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Not Important Enough to Waste Our Anger On This
Hoffmania! —
... Joe Lieberman. I really don't care about this flyweight. So they're letting him keep his Homeland Security post. Fine. That'll last until Connecticut has the good sense to vote him out of an office he never should have won the last time. So welcome back to the fold, you little turncoat. And here's hoping your home state has a long memory. ...
Take The Pledge: “I Will Work To Defeat Joe Lieberman in 2012″
Firedoglake —
Just to recap:
Democrats in the Senate just voted overwhelmingly -- 42-13 -- to let Joe Lieberman keep his Homeland Security gavel.
Reid "feels good" about what they did and won't "apologize to anyone for what we did today."
Lieberman believes he is a "Member in Good Standing" within the caucus.
Take the pledge: ...
Elections Have Consequences
ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES —
Remember how George Bush told that to us after one of his past election victories? Elections Have Consequences. Well, elections don't have consequences for Joe Lieberman, the Senator with the letter I after his name: Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) easily won a vote to remain chairman of a key committee today and will stay in the Democratic caucus despite his high-profile criticism of President-elect Barack Obama and his support of Sen. John McCain during the presidential campaign. I myself think that Joe acted like ...
BREAKING NEWS: Dems vote to let Lieberman keep committee chair
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings (Updating my earlier post.) Well, Senate Democrats have finally decided what to do about Joe Lieberman: Nothing. Or, rather, not much. As is being reported -- by, among others, NYT, WaPo, AP, TPM, TP, and The Hill -- Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. ...
I Guess The Change Will Be Incremental
The Sundries Shack —
... in the Senate next year. It seems the biggest reason he won’t take the job isn’t because it smacks of nepotism but because he’s about to deploy to Iraq for a year. Yeah, those are some real fresh faces the Democrats are bringing to the table. The way the new administration is going, you’d think there weren’t any Democrats out there except relatives, old Clinton cronies, and some folks from the campaign that are owed a few favors. In other related news, it appears that Joe Liberman won’t be tarred, feathered, and run out of town on a rail . Don’t expect him to play a role in ...
Dean Defends Lieberman Decision, Speaks of "Mandate for Reconciliation"
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... . "The truth is, Barack Obama got a mandate to bring the country together and to stop the politics of anger," Dean said, leaving little doubt that Obama's signal that Lieberman should keep his Homeland Security chairmanship had been instrumental to the party's decision today to give the Connecticut senator a pass. ...
The Morning Report
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
... " (Raymond Hernandez and Michael Luo, New York Times ) - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York has reservations about accepting an appointment as secretary of state in the Obama administration, an adviser to Mrs. Clinton who is familiar with her thinking said on Tuesday. " Senate Democrats Allow Lieberman to Retian Key Chairmanship " (Paul Kane and Shailagh Murray, Washington Post ) - Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) easily won a vote yesterday to remain chairman of a key committee and will stay in the Senate Democratic caucus despite his high-profile criticism of ...
