and ideas. And all those are extremely important. But the very concept of strategy seems foreign to them.

[Warren Stupidity]

59. Because he lost the Democratic Primary. nt.

[theboss]

64. Which means what exactly?

Last time I checked, it's the general election that matters.

Look, if he was going to split the vote and give the race to a Republican, that would be one thing. I would be calling for his head to. But he won in a walk, and everyone knew he was going to win in a walk.

[PassingFair]

73. Because he didn't win

AS A DEMOCRAT.

As a Democrat, he LOST.

Get it?

He won with Republican money and Republican votes.

[theboss]

76. And yet he is caucusing with us

Shows how smart Republicans are.

[PassingFair]

80. And voting with THEM

Shows how stupid the DLC is.



Oh, wait, the DLC dems voted FOR
the bankruptcy law changes, the
Iraq War, Patriot Act and Torture.

Guess you're not so stupid after all.
You and the pubs get what you want....

[theboss]

81. I'd rather have the caucus than the vote at this point

All that matters is having the majority right now. I'd welcome back Jesse Helms to the Dems at this point if it keeps us at 51 senators.

[Mudoria]

86. Actually he won with independent votes

[PassingFair]

91. How many republicans voted for Schlesinger?

Independent my *ss!

If Joe had done what any other
ethical democrat would have done,
Lamont would be taking a seat in
the senate in January, and no one
would have to be kissing ANYONE'S
butt.

[stepnw1f]

119. It Means He Was Elected by REPUBLICANS

not Democrats.... what does THAT tell you?

[Ian David]

47. That mean's it's a bribe to stay in line. n/t

[noamnety]

5. reward = bribe (nt)

[aquart]

6. Loyalty? WHAT loyalty?

[Zhade]

41. Galling, isn't it?

NT!

[TankLV]

112. Yes - quite! And he's my Senator!

I knew there was too much good news this week.

But maybe it's a "bribe" to make sure he doesn't join his repuke friends in name...

[Freddie Stubbs]

71. For not caucusing with the GOP and giving away the majority

[aquart]

82. Smug, blackmailing prick.

I can't stand the sight of him.

[Freddie Stubbs]

83. Apperently a majority of CT voters do not share you sentiment

[aquart]

89. One of the joys of being a New Yorker.

[Tight_rope]

88. I was going to pose the same question...Joe better get his ass in gear!

[sandnsea]

7. It was his in the first place

Maybe now he can structure it the way he had planned to begin with.

[buff2]

8. Oh Khrist.........

More proof Reid is another DINO. LIEberman abandoned his party and ran as an Independant. Why the hell should he be a majority leader for DEMOCRATS?? He will still vote with the repukes anyway. :argh:

[NYC Liberal]

28. DINO? No. Politically smart? Yes.

Lieberman has already said he will caucus with the Dems, giving us a majority. Unfortunately, without him we don't have that majority. Which means we won't have any committee chairmanships at all.

[PassingFair]

74. That's ridiculous

Our majority gives us the committee chairmanships.

Just not the tie-breaking vote if you include darth cheney...

[NYC Liberal]

97. We have 51 seats because of the 2 Independents (Bernie and Joe)

There are 49 Democrats in the Senate, so if Lieberman wasn't caucusing with us, we would have 50 seats total, hence no majority and no chairmanships.

[against all enemies]

115. We would have had 50 if Lieberman hadn't run against Lamont.

And if they could have counted the votes right in 2000 Joe would have caused the Senate to go Republican then. It's Joe looking out for Joe. Can't wait till he's gone.

[NYC Liberal]

121. Neither can I, and I wish he hadn't run so that Lamont would've won.

Unfortunately, we have to deal with what we've got.

So say, essentially, Lieberman basically a Repuke. In essence, that means we're giving up one chairmanship to a Repuke. <b>BUT</b> it's a small price to pay for keeping the majority. It's giving up one chair vs. giving up all 17 if we pushed Joe out and lost the majority.

Basically, let's work to making sure we can increase the majority in 2008 so we don't have to worry about Joe! Or hope a Repuke Senator from a state with a Dem. governor takes a position in Bush's admin. so that we don't need to worry about him.

[raebrek]

45. Hi Group

The party left Lieberman because they didn't like where he stood. That was their prerogative. Lieberman recognized that he was getting the shaft. He didn't take any bullying and stuck up for the people that wanted him. Hey, they might have been able to Shang Hai the primary from Lieberman but he proved that he is who his people want. Luckily Lieberman isn't vindictive or he would caucus with the red side and tell the dem's to byte him.

[PassingFair]

75. "stuck up for the people that wanted him"

the war mongers and the republicans....

