Lieberman will "decide" early next year (He's gonna flip)

[SoCalDem]

As a republican for 2 years, he will be the darling, and since the dems have SO many seats to defend next time, I'll bet he thinks the republicans will have a healthy majority in 2012, and he will be in the cat-bird seat..

He's a vile piece of pond scum..

He just said this (the deciding part) on MikaJoeShow...

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[mediaman007]

1. Here's a guy that cast off his constituents years ago.

Lieberman is all about me.

[madmax]

2. Both sides brought to the forefront

a major POS nightmare for 'the American people', Gore - Lieberman and McGrumpy - Palin.

[peace frog]

3. So flip already, Traitor Joe

It's not like he's been an actual Democrat for years so he should just fricking get on with it. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[Bonhomme Richard]

4. Then he would go head to head with Linda McMahon.

It could be an interesting fight to watch.

[karynnj]

9. Interesting, but I wonder if it is more likely if he stays a Democrat or becomes a republican

I can see McMahon challenging him a brutal primary. We saw how she fights and the audience would be the Republicans. Lieberman has many many positions out of line with them. If he doesn't change, I wonder if the Republicans - having seen her fail - would go for the type of Republican who does win the state.

If Lieberman does stay a Democrat, he likely will be challenged from the left again - and he is both unlikely to win and he can't count on the Republicans not running a better candidate than last time.

Could Liberman be angling for a promise from Obama and the Leadership to strongly back him if he is challenged in return for staying a Democrat? It would be his best hope of staying in office and it would drive us in the left crazy, which he likes to do.

[CTyankee]

11. Joe is not a Democrat. We threw him out of the party in 06. He has not been welcomed back.

Even tho he calls himself an "independent Democrat" he is no such thing. At this point he doesn't have a party. It's a party of Joe. I guess if he wants to run with any kind of party apparatus he'll have to convince Republicans to take him.

The CT Dems have some ideas afloat for their own candidate: Diane Farrell who ran a feisty, if unsuccessful, campaign for Chris Shay's seat back in 06, and Ted Kennedy, Jr. who lives in CT. Diane is currently in a good job with Exim so she may not be interested. And I've only heard the rumor circulated about Kennedy.

Stay tuned...

[karynnj]

19. I will and bow of course to your knowledge of CT, which has been proven endless times

It really sounds like Joe is not that welcome in either party - and would be primaried in either. In addition, until 2012, unless others change or leave, it doesn't help the Republicans to have Lieberman, half his votes will likely anger them as much as the other half anger us! Only if 3 others become Republicans do they get the majority. (So, I take back the idea that he has any leverage to get a deal)

[CTyankee]

23. I'm really not that great at CT politics. My husband has the better knowledge.

All I know is what I have learned thru working on the process to oust Joe in 06 and what my buds at Planned Parenthood can tell me...

The thing is, you never SEE Joe around the state, which wasn't always the case. For instance, he used to live in my section of New Haven (but with fancier houses than on my street). We used to see him walking to shull on Saturdays with Hadassah and their baby girl. He dropped in on diners around town, particularly one near me. He'd chat people up.

I guess getting the VP pick changed him...even some of his older supporters in the local Jewish community no longer support him...

[LiberalFighter]

18. Is that likely considering that LIEberman endorsed McCain instead of Obama in 2008?

[LiberalFighter]

14. Will LM challenge the Liar to a match? Will she kick him in the balls?

Or will she use the cross or the Star of David on him?

[Bonhomme Richard]

22. It will be interesting. She learned a lot from the last election.

She still mouths just more of the same old republican, corporate tax break crap but a match up might be fun just for the entertainment.

[CTyankee]

26. Do you see him becoming a Republican and running against McMahon in a primary?

Also, what exactly do you think McMahon learned from the last election? Her "magic bullet" against Blumenthal didn't work out for her and frankly, I don't see a candidate with such a questionable background ever being elected a Senator from Connecticut.

I'd like to see a match up of McMahon against Ted Kennedy, Jr., but honestly, I don't know that much about him, except that he sounds like a pretty solid guy. And boy, being able to have another Kennedy in the Senate would be a strong sell to lots of folks up here...

[AndrewP]

5. Might as well make it official, since he's been one for years

Beyond everything else he's done, he was fully in bed with McCain/Palin in 2008. I'm not sure how anyone views him as anything other than a Republican.

[dennis4868]

6. Lieberman and McCain...

are the 2 most unprincipled senators today....they are absolute sell outs for political power....they stand for nothing!

[cali]

7. if he plans to flip than he plans to retire in 2012

[CTyankee]

12. Oh, god, let that be! I don't think I could take a primary between his ads and

Linda McMahon's. If that comes to pass, I'll beg to be put out of my misery...

[NorthCarolina]

21. Don't bet on it. The Citizens United decision will make the flip easy for Lieberman

He's doing what every politician does....he's following the money.

[somone]

8. Al Gore's biggest mistake

was to put this stooge on the national stage

[SoCalDem]

10. Yep.. Gore thought Joe would "help" him with Florida

& the Northeast... Gore should have chosen anyone BUT Joe..

[marmar]

13. Drama Queen Joe has been out of the news for too long.....

He's got to find a way to get the spotlight shined on his favorite topic: Himself.

[Kingofalldems]

15. I bet his little pally is gushing over this

:shrug:

[LiberalFighter]

16. He lost the nomination to be a Democratic candidate in 2006.

And wasn't he kicked out of the Connecticut for LIeberman party?

[Jim Lane]

29. Lieberman was never in the Connecticut for Lieberman Party.

He ran on their ballot line in 2006 but didn't change his individual voting registration. He's been a registered Democrat throughout.

After the 2006 election, Lieberman opponents outmaneuvered his supporters and took over the Connecticut for Lieberman (CfL) Party. It had an automatic ballot line for the 2012 Senate election, which could have been used to embarrass Lieberman, or to peel off the votes of some of his less astute followers.

Alas, that won't happen now, though. CfL was next taken over by a faction that used the ballot line for a quixotic third-party Senate candidacy in 2010, a foolish project of purists not satisfied with a liberal Democrat like Dick Blumenthal. The CfL candidate drew very few votes. Blumenthal's margin over McMahon was large enough that he could stand the loss of that handful of diverted votes. One side effect, however, was that, because the handful was fewer than one percent of the total, CfL lost its automatic ballot line

CfL should have cross-endorsed Blumenthal, asking Dems to vote its line to preserve its ballot status for 2012. It would have been amusing to watch a "Connecticut for Lieberman" Party denouncing Lieberman.

[joeybee12]

17. Why this guy has his committee chair is indicative of the spinelessness of Dem leadership...nt

[charlie]

20. Flip and get teabagged, Joe

You're not a Republican, you're a groupie.

[PBS Poll-435]

24. I love Lieberman threads

A douche and he knows it, but he keeps on going.

After seeing Linda fail so spectacularly this year, I hope CT does the right thing next time...

[Greyhound]

25. K&R for another of those "nobody could've predicted" moment.

They let him keep his power, gave him a Chair, and he fucked us, just as predicted.
:kick: & R

[Raine]

27. So go already ... you traitor! nt

[RagAss]

28. Al Gore !....Shame on you !!!!!!

[ibegurpard]

30. assuming we still retain control of the chamber

will that finally convince the Senate Democrats to toss this shitstain aside?

[MilesColtrane]

31. Holy Joe's not through with that ass yet.

[Swamp Rat]

32. What's the hold-up?

[Liberal Left]

33. Was he ever a Democrat?

The Dems who backed him should have their heads examined.