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Talking Points Memo —
... Howard Dean tells TPM Election Central that Senate Dems were just following Obama's lead on handling Joe Lieberman. "He called the shots, and that's fine," Dean says. ...
Merkley Speaks Out Against Lieberman Keeping His Gavel
Open Left - Front Page —
... Meanwhile, Howard Dean recites Obama's talking points about Lieberman, saying that revenge isn't warranted against Lieberman, that this is what Obama wanted, and that it's pragmatic and smart. It is worth noting that Congress is very much looking to Obama for leadership on nearly every issue, so that there were as many as 13 is surprising. It's also suggestive that there's a real nucleus of independent progressive energy in the Senate, since their votes were directly against the wishes of the incoming President. ...
Dean: Obama Wanted Lieberman In
TalkLeft —
Uh oh: Howard Dean says that he's "fine" with the Senate's decision not to kick Joe Lieberman off the Homeland Security committee and suggested that the Senate had acted in accordance with what Barack Obama wanted. In a phone interview with [Greg Sargent] just after the vote concluded, I asked Dean if he thought the Senate should keep Lieberman. He said that the Senate had acted "in the spirit of unification, which is what the President-elect wanted." "[Obama] called the shots, and that's fine," Dean said, in an apparent reference to the tone Obama has ...
Howard Dean on Lieberman: “I never looked into what he was doing as the Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee.”
Firedoglake —
Howard Dean did a round of calls with bloggers today (including the Huffington Post and Greg Sargent) trying to mollify everyone after it was announced that Joe Lieberman would retain his Homeland Security Chair.
On the call with me were John Aravosis, McJoan and Nate Silver. Here's a transcript of my exchange with Dean: ...
Howard Dean Is Fine With Senate's Lieberman Decision, Suggests It Was What Obama Wanted
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... said that the Senate had acted "in the spirit of unification, which is what the President-elect wanted." "He called the shots, and that's fine," Dean said, in an apparent reference to the tone Obama has tried to set in Washington as he prepares to take power. Dean also said he understood the natural human desire for "revenge," a description that will dismay many of Dean's allies in the liberal blogosphere, who maintain (as do I) that this wasn't solely about retribution. Read more: http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/11...
Remainders: Vetting?
Ben Smith's Blog —
(Holder file photo from AP)
Wolfson demonstrates the depth of Clinton vetting.
Crowley suggests that a man at AG means a woman at State.
Howard Dean is fine with Lieberman staying, says Obama called the shots.
Good has the first 100 days of 12 presidents.
Bill Clinton lectures in Kuala Lumpur on Dec 6.
Joe Lieberman keeps a job, loses one. Only, the wrong ones.
Obama's position on Lieberman shows he puts policy above process.
His McCain '08 Bumper Sticker ...
Remainders: Should Kristol stay?
Michael Calderone's Blog —
George Packer says it’s time the NYT ends the William Kristol experiment.
Kristol says he is “ambivalent.”
Chris Matthews allegedly bad mouths Hillary Clinton on a train somewhere between Philadelphia and Washington.
“Morning Joe” tops “American Morning.”
“Media malpractice” left voters uninformed.
Dean does the netroots media circuit.
Salon has a strange fixation with Michelle Obama.
Not long after Podesta vows ...
Dean on Obama, Lieberman, and Us
Daily Kos —
... Governor Dean held a couple of blogger conference calls today, one with national and state bloggers, and a smaller call with me, John Aravosis, Jane Hamsher, and Nate Silver. Given the focus of the day, much of the discussion was about where Obama is going to take this country and how Joe Lieberman fits in this this debate. Here's a portion of our discussion, amplifying a bit on Greg Sargent's and ...
DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News —
... doing so, writes Contentions' Rubin . It's an open question whether Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), a fierce critic of the pardon, will vote to confirm Holder, writes Politics magazine's Shane D'Aprile . FROM THE BLOGS: [image] Lieberman: Suck on That, Liberals! - J. Hamsher, Firedoglake [image] Dem Leaders Often Not on Our Side - M. Stoller, Open Left [image] I'm Done With Reid as Leader - kos, Daily Kos [image] Dean Suggests It's What Obama Wanted - Greg Sargent, TPM [image] Gag Me With a Spoon - ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — HALF A LOAF? YES, POSSIBLY -- THE FUTURE HALF I nearly lost it today. I nearly said my farewells to the entire left blogosphere -- writing for it, reading it, taking it seriously in any way. For a second I just didn't think I could get past a comment to this post about the Lieberman situation, and Barack Obama's involvement in the decision to spare Lieberman real punishment: Its not as if Obama didn't tell America what he was going to do and this is the first of many steps down a path which may not be as steep as the one Bush led the country ...
MORNING READ
News —
... . Dean told TPM Election Central's Greg Sargent that Senate Democrats allowed Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) to keep his committee gavel because that's what Obama wanted, a position that Dean said he was fine with. FROM THE BLOGS: [image] ...
11/19: This One Stings
Blogometer —
... about now. Given how much he is hated by his constituents , he at least knows that the Senate Democratic caucus are a bunch of spineless asses utterly unwilling and unable to deliver the change the American people requested." LIEBERMAN III: Dean Tries To Bridge The Divide DNC Chair Howard Dean tried to mollify the netroots after the Senate vote by conducting a round of calls with liberal bloggers (including Hamsher , Joan McCarter , Nate Silver , and Greg Sargent ): Moulitsas mocks Dean's assertion that Dems earned "a mandate for ...
