Lieberman in the WildernessFollow

So, Reid & Lieberman are in "talks". The Democratic caucus wants to strip Lieberman of his plum Homeland Security Committee chair position as punishment for his support for McCain and perhaps give him a sub-scommittee chair. Lieberman says that that's "unacceptable". McConnell is trying to woo Liberman to the Republican caucus. However, that means Lieberman loses any chairs since he'll be in the minority party (and the Democrats aren't likely to lose six Senate seats any time real soon). Also, despite his hawkish stance on Iraq, Lieberman's a big ole liberal on most issues. On any non-Iraq issue, Lieberman would be at odds with new friends.

I do think they should let him keep his committee position. You don't want to wade into the territory of removing someone from a Homeland Security position based on their candidate endorsement. It's poor on principle, and the Republicans would have a field day with it.

More likely, Lieberman would just use his power as a swing vote to get whatever the hell he wants. He's no dummy, he tosses his chips in with whoever's at the wheel.

After this tenure he's probably done in Democratic Politics as far as re-election goes. It'll be hard for him to get elected as a Republican and Independent is so/so.

It goes to show how far he'll go to be bi-partisan.

Fuck that off the reservation motherfucker. I CANNOT WAIT to go work for whoever runs in CN in '12. I'll work 18 hour days for a year for free, and I'm not alone. Lieberman & Shays LLP has a nice ring to it.

actually, they need to ignore him. that cushy chair should be taken from him, but other than that, let him decide without any pre conditions.

we really need to move away from this "us or them" attitude in not only congress, but the legislature, and america as a whole. this divide and conqer thing may win elections, but all it really accomplishes for the country is to.....divide. its bad for the country.

so take the chair, then ignore him and let him do the job his constituients elected him to do. booting him out just reinforces the "us or them" attitude. the reality is, most americans have more incommon than not. this party agenda division that sprouts up these "us or them" radio talk shows, fox news, msnbc crap is bad for the country. it breeds hate, fear mongering, and intellegant people making decisions based not on whats best for the country, but whats best for the party.

the bush addministraition is the poster child for where thinking like that leads.

we can do better, and we should.

In my opinion, murdering a Republican is just a messy way of voting twice.

It isn't a "us or them" situation. The Democratic Caucus simply doesn't trust him.

Yeah, but he won as an "Independent Democrat". After the election, Liberman was on one of the radio shows (Hannity or O'Rielly, I don't remember which) and they asked him about switching caucuses, especially important because he was what would put the Democrats in power. Lieberman openly said that he was elected by people expecting him to act as a Democrat and that the quickest way to lose their support would be to become a Republican.

I don't see any benefit to caucusing with the Republicans for Joe. He'd **** off folks from home, not be especially popular with the GOP unless he abandons his liberal beliefs and lose any chairs because he'd be in the minority party.

I'm just quotin' Joe

well, why would he caucus with democrats once they give in to the radical wing and strip him of his chair for endorsing mccain anyways? They pretty much are sending the message to toe the party line or else, and I don't think he's the kind of person who would suddenly change position on the iraq war and start to denounce mccain to keep his position.

Well I hope Governor Palin gave him a ******** in exchange for his political career.