[0007]

79. Lieberman has always voted with the Dems 95% of the time

The jacket that was hung on Joe Lieberman was his kissy kissy to junior and his war plan.

[Odin2005]

108. For Christ's sake, quit the circular firing squad crap

DINO does not = Doing something you don't like, quit abusing the term. Anyone who says Reid is a DINO is abusing the term.

[BlueManDude]

10. IMO Lieberman is just not that important.

It's the facts on the ground in Iraq that matter. These facts will increasingly maginalize fools like Joe Lieberman. He's irrelevant.

[barb162]

26. Lieberman will keep the Senate majority with the Democrats.

If you don't think that's important, then you must think the Democratic agenda isn't important because it will never be implemented without Lieberman. Lieberman is no fool and he's not irrelevant. He won as an Independent which is very difficult to do.

[BlueManDude]

49. Point is, I'm not bent out of shape by his chairmanship

If that's what it takes fine with me. Events in Iraq are beyond our control and as it gets worse over there those like Joe Lieberman will cease to be taken seriously.

[barb162]

85. Events in Iraq are beyond our control

That's for damned sure.

I think Lieberman will "go along" more this next term unless the Democrats downplay the terrorism issue. The Democrats need to seize this issue/ taken it away from Bush

[LeftishBrit]

92. 'These facts will increasingly maginalize fools like Joe Lieberman'

Agree totally with BlueManDude!

Seems to me that he's already been greatly marginalized from being a potential major party leader, to being like one of those members of tiny obscure parties, to whom a centre-left coalition in a multi-party parliamentary system might need to toss a bone to ensure a stable majority.

For the sake of the world, please don't make him president, but please don't shove the senate back into Cheney's hands because of him either!

And as for the Republicans, they dumped their own candidate for someone who will now follow the prevailing wind against them, and serve them bloody well right!

[DocSavage]

98. You had better do a little more reading

if you not not think Liberman is important. You had better get ready for Webb and Liberman to vote with the republicans on defense and Iraq. Yeah, the majority in number is D but some of the newly elected members are like Sam Nunn in thier thinking.

[Dr Fate]

12. If true, no suprise here. Reid was never pro- Lamont. n/t

n/t

[LynneSin]

69. So, you're pro-republican majority then

The elections are overwith - this is what we have. I hate to be all cut and dry but whoever gets Lieberman gets the majority, that's the simple math.

I think this is a good fit for Lieberman and hopefully he will follow through with the 9/11 Commission recommendations.

BTW, I know you're not pro-republican majority but I'm just tired of people not recognizing that we cannot have a Senate majority without Lieberman

[Dr Fate]

90. HELL NO. I am only saying this is no suprise- this is what we all knew what would happen.

My post was stating a simple, factual observation.

Dont put words in my mouth- I agree that we are forced to work with Lieberman.

The good thing is we can say that the 70% of Republicans who voted for him were apparently anti-Bush, b/c he promised to caucus w/ DEMS.

I am done with arguing for now- I was just making an observation.

[martymar64]

126. As for Holy Joe

Anything that will get us out of Iraq, Holy Joe will be against. He may vote with Dems on trivial resolutions like naming post offices, but on the important issues, he's Bush and Cheney's boy.

[davidinalameda]

13. it's a way to make sure he keeps his word

and caucuses with the Democrats

[Zhade]

42. Alternatively, it's a way for him to see he can demand what he wants.

"What? I can't be on the Judiciary? Oh, maybe the Republicans will let me be on it then..."

[JPZenger]

95. Yes, if he bolts from the Dems, we lose the Senate

The Dems have a 51-49 majority when Lieberman votes with the Dems. If we piss him off, he joins the Repubs. That results in a 50-50 split, with Darth Cheney casting all the tie-breaking votes. I'm willing to forgive Lieberman and suck up to him a little bit to keep the Senate.

[Donnachaidh]

14. is he f*cking kidding me?

Uh oh.

Guess we have to start watching the DEMS now? Liberman should be relegated to changing the pucky things in the Senate washroom for his past actions. NOT rewarded.

[TankLV]

17. Oh brother...

Way to show loyalty, Harry...

Just when it gets good, you can depend on Harry to pull a boner...

this is just plain disgusting...

[oasis]

18. Joe had better start voting the right way.

[Zhade]

43. And if he doesn't?

NT!

[theboss]

68. He'll lose the primary again in six years

Of course, that doesn't seem to matter much but whatever.

[Zhade]

96. That's it?

Not much of a backup plan.

Do we have one if he does decide to go Republican?

We should at least be prepared for the worst, and hope for the best.

