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Reports: Lieberman Likely To Keep His Chair
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... The entire Democratic Senate caucus will gather tomorrow to vote on whether Joe Lieberman should keep his position as chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. Sources tell MSNBC the vote will go his way: ...

Reports: Lieberman Likely To Keep His Chair
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... The entire Democratic Senate caucus will gather tomorrow to vote on whether Joe Lieberman should keep his position as chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. Sources tell MSNBC the vote will go his way: ...

Lieberman made Harry Reid cry so he gets to keep his committee chair, reportedly
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — That the gist of the late-breaking news from MSNBC, saying that Dems have reportedly decided to let Lieberman keep his committee chair, provided he gives up his subcommittee (not totally clear why that matters). The turning point in the saga was supposedly two things. First, that Obama wanted Lieberman to stay in the caucus. And second, that Lieberman threatened Harry Reid that he'd walk and join the Republicans. ...

Hullabaloo — ... , this morning, I knew the fix was in. Corporate whore Tom Carper giving Holy Joe a good public scolding could be nothing more than kabuki. A deal had been reached and Joe was going to keep his gavel. They'd slap him with some kind of superficial "sanction" and maybe he'd apologize, but that's the end of that. That appears to be the case. ...

As d-day nears for Holy Joe, will the secret ballot help or hurt him? And thanks, Dennis Shulman, for speaking out for real American values
DownWithTyranny! — ... To plunge from the politically sublime to the utterly absysmal, word is that a deal has been struck to save Holy Joe's chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Ken Strickland reports on MSBNC's First Read blog: "According to sources familiar with negotiations, Democrats are expected to vote in favor of letting the Connecticut senator keep his chairmanship and seniority, but give up the gavel on a subcommittee he chairs." ...

Monday evening links
Sister Toldjah — ... —– Will Lieberman get to keep his seat as Chair of the Homeland Security Committee? Looks like he just might, and instead will lose the gavel on a subcommittee he chairs. How will the vote, to be taken tomorrow, go down? ...

Lierberman's Well Known Lack of Principles Saves His Gavel
Open Left - Front Page — ... committee: By JESSE HAMILTON | The Hartford Courant 7:41 PM EST, November 17, 2008 WASHINGTON - Sen. Joe Lieberman may get away with a minor punishment Tuesday morning when the Democratic caucus considers his case -- keeping his most prominent Senate position as chairman of the homeland security and governmental affairs committee, but potentially being stripped of a lesser role, according to a congressional source. Multiple other outlets are also reporting the same thing: ...

Obama Credited For Lieberman's Chairmanship
Open Left - Front Page — ... Lieberman in their ranks despite his support for Republican John McCain in the 2008 White House race, party sources said on Monday. CNN: Several lawmakers involved in the discussions over Lieberman's fate credited President-elect Barack Obama's desire to keep Lieberman in the Democratic caucus and let bygones be bygones as being a key reason Democratic leaders have agreed to support allowing Lieberman to keep his committee chair. MSNBC: Obama tipped the scales in Lieberman's favor, one source said. The source ...

I Swear
N/A — I swear Lieberman  must go and why should he stay when he already acts like he’s gone? I swear only Democrats could insist on keeping someone so close just so he can knee them in the nuts again.  And again. I swear if Lieberman really is this man of principle, not someone principally interested in himself, then he will vote for Democrats when principle dictates. Or he will continue to dictate to Democrats.

Reporters Looking For Obama v. Left Main Event
The Atlantic Politics Channel — There are indications this morning that Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his post as chairman of the Homeland Security committee, and there are indications that Sen. Barack Obama's intervention will be recorded as one of the major reasons why this is so. ...

11/18: Netroots' Hopes Dashed
Blogometer — ... buzzing about the news that DE Sen. Tom Carper -- a close ally of ex- John McCain surrogate/CT Sen. Joe Lieberman -- told The Hill that Lieberman needed to suffer "consequences" for his conduct during the presidential campaign. Lefty bloggers interpreted Carper's statement as "a stunning rebuke" that suggested that Lieberman's prospects of holding onto his chairmanship were in "serious trouble" . However, the netroots' hopes were soon dashed when multiple sources reported that Senate Dems had reached a deal that would allow Lieberman to ...