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Connecticut Hates Lieberman
Firedoglake — Brutal: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Joe Lieberman is doing as U.S. senator?* Approve 36 (45) Disapprove 61 (43) If the 2012 election for U.S. Senate were held ...

Shockingly Unpopular Lieberman Sucks Up to Obama/Biden
Open Left - Front Page — Remarkable numbers from Kos. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Joe Lieberman is doing as U.S. senator? Approve 36 (45) Disapprove 61 (43) If the 2012 election for U.S. Senate were held today would you to reelect Joe Lieberman would you consider voting for another candidate or would you vote to replace Lieberman? Reelect 35 Consider Someone Else 18 Replace 48 So what is Lieberman doing?  Reaching out to Obama. ...

11/14: Senators In The Spotlight
Blogometer — ... President Obama, he can certainly do so, but it's hard to imagine him winning such a fight, or even making himself look good by losing. Most likely, Obama will bring Lieberman back into the fold graciously, and he'll vote with the Democrats, and occasionally go on Meet The Press to express his disappointment about something or other. He seems to enjoy being a scold, but there's no evidence he has the the belly to be Ken Starr ." Meanwhile, several bloggers are buzzing about a new Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll indicating that Lieberman's popularity has plummeted in CT: ...

Only 35% of CT voters would re-elect Joe Lieberman
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MIDDAY ROUNDUP
The Hill's Blog Briefing Room — ... Election Day. And one detail of President-elect Barack Obama’s scheduled meeting with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Monday strikes The Jed Report’s Jed Lewison as intriguing. While Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) will be in attendance, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) will not, Lewison notes, though Lieberman traveled with McCain and Graham extensively during the campaign. FROM THE BLOGS: [image] Steele and the Pro-Life Debate - A. Carpenter, Townhall.com [image] Joe in Connecticut - kos, Daily Kos [image] Lies - John Hinderaker, Power ...

AUDIO: Leahy Says Lieberman Should Lose His Chairmanship
Think Progress — ... A new Research 2000/DailyKos poll shows that Lieberman is increasingly unpopular among his constituents. Sixty-one percent disapprove of his Senate performance. Among his Democratic constituents, Lieberman’s approval rating stands at just 22 percent. ...

A Lieberman critic emerges
Political Animal — ... the first in the Congress to support him -- I thought they went way beyond the pale. I thought that they were not fair. I thought they were not legitimate. I thought that they perpetuated some of these horrible myths that were being run about Sen. Obama. "I would feel that, had I done something similar, I would not be chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the next Congress." Kudos to Leahy. We'll learn on Tuesday how many other members of the caucus agree. In related news, a Research 2000 poll for Daily Kos asked Connecticut voters for their opinions on their ...

Do The Democrats Even Deserve A Filibuster-Proof Majority?
DownWithTyranny! — ... member of the caucus with the balls to publicly state that the treacherous Joe Lieberman doesn't deserve to be given the chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee. "I’m one who does not feel someone should be rewarded with a major chairmanship after what he did." Alas, he's the only one so far. At least the vote won't be unanimous. Too bad the voters of Connecticut don't get a say. In a new poll that came out this morning, most Connecticut voters express so much dissatisfaction with Lieberman that it's next to impossible to see him ever winning an election there ...

Trust Joe Lieberman to be Himself
Politics Daily — ... That gambit didn't play out for Lieberman, so now he has only one choice. He must convince the people of Connecticut that he is the same old Joe they voted for in the first place. He has a lot of convincing to do. A Research 2000 poll conducted for Daily Kos earlier this week, showed that among likely voters, Lieberman's job approval was down to 36 percent. ...

A Bad Sign For Connecticut Independent Senator Joe Lieberman
The Moderate Voice — ... Most likely outcome: Lieberman will probably be allowed to continue caucusing with the Democrats (as per Obama’s wishes) but will lose his chairmanship as a consequence. He could be allowed to retain it, but there will be backlash from the party base if he does. If he loses the chairmanship he will then have to decide whether he wants to move closer to the Republicans — not a popular party in Connecticut right now. And Lieberman enemy site Daily Kos has a poll indicating Lieberman’s numbers are falling in Connecticut. ...

11/19: This One Stings
Blogometer — ... Public Works committee! Shit, that wouldn't be any worse than appointing fierce Obama critic and Iraq War supporter Joe Lieberman to the Homeland Security committee. But in all seriousness, I think we've now learned that Joe Lieberman is the smartest politician in DC. He knew Democrats were spineless capitulators who would cave at the merest threat no matter how many times he shit in their face. He's probably having a great laugh about it just about now. Given how much he is hated by his constituents , he at least knows that the Senate Democratic caucus are a bunch of ...

30 percent of CT voters who voted for Lieberman want a do-over.
Think Progress — ... if they could do it again today, including 59 percent of Democrats. Another poll from last month showed that 48 percent of likely Connecticut voters want to replace Lieberman. ...