[antonialee839]

19. Lieberman is loyal to Lieberman. We have to reward him for that?

[knight_of_the_star]

20. It keeps him quiet

At least until '08, when we pick up four more Senate seats. We need him to stay loyal just long enough to get a bigger margin for majority, then Lieberman doesn't matter.

[Zhade]

44. Meanwhile, b*s* could escalate the war.

Kill more. Inflame the area further. Get us all killed.

And lieberman will be right there, supporting that fucking criminal the whole time.

Some win we got. Yay, Dems.

[Telly Savalas]

129. What impact will granting him the chair of the Homeland Security

Committee have on the war?

Would the war end sooner if Reid told him he couldn't have the chair? How would that work?

[barb162]

24. Reid is loyal to Reid, Obama is loyal to Obama, etc. Right?

Isn't every person's first interest to be be loyal to him or her self?

And yes, they really do want to reward him. Keeping the majority is really important.

[antonialee839]

25. Sorry, but I just can't picture Reid kissing Bush's ass like

Lieberman has done. Come to think of it, Lieberman actually did kiss Bush. I know we have to throw this creep a bone, but it really irks me.

edited to include not being able to picture Obama kissing Bush either.

[barb162]

27. One of the first things Obama did when getting in the Senate

was approving Condi Rice for Sec of State. He got a really nasty letter from me for that boner. Reid will be kissing Lieberman's ass if Reid wants to be Senate majority leader.

[CreekDog]

32. If we want to be a majority, that has to include Lieberman this time around

Boxer head of Environment committee instead of Inhofe
Leahy head of Judiciary instead of Hatch

Yes, kiss Lieberman's ass this time around.

Do any of you suggesting we cut Lieberman loose know squat about
1) our constitution in regards to the Senate
2) Senate rules
3) simple math:
the difference between having 51 votes out of 101 and 50 votes out of 101
and which one is better?

If you know those things, then you know that what we get more than we give.
We give Lieberman less than we get from being the majority.

And before you all gripe about kissing Lieberman's ass, please don't expect Harry Reid to sacrifice the party's majority in order to kiss your ass.

I've never sworn so much in my life. Shape up people!

[CookieD]

67. Well stated! n/t

[barb162]

84. I can't agree with you more. Good post

I think Lieberman will be around a long time and that's because the people of CT know he's the best candidate for them. Otherwise they wouldn't have voted for him.

Harry Reid is doing the right thing

[fujiyama]

124. I thought Dems got elected

to be petty and vindictive and not get anything done!

People really have to get over Lieberman. Let him have the chair of the committee he basically started. I'd rather have him on this than banking.

Levin will chair Armed Forces I believe. He's my senator and of course, he'd be better than Lieberman for that post as well...

[CreekDog]

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[Freddie Stubbs]

72. Would you prefer that he caucus with the Republicans?

:shrug:

[lovuian]

113. Liberman is LOYAL to Bush remember the Judas Kiss

the democrat constituents... Know he ISN"T a Democrat
just cause harry reid says it doesn't make it so...

[LiberalFighter]

21. On another note... Line of succession

Currently top 3 spots (last two change in January)

The Vice President Richard Cheney
Speaker of the House John Dennis Hastert
President pro tempore of the Senate Ted Stevens

Pelosi
and would it be Byrd for President pro tempore?

[Pastiche423]

23. WTF?

Can we prevent Reid from becoming Senate Majority Leader?

[Name removed]

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[stepnw1f]

87. I'm With You....

I'm less than impressed with Reid.

[flordehinojos]

30. that is just too bad ...

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[Hawkowl]

34. Selfish

I know it's selfish of me, but if he can stop the TSA people from harassing me every damn day at work, It would go a long way towards reconcillation on my part.

[wellst0nev0ter]

36. Oh Great, The Guy Who Voted For Brownie Gets A Cookie

Yeppers, whatever it takes to maintain the incumbency protection racket :eyes:

[w4rma]

37. Bah, I suppose there is no other choice. Have to placate the egocentric loose cannon. (nt)

[CreekDog]

38. w4rma, yup, it sucks, but it's the smart thing to do

Give him the committee, take the majority that comes with it and as consolation, everyone can still call him weasel, loserman, wanker, etc.

[w4rma]

39. I am, however, happy that we have effectively destroyed any authority Lieberman has when he tries

to say that he speaks for the Democratic Party or when he tries to say that he has Democrats' best interests in mind.

Lieberman has been marginalized in that sense.

Everytime someone tries to blame Democrats for trying to push censorship of video games, music and movies we only have to point out that that was Lieberman's crusade and that Democrats rejected him in our primary so he had to run as an independent where he won with the vast majority of his support from the Republican Party.

