washingtonmonthly.com - 11/13/2008
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LIEBERMAN HAS A WHIP TEAM?.... This is starting to look like a one-sided fight. Over the last several days, I haven't found any Senate Democrats -- literally, not one -- who has argued that Joe Lieberman should lose his committee...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/12/2008
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On Keith Olbermann's show last night, Howard Fineman
dropped a bit of a bomb, saying that Senator...
Dick Durbin moving towards wanting Joe Lieberman to stay as chair of the Homeland Security Committee -- because he heard what Obama had to say about it. ...
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Fineman: Obama And Durbin Want Lieberman To Stay As ...
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thehill.com - 11/13/2008
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Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) called on Sen. Joe
Lieberman (I-Conn.) to apologize for his attacks on Barack...
Obama, saying doing so would temporarily let him retain a key chairmanship position next Congress. Bayh warned that stripping Lieberman of his ...
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Bayh: Lieberman should apologize, keep chairmanship
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DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News —
... not a pedophile because the boys were 17, and TalkLeft's TChris decides Foley is still a hypocrite for being an outspoken child-protection advocate while in Congress. FROM THE BLOGS: [image] The Race for Chairman - Michael Turk, The Next Right [image] Fred to Challenge? - Allahpundit, Hot Air [image] This Party Is a Disaster - Dan Riehl, Riehl World View [image] Let Them Die? - Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish [image] Lieberman Has a Whip Team? - Steve Benen, Political Animal [image] ...
What to do about Joe Lieberman (update 2)
The Reaction —
... sure it's such a great idea to let him keep such an important chairmanship. For more on this, see Jane Hamsher: "Allowing Lieberman to retain control of a committee where he has done nothing but suppress meaningful oversight is going to be an awfully bitter pill to swallow when we're told that the price of 'change' we all thought we were voting for is going to be too high." The Senate Democrats are "making a mistake they're likely to regret," argues Steve Benen, and I tend to agree. I must stress, again, that I ...
What To Do About Joe Lieberman?
The Moderate Voice —
... him keep such an important chairmanship. For more on this, see Jane Hamsher: “Allowing Lieberman to retain control of a committee where he has done nothing but suppress meaningful oversight is going to be an awfully bitter pill to swallow when we’re told that the price of ‘change’ we all thought we were voting for is going to be too high.”
The Senate Democrats are “making a mistake they’re likely to regret,” argues Steve Benen, and I tend to agree.
I must stress, again, that I have been sympathetic ...
Lieberman to support public option filibuster
The Reaction —
... I wrote: "The Senate Democrats are 'making a mistake they're likely to regret,' argues Steve Benen, and I tend to agree." Well, the chickens have come home to roost, as they say. ...
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openleft.com 11/11/2008 — Greg Sargent becomes the first person to get the Obama campaign on record about whether Lieberman should keep his committee position or not. They claim to be staying neutral :
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dailykos.com 12/18/2008 — After spending a year as the GOP's favorite cheerleader and Democrat-basher, Joe Lieberman is now clocking the second-worst Senatorial disapproval ratings ever in the Quinnipiac Poll -- for any Senator in any state . Lieberman's only competition? ...
Lieberman's momentum stalls
dailykos.com 11/17/2008 — Surprising , and very much welcome. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), a close ally of Sen. Joe Lieberman, said the Connecticut Independent should pay a price for his campaign attacks against President-elect Barack Obama. " There need to be consequences, ...
Obama Wants Lieberman To Remain In Democratic Caucus
huffingtonpost.com 11/10/2008 — President-elect Barack Obama has informed Senate leadership that he wants Joe Lieberman to continue caucusing with the Democrats in the 111th Congress, Senate Democratic aides tell the Huffington Post.
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No love for Lieberman
washingtonmonthly.com 12/18/2008 — NO LOVE FOR LIEBERMAN.... About a month ago, Senate Democrats made it abundantly clear that they're not angry with Joe Lieberman for his campaign antics throughout the year. Lieberman's constituents, however, are far more peeved. A new Quinnipiac poll ...
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