politico.com - 11/18/2008
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Senate Democrats have voted to allow Joseph Lieberman to keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee -- despite his support for John McCain and criticism of Barack Obama during the presidential race.
Lieberman's punishment for what ...
firedoglake.com - 11/18/2008
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Cillizza : 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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Lieberman: Suck On That, Liberals!
voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/18/2008
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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...
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The Lieberman Vote: What It Means and Why
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/18/2008
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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 ...
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It's Official: Lieberman Keeps Homeland Security ...
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Lieberman to Keep His Job
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In a closed-door session last night, the Democrats voted to allow Senator Joe Lieberman to keep his post of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Politico as more : Lieberman's punishment for what many Democrats saw as an unacceptable betrayal: He will lose his seat on the Environment and Public Works Committee. The vote on Lieberman's fate came in a closed-door session in which Lieberman, members of the Democratic Senate leadership and some current and soon-to-be-senators all spoke. Sources who were inside the meeting said Lieberman did not ...
Secret Vote: Lieberman retains Homeland security chairmanship
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Secret Vote: Lieberman retains Homeland security chairmanship The Politico comments on this event are hilarious. The nutroots are really pissed off they didn't get blood . Of course, Sanders and Leahy got their panties in a twist over it, and Harry Reid was non too happy. Lieberman also retained chairmanship of the Armed Services committee. He was however severely flogged with a wet noodle and stripped of a seat on the Environment and Public Works committee, which I'm sure he's eating Xanax by the handful and agonizing over at this very moment.
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No 'punishment' whatsoever
washingtonmonthly.com 11/18/2008 — NO 'PUNISHMENT' WHATSOEVER.... Following up on the last item, at first blush, it seems Senate Democrats chose a minor and inconsequential punishment for Joe Lieberman, instead of a credible and reasonable one. But a closer look suggests Lieberman ...
Cheerful Lieberman: I Wasn't Punished At All —
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Joe Lieberman sat down with Katie Couric of CBS to talk about the Senate Democratic caucus vote in his favor. Asked to respond to critics who are angry at how little punishment Lieberman received for campaigning against Barack Obama in the election, the Connecticut Independent pointed to Barack ...
Damned Democrats —
And Democrats rejoiced. Lieberman is not peeing all over us! A new bipartisan sun is shining ! His “punishment [is] less important than unity!” Hoo hah! Now everybody can be united! Except Lieberman!
Obama! He’s ” binding former enemies close to him ,” ...
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Booman Tribune
The only way that the whole Lieberman fiasco can possibly be partially justified is if it results in the Democrats having an extra seat on every committee in the Senate. I say 'partially' because Lieberman could have sustained harsher punishment (like the loss of his Armed Services subcommittee ...
Don't give me shit and then tell me it's flowers —
Interesting Times
Steve Benen:Roll Call added that a subcommittee punishment for Lieberman "may be seen as a stinging rebuke." A Senate Democratic aide said, "I don't know if it's enough for the net roots, but it's enough to say we stood up as Democrats" against Lieberman's actions.Can we please cut the ...
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