[Zhade]

40. He didn't even vote with us on some critical issues...

...when he WASN'T in the position he's in.

[Ian David]

46. Will this be a big enough pay-off to keep LIEberman in line?

Hopefully, he'll abuse his position, get caught taking bribes, and be forced to resign.

By the way, NewsMax is not a real source. Do you have a better link?

[iamjoy]

50. No Way

If Lieberman caucuses with the Democrats, I don't want him to resign.

I believe the governor of CT is a Rep. If Lieberman resigns, she appoints his replacement, who you know would be a loyal Rep.

And I wouldn't want a Democrat involved in a scandal anyway. We need to keep ourselves clean if we hope to keep Congress & maybe win the White House in '08.

[martymar64]

128. At least in 08

We can gain more Democratic Senate seats and be able to safely dump Holy Joe.

[brentspeak]

51. NEWSMAX??????

Since when was Newsmax an acceptable LBN source?

[MrPrax]

52. Biggest winner was Liebermann...

If Reid thinks that somehow there is a 'tit for tat' payoff to 'buy' Lieberman's loyalty, he is surely mistaken.

It's not lost on Lieberman that he might be the 'deciding' vote on many issues and so his influence will go far beyond any committee chairmanship -- to get Joe's loyalty will be a case by case thing. If there is a Dem-sponsored bill coming down the pike and Joe doesn't like it, Joe will simply make a call. Best part is that no one will know about it. The republicans will be trying to buy his loyalty as well -- who knows what he promised them, while he used their 'good offices' and 'supporters'. (only like 25% of dems voted for Joe and they stayed loyal)

Treat him as hostile and make him 'reach consensus' -- not the other way around. It looks very fishy when it in all honesty, Lieberman has been more tied to the Admin's foreign policy adventures than any other democrat,which he then, ends up being the ONLY politician rewarded by elites, for a war that the bulk of the American people repudiated in this election.

Why would Reid or any democrat trust this guy?

If anything you would think that Reid MIGHT consider the feelings of people in his own party, who wasted their time and money having to fight a losing cause against Lieberman. Moreover, Lieberman's campaign was vile and generally did little more than attack democrats. Hell, with Lieberman in this position, what precisely would stop him from 'spinning' for McCain or will his loyalty for the NEXT dem Presidential nominee be another subject of negotiations? Perhaps another shot at VP? Which party?

Moreover, is Reid actually saying that given the considerable gains democrats made Tuesday, that there is NO ONE else JUST elected by the American people to sit on this committee? Doesn't send a healthy signal to the rest of the party. While Lieberman's victory can be explained within the politics of Connecticut, many of the policies he shamelessly supported like Iraq, were rejected. This alone should make Reid pause for thought.

It's really quite too bad that you can do things that would get you kick/ban from DU, but still end up retaining power in the nation's highest offices.

I believe the elites think differently about democracy than you or I.

[theboss]

53. I'd like this from a source other than Newsmax

But, on its face, it makes sense. And Lieberman would be the right choice. With him running that committee, no one can say that the Dems don't take it seriously.

[Vidar]

56. Hopefully Lieberman can't do too much harm with that one.

Just don't let him near foreign affairs or armed services.

[NoodleyAppendage]

58. Lieberman is a PIECE OF SH*T...love for self over party.

I was so hoping for a 53 Dem Senate, which would make Lieberman IRRELEVANT and push him towards his Repuke Overlords.

But, instead he's rewarded for his turncoat, radical Zionist, pro-Neocon behavior...

J

[Marie26]

60. NOOOOO

Why is Lieberman so popular w/Senate Democrats? He has totally betrayed the party. Or is this just a Lieberman blackmail deal where he'll only caucus w/the Dems if they offer him a committee chairmanship?

[The Stranger]

61. How about a non-Neocon to lead the Neocon Department?

[barb162]

132. Tell it to Harry Reid. I'm sure he'll be glad to hear from you.

[NoodleyAppendage]

62. Does this mean that Lieberselfish gets to shape the Domestic Spying Program?

What evidence do we have that Lieberselfish values the Bill of Rights and Constitution over the Neocon agenda and domestic spying efforts???

J

[barb162]

106. Do you ask this question of all the other Senators?

If not, why not?

[NoodleyAppendage]

131. Oh, I don't know...I guess I'm anti-semetic. NOT. Move on w/ your baiting.

Lieberselfish has proven through his actions and votes that he values the Neocon agenda. It just so happens that he's Jewish and an asshole. I would say the same of him if he weren't either.

