Merkley spoke against Lieberman
dailykos.com 11/18/2008 — We've got at least one new "better" Democrat in the Senate. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Pat Leahy, D-Vt., and Senator-elect Jeff Merkeley, D-Ore., spoke against allowing Lieberman keep the Homeland Security and Government Affairs post. Reid, Majority ...

Merkley enters debate over whether to punish Lieberman - Oregon, Northwest and National Politics & Elections News
oregonlive.com 11/19/2008 — WASHINGTON - Six weeks before taking office, Oregon's senator-elect Jeff Merkley gained some notice on Capitol Hill Tuesday by forcefully expressing disappointment bordering on anger with Sen. Joe Lieberman's vocal support for John McCain during the ...

Merkley "Profoundly Hurt" By Lieberman But Won't Reveal Vote
huffingtonpost.com 11/19/2008 — Aides to Senator-elect Jeff Merkley said the newly elected Oregonian Democrat was "profoundly hurt" by Joe Lieberman's conduct during the 2008 presidential campaign and added that being a committee chair was an honor that came with certain ...

Merkley ‘expressed how profoundly disappointed he was with Lieberman’
politickeror.com 11/19/2008 — U.S. Senator-elect Jeff Merkley (D-Portland) spoke up in a Senate Democratic caucus meeting on Tuesday regarding whether U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) would be stripped of his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ...

Who was Lieberman before Lieberman was Lieberman?
dailykos.com 11/22/2008 — Before there was The Lieberman Vote, there was The Peterson Vote. Don't remember The Peterson Vote? The link to the original article in The Hill no longer works, but here's a link to a key blockquote from Daily Kos coverage: Rep. Collin Peterson ...

On Better Democrat Merkley
openleft.com 11/19/2008 — There were three Senators who said they spoke up against Lieberman in the caucus today.  Merkley, Sanders, and Leahy.  All three should be commended, as they were not just exercising a vote but resisting the wishes of President-elect Obama. ...

The Case Against Lieberman
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. The premise of Jamie's argument is that ...

Lieberman
anonymousliberal.com 11/19/2008 — Let me preface what I'm about to say be making it clear that I think Joe Lieberman was shown far more leniency today that he should have been. He really should have lost his chairmanship, and had I been voting, that's what I would have voted for. That ...

It's Not About Lieberman, It's About 60
liberaloasis.com 11/19/2008 — Sen. Joe Lieberman is an awful person who lacks principles . He won re-election in 2006 by pretending he was against the Iraq War. After spending a career advocating Democratic domestic policies, he spent the 2008 spouting conservative distortions of ...

Lieberman
swampland.blogs.time.com 11/7/2008 — I'm not a big fan of post-election vindictiveness. If McCain had won I'd be giving him the benefit of the doubt now, even though I thought he ran a reprehensible campaign. Presidential honeymoons, within reason, are good for the spirit of democracy. ...

Lieberman keeps powerful chairmanship post — CNN.com - Politics 11/19/2008
Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Lieberman managed to keep his Senate committee chairmanship in part because President-elect Barack Obama didn't want to punish him for supporting Sen. John McCain, Lieberman said Tuesday.

58 and counting: Stevens gets the boot (Politico) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/19/2008
Politico - Senate Democrats grew significantly stronger on Tuesday with Ted Stevens getting the boot from voters and Joe Lieberman getting a light rap from his colleagues.

Some Conn. Democrats still want Lieberman punished (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/19/2008
AP - Some Connecticut Democrats believe Sen. Joe Lieberman's colleagues in Washington let him off the hook for backing John McCain, and say it's time for them to consider a possible censure by the state party.

Obama, Reid and the first compromise — POLITICO.com: Congress 11/19/2008
Lieberman's slap on the wrist  may represent a productive start to the Reid-Obama relationship.

Senate Democrats Allow Lieberman to Retain Key Chairmanship — Wash Post In Congress 11/19/2008
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) easily won a vote yesterday to remain chairman of a key committee and will stay in the Senate Democratic caucus despite his high-profile criticism of President-elect Barack Obama and his support of Sen. John McCain ...