weeklystandard.com - 11/18/2008
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Senate Democrats have chosen not to give Joe Lieberman a reason to leave the party:
Senate Democrats backed away from a major rebuke of Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) on Tuesday morning, keeping their colleague as the chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in the ...
firedoglake.com - 11/18/2008
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firedoglake.com —
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!
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/18/2008
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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 ...
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It's Official: Lieberman Keeps Homeland Security ...
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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Lieberman stripped of key chairmanship by Democratic Caucus!
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Well, it's official: via our own
Brian Faughnin Senator Joe Lieberman has paid for his apostasy.
For his act of political disloyalty, his fellow-Democrats have
decided to strip him of his plum position ...
The Waning Power Of The Netroots
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... 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 of here saying, 'Boy
did we get even'?"
Obama urged Reid privately to let bygones be bygones,
sources said.
Reid dismissed vehement criticism of the decision from elements
of the party's more liberal base, which insisted Lieberman be
punished.
As noted by
Brian Faughnan (via
Brother Lane), this action is taken in direct defiance of the ...
The Waning Power Of The Netroots
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
... 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 of here saying, 'Boy did we get even'?" Obama urged Reid privately to let bygones be bygones, sources said. Reid dismissed vehement criticism of the decision from elements of the party's more liberal base, which insisted Lieberman be punished. As noted by Brian Faughnan (via ...
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blogs.tnr.com 11/18/2008 —
Jamie has an online article making the case for why Joe Lieberman should get to keep his position as chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in the Senate. I did not find his case persuasive.
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dailykos.com 11/10/2008 — I've also heard from a Senate staffer that Obama has sent word that he wants Lieberman in the caucus. Now to be clear, the word isn't "let Lieberman chair Homeland Security", it's "keep him around". The logic is pretty obvious -- it allows Obama to ...
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