thenextright.com - 11/18/2008
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The price of power.
Kos:
But there's also disdain for the American electorate that voted in overwhelming numbers for change from the discredited Bush/McCain/Lieberman policies. But in a city known for tone-deafness, there clearly isn't a more tone-deaf group than the Senate Dems.
I'm ...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/18/2008
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com —
Howard Dean says that he's "fine" with the
Senate's decision not to kick Joe Lieberman off the...
Homeland Security committee, because in his view it's what Barack Obama wanted. In a phone interview with me just after the vote concluded, I asked Dean ...
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Howard Dean Supports Senate's Lieberman Decision, Says ...
dailykos.com - 11/18/2008
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dailykos.com —
Jane Hamsher : Asked what it would mean
if Lieberman kept his chairmanship, one Senate Democratic aide...
said bluntly: "The left has been foiled again. They can rant and rage but they still do not put the fear into folks to actually change their ...
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Today's lesson
huffingtonpost.com - 11/18/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
DNC Chair Howard Dean welcomed the decision to
keep Senator Joseph Lieberman as head of the Homeland...
Security Committee and, consequently, in the Democratic Caucus, saying the move was pragmatic, magnanimous and political shrewd. Speaking to the ...
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Dean Applauds Move To Keep Lieberman As Committee Chair
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Dramatic Dems Are Dramatic
Oliver Willis —
... “OMG Harry Reid and the Senate Dems didn’t listen to us on Lieberman. It’s OVER!!!!” I certainly don’t have the view that conservative Patrick Ruffini does of this issue as any sort of serious infighting, but I am bored with it already. The senate is dumb, you knew they were going to let Lieberman back in anyway. In a few months from now there’s an important agenda to pass, that’s far more important than a moron like Joe Lieberman having a chairmanship. ...
The Waning Power Of The Netroots
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
Although two subcommittee chairmanships were taken away from Joe
Lieberman because he had the temerity to endorse and campaign for
John McCain for President, the Senate Democratic Caucus declined to
take away Lieberman's important Homeland Security Committee
chairmanship. Explaining the actions of his caucus, Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid
spoke thusly:
Reid, the Senate majority leader, said Lieberman's
criticism of the Democratic nominee had angered him.
"I would defy anyone to be more angry than I was," he said
Tuesday. "But I also believe that if you look at the problems we
face as a nation, is this a time we walk out ...
The Waning Power Of The Netroots
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
Although two subcommittee chairmanships were taken away from Joe Lieberman because he had the temerity to endorse and campaign for John McCain for President, the Senate Democratic Caucus declined to take away Lieberman's important Homeland Security Committee chairmanship. Explaining the actions of his caucus, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid spoke thusly ...
The Netroots Meet Governing
Sound Politics —
The Netroots Meet Governing The consolation prize of an Obama victory: netrooters enraged at the sight of compromise . This before Obama's Cabinet is filled out or Congress has begun the festive process of cutting deals on major, controversial issues. Awesome. P.S. Given that people with "Clinton" on their resume are among the only Democrats with actual experience in the Executive Branch, the odds of further angst from doe-eyed "change" devotees as such old hands are brought back into the fold is very, very high . Again, awesome. Posted by Eric Earling at November 19, 2008 08:07 PM | Email This
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