Just because someone criticizes a Jewish person does NOT make that person anti-semetic.

J

[Le Taz Hot]

63. No surprise here.

Everyone on the Hill knew most of the key Democrats couldn't come out publically FOR Lieberman after the CT primary but most of them didn't come out publically for Lamont, either. He's always had the support of the establishment Dems. Remember, the people who demand "party loyalty" from us are the SAME people who backed Lieberman all along. And remember that the next time they demand party loyalty from you.

[depakid]

65. I'll defininately remember who sold out

Every single one of them.

[fooj]

94. For this disgraceful behavior...I am truly ashamed.

They flipped the voters in CT the bird...

What kind of democratic party doesn't stand behind the will of the people? It's shameful.

[Norquist Nemesis]

66. At least Bushetal can't claim we're not tough on National Security

It will be hard for Bush's Loyal Lieberman to start tossing the proverbial crap on the wall with this one after being such a supporter for his re-election.

[hedgehog]

70. I knew if I worked my way down to the end I'd find someone who

said this ahead of me! I think you're exactly right. Given the number of opportunities out there, I figure it's inevitable that there will be another terrorist incident in the US. Having Lieberman in this position will make it harder for Bush to blame the Democrats for holding hm back.

[Tatiana]

93. I can live with this. n/t

[goforit]

100. Sen. Reid, way to start on the wrong foot!!!! Give the majority to the Repugs

why don't you!!!!

[Name removed]

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[Lurking Dem]

102. Prove it.

[goforit]

103. Investigation into the WTC will prove it. We"ll start w/ Al Franken.

[Lurking Dem]

104. You seem to have a thing for Jews.

[barb162]

105. I hope you're being facetious

[Lurking Dem]

107. He's not.

He has this and dual agency accusations all over the place.

[Odin2005]

109. I see the purists have already started the circular firing squads.

This is about making sure Loserman doesn't caucus with the Pukes. If the Purists want to stay in Political La La Land that's thier problem, Reid is in the real world.

[QC]

110. Started?

Hell, the firing squad continued blasting away throughout all the good news. We had people here plotting to keep Pelosi out of the speaker's chair the day after the election.

Who needs freepers to keep us down when we've got the politics-as-therapy crowd?

[stepnw1f]

120. Thank You for Keeping It Real

"Emanuel and other top Democrats told their members they cannot allow the party's liberal wing to dominate the agenda next year."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/07/AR2006110701697.html

I would like to see these "top Democrats" and Rahm himself deny this publicly!

[lovuian]

111. I'm confused isn't Liberman a (republican in Independant)

clothes and he isn't a democrat and wasn't elected a Democrat in the last election by his Constuients??? didn't he defeat the Democratic Nominee Lamont???

Why would Democrats help him???
Is Harry Reid a Democrat or an Independant
What does Howard Dean think of Liberman as Homeland Security
Why is Harry Reid the Majority Leader???
with Democrats as the Majority

this is so confusing and shows the Democrats have made inroads on getting control of the Denate but there are still these Independant factions who have MAJOR control of our security.

This just proves the point there is a group of powerful men working together in all three parties
on their OWN AGENDA.

[TankLV]

114. I suggest the Dems say anything to his face - and undermine him behind his back...

Do everything to insure that he LOSES FINALLY the next time up...

Let's get a real PROGRESSIVE to replace him - Lamont did just fine...

[lovuian]

117. LOL!!! thats right Tank and ANY DEMOCRAT who helps him

we will see what traitor they are... Gore was definitely a lamb set up for failure

That BUSH Kiss said it all

[lumpy]

118. Good idea, since lieberman claims to be a

fighter for Constitutional rights, let him prove it.

[dchill]

122. Lieberman will be better than anyone...

that Bush would nominate. Even better than Lieberman would have been if Bush had nominated him.

[mvd]

123. There's nothing about Lieberman demanding

So why reward? We have better choices than a warmonger.

[leesa]

125. Yeah. I feel safe with this joke in charge of national security. NOT.

[savemefromdumbya]

127. Dubai Joe?

is that a good idea?

[Q3JR4]

130. I've thought about this

whole Lieberman thing before the election. I figured if Lieberman got his senate seat and the senate was Democratic with 51-49 majority, that he would be targeted by the GOP. After all, he was ousted by voters in his home state. I thought that maybe he'd want to pay them back.

Furthermore if Lieberman changes party affiliation, the senate would be evenly tied with dick wielding the tie breaking vote.

I just assumed that they would be giving Lieberman a chairmanship position; at least until the Democrats gain a few more senate seats. By then all bets would be off, I'm sure.