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What to do about Joe Lieberman? (update 4)
The Reaction —
... And why will he be keeping it? Why isn't he being given the boot -- not just from the chairmanship but from the caucus generally? Well, as Cillizza explains, it's all about "personal loyalties," with Lieberman "benefiting from his relationships in a body where he has served since 1988." The "Old Guard," some of those elected before 2006, are simply "willing to forgive and forget." And, of course, though Cillizza doesn't go there, it's also about Obama, who apparently wants to keep Lieberman in the fold (and who is certainly in a position to get what he wants). ...
Lieberman: Suck On That, Liberals!
Firedoglake —
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 ...
Senate Dems: "The Left Has Been Foiled"
Open Left - Front Page —
Seems to me that House and Senate leaders have declared an all-out war on "the Left." In fact, "seems" is the wrong word. It doesn't "seem" like that. They are actually saying it explicitly. Here's this excerpt from the Washington Post (h/t FDL):
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 votes."
Here's the Hill newspaper today: ...
It seemed so funny to me
SteveAudio —
... run on revenge very well," he said. "And when you see the trouble this country has gotten into in terms of foreign policy, where Bush basically ran a foreign policy based on petulance because he was mad at, for example, Mexico, for abstaining on the Security Council when the Iraq War came up, if you have to actually run the country, it is best not to do it based on feeling of anger towards your enemies." Crap. Double crap. This from Jane says it all: Cillizza: ...
Should We Be Surprised?
Open Left - Front Page —
... As gross as the official Senate statement celebrating the demise of "the Left" is, there's a truth in the part where the aide says progressives "can rant and rage but they still do not put the fear into folks to actually change their votes." That truth is that the progressive movement - as independent from the Democratic Party - is still incredibly weak. ...
David Sirota: Should We Be Surprised?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... As gross as the Senate statement celebrating the demise of "the Left" is, there's a truth in the part where the aide says progressives "can rant and rage but they still do not put the fear into folks to actually change their votes." That truth is that the progressive movement - as independent from the Democratic Party - is still incredibly weak. ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — I KNOW THIS IS OFF THE SUBJECT, BUT HUNH? So I'm over at Chris Cillizza's Washington Post blog, and I'm reading the post that was just quoted in Firedoglake -- you know, the one that's sending every lefty's blood pressure into the danger zone -- but I find myself distracted not by the paragraph quoted at FDL, but by what Cillizza says two paragraphs later (emphasis mine): ...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 ...
Should We Be Surprised?
The Latest on Air America —
... refused to seriously try to end the war, to stop the bailout and to stop the trampling of civil liberties, just to name a few off the top of my head. In fact, with their votes, they have aggressively worked to start and continue the war, pass the bailout and destroy our constitutional rights to privacy. So, are we really surprised that they have rewarded Joe Lieberman with a chairmanship that he can use to investigate the president he said poses a danger to America? As gross as the Senate statement celebrating the demise of "the Left" is, there's a truth in the part where the ...
Blogtalk: The Lieberman Vote
The Caucus —
... this afternoon that a rule change would prevent any senator from having more than one committee chair and one subcommittee chair, so his loss of the Environment and Public Works helm amounted to letting him “off the hook entirely.” The reaction hints at a growing rift inside the party that is likely to extend beyond the Lieberman case, as liberals push to take advantage of what they see as a mandate. Several bloggers, including Ms. Hamsher, drew upon an anonymous quote from Chris Cillizza’s Washington Post blog : Asked what it would mean if Lieberman kept his chairmanship, ...
When was the GOP's factional warfare?
Political Animal —
WHEN WAS THE GOP'S FACTIONAL WARFARE?.... The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, writing before yesterday's caucus vote on Joe Lieberman, offered an odd assessment of the political landscape. 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 votes. Their influence would be in question." That's one way to look at it. The other is that the left would be up in arms and far less willing to go along and ...
The Rude Pundit — ... No, what has the Rude Pundit mightily pissed and feeling like a piece of ass that was roughly fucked without even the courtesy of a reacharound is this remark from a Democratic Senate aide regarding the meaning of the vote on Lieberman: "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 votes. Their influence would be in question." As Jane Hamsher ...
11/19: This One Stings
Blogometer —
... stripped of his Homeland Security chair, he would not have bolted to the Republican caucus (where he'd have less power). Rather, it was only an empty threat meant to sidetrack the traditional media. There's simply no way Lieberman would have started voting like a Republicans on more issues than he does now. But he would have been without subpoena power." LIEBERMAN V: Suck On That, Liberals! The netroots were disgusted after an anonymous Senate Dem aide made the following comments to The Washington Post 's Chris Cillizza : "Asked what it would mean if Lieberman kept his ...
Media reaction to Waxman-Dingell?
Daily Kos —
... Just prior to the vote on Joe Lieberman's Homeland Security chairmanship, the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza followed with a story that drew considerable notice for this quote: ...
