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Is This Supposed To Reassure?
Talking Points Memo —
... Referring to himself in the gangsta/Bob Dole third person, Harry Reid downplays Joe Lieberman's filibuster threat: "Joe Lieberman is the least of Harry Reid's problems." ...
Reid: Lieberman is the least of my problems right now
Open Left - Quick Hits's RSS Feed —
Probably right. Lieberman loves the attention. He can't get enough of it. It will be up to us to embarrass him enough to do the right thing, which I'm sure he will in the end:
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Did Lieberman Kill The Public Option?
Wonk Room —
... Responding to Lieberman’s statement during his weekly press conference, Reid said, “Joe Lieberman is the least of Harry Reid’s Problem.” ...
Somebody Buy Joe Lieberman a Puppy
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... What Joe Lieberman wants, in all probability, is attention. He wants Harry Reid to have to stand up and say things like : "I don't have anyone that I've worked harder with, have more respect for, in the Senate than Joe Lieberman." He wants face time on Meet the Press. He wants to make liberals feel some pain -- especially those who tried to get Ned Lamont elected in his place. He wants everyone to know how maverick-y he is. ...
Reid Brushes Off Lieberman's Threat
Open Left - Front Page —
Before today, sources had told me that Lieberman was not considered to be one of the top threats to vote against cloture on a health care bill with a public option. Now, even despite Lieberman's threat to vote against cloture today, from the way Harry Reid is talking, it seems like the Senate leadership still doesn't consider Lieberman to be one of the main problems: ...
How likely is the bluff?
Political Animal —
... states have a choice between public and private insurance plans. What does Lieberman have to gain by following through on this threat? Well, if he plans to seek re-election in 2012, he'll need a lot of Republican support to have a chance. Running as the independent who single handedly prevented public-private competition would probably be a big selling point. That said, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was asked this afternoon about Lieberman's willingness to filibuster reform. Reid told reporters , "Joe Lieberman is the least of Harry Reid's problems." I'm not sure how ...
I Will KEEL You
Hoffmania! —
... Really...when you're punk'd out by Harry Reid, NOBODY fears you.
No More Mister Nice Blog — ... What Joe Lieberman wants, in all probability, is attention. He wants Harry Reid to have to stand up and say things like : "I don't have anyone that I've worked harder with, have more respect for, in the Senate than Joe Lieberman." He wants face time on Meet the Press. He wants to make liberals feel some pain -- especially those who tried to get Ned Lamont elected in his place. He wants everyone to know how maverick-y he is. ...
Lieberman to support public option filibuster
The Reaction —
... And it doesn't help that Harry Reid, full of it, is actually giving Lieberman the benefit of the doubt, at least in public. Have Democrats honestly learned nothing at all from the whole Lieberman saga? ...
If the GOP Isn't Forced to Vote, They'll Never Learn: Does Reid Understand the Importance of Cloture?
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... . More importantly, however, it made me wonder what Reid's next move would be. He ended up brushing it off in a bizarre third-person statement to the media , but you know it's still on his mind. After allowing ...
12/14: Lieberman Yanks Away The Football
Blogometer —
... ) are criticizing Reid for telling reporters back in October: "Joe Lieberman is the least of Harry Reid's problems." LIEBERMAN II: Seriously, People, It's Time For Reconciliation Many liberal bloggers are arguing that Lieberman and Nelson will never support health care reform and that Senate Dems should instead use the budget reconciliation process: ...
A tale of two compromises
Ezra Klein —
... majority support for the public option in Connecticut. As recently as June, Lieberman himself supported Medicare buy-in. That's probably why Harry Reid didn't even credit the initial signs of Lieberman's intransigence as serious. "Joe Lieberman is the least of [my] problems," he said. ...
