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salon.com - 11/18/2008

Has there been too much bipartisanship or too little? - Glenn Greenwald

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(updated below) As Senate Democrats this morning prepare to reward Joe Lieberman with the powerful Chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee, the most commonly recited claim -- both with regard to the Lieberman issue and Washington more generally -- is that Barack Obama's campaign to ...

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Corrente:  What Glenn said

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan:  Irregular Joe

Balloon Juice:  The First and Most Important Priority

The Sideshow:  Let the sun shine

Blogometer:  11/19: This One Stings

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voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/18/2008

The Lieberman Vote: What It Means and Why

— voices.washingtonpost.com — Sen. Joe Lieberman, who faces a secret ballot vote from the Democratic caucus today, may get to keep his chairmanship -- a prospect many thought impossible just a week ago. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) This morning the Senate Democratic caucus... (more) The Lieberman Vote: What It Means and Why

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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/18/2008

It's Official: Lieberman Keeps Homeland Security Chairmanship

— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Senator Harry Reid just spoke to reporters after the private caucus meeting with Dems over Joe Lieberman's fate, and he confirmed it: Lieberman will not be stripped of his Homeland Security chairmanship, because the "vast majority" of the Democratic ... (more) It's Official: Lieberman Keeps Homeland Security ...

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thehill.com - 11/18/2008

Lieberman gets slap, keeps gavel

— thehill.com — Senate Democrats refused Tuesday to strip Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) of his prized chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. After months of acrimony between him and his former party, Democrats ultimately decided ... (more) Lieberman gets slap, keeps gavel

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What Glenn said
Corrente — On the myth of excessive partisanship. What Glenn didn't say is that the president-elect ran (in a can't-lose year) a campaign founded on this canard, and that the official platform of the Democrat Party bronzed this idea: "A great nation now demands that its leaders abandon the politics of partisan division...." It was always gauche to mention this, and apparently it still is.

Irregular Joe
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Greenwald goes in for the kill: Our political system is afflicted by many, many problems.  A lack of bipartisanship hasn't been one of them.  At least during the Bush era, the Beltway political establishment has been fueled by trans-partisan cooperation and internal allegiance far more than by any ideological differences, policy debates, or partisan warfare.  Do the last eight years -- defined by George Bush's virtually unimpeded political agenda -- leave any doubt about that?    That's why the outcome ...

The First and Most Important Priority
Balloon Juice — ... Greenwald noted earlier that there is a stiff and enthusiastic competition between Republicans and Democrats as to who can best get their hate on for “teh left,” and it is pretty clear that the consensus view in DC is that this is priority number one. ...

Let the sun shine
The Sideshow — ... generals and admirals called Monday for repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays so they can serve openly, according to a statement obtained by The Associated Press." But that's just a call for change. "On another front, the U.S. military recently barred Iraqi translators from wearing masks. When I first read it I gasped. Seems like a good way to get your head blown off." Stunning stupidity. I'm with Greenwald - we've had eight years of too much bipartisanship and it's led us to ruin. Let's get rid of it, please. This would have ...

11/19: This One Stings
Blogometer — November 19, 2008 11/19: This One Stings Liberal bloggers are outraged that Senate Dems decided by a 42-13 vote to allow ex- John McCain surrogate/CT Sen. Joe Lieberman to keep his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Gov't Affairs committee (while taking away his chairmanship of a less important environmental subcommittee). Here are a few of their comments: Lefty bloggers are portraying Senate Dems as weak and overly concerned with appearing bipartisan . They're also accusing Senate Dems of ignoring the will of the electorate, which "voted in ...

Netroots livid with Lieberman holding on to his key committee chairmanship
WTF Is It Now?!? — ... with the impotent Senate fuckwits for allowing him to keep it and for not dyeing the banks of the Potomac red with his waste of blood. Glenn Greenwald: ...

Bipartisan
Suburban Guerrilla — Glennzilla: Senate Democrats believe it’s important to reward someone with a powerful Chairmanship who has been a vehement supporter of George Bush, the war in Iraq, the full panoply of anti-constitutional abuses, and an amplifier of the most toxic right-wing toxic points. At the same time, they consider it a good thing to scorn their supporters on what they consider to be “the Left.” For anyone willing to hear it, they’ve made as clear and resounding a statement — again — about who they are and who they do and ...