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Reid Spokesperson: Democratic Senators May Vote On Lieberman's Fate Within Caucus
TPM Election Central — ... and Steve Benen -- are already mounting a pressure campaign, calling on their readers to contact Senators and get them to pledge to vote against Lieberman keeping his committee slot. ...

Reid Spokesperson: Democratic Senators May Vote On Lieberman's Fate In Full Caucus Meeting
TPM Election Central — ... and Steve Benen -- are already mounting a pressure campaign, calling on their readers to contact Senators and get them to pledge to vote against Lieberman keeping his committee slot. ...

Come Saturday Morning: Why Lieberman REALLY Wants The HSGA Gavel
Firedoglake — ... This Saturday morning, I was really hoping to be able to kick back and share a few recipes with you all. But then I saw this Washington Monthly piece by Steve Benen, on why Lieberman really wants to keep his chairmanship of the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, even though Harry Reid's offered him several plum posts in exchange: ...

Lieberman's last two years
Daily Kos — ... from some idiotic asides (like "national security"), Lieberman's core arguments for continuing to chair the Homeland Security committee are that 1) he votes with Democrats on everything except the war, and 2) he gave Democrats the Senate majority the last two years. The first argument is easily tossed aside. The guy spoke at the RNC convention. For the last year, he's been a de facto Republican. But that second argument holds little merit as well. Steve Benen explains: This seems to be routinely overlooked, but take a moment to ...

What to do about Joe Lieberman (update 2)
The Reaction — ... I'm not so sure it's such a great idea to let him keep such an important chairmanship. For more on this, see Jane Hamsher: "Allowing Lieberman to retain control of a committee where he has done nothing but suppress meaningful oversight is going to be an awfully bitter pill to swallow when we're told that the price of 'change' we all thought we were voting for is going to be too high." The Senate Democrats are "making a mistake they're likely to regret," argues Steve Benen, and I tend to agree. I must stress, ...

What To Do About Joe Lieberman?
The Moderate Voice — ... sure it’s such a great idea to let him keep such an important chairmanship. For more on this, see Jane Hamsher: “Allowing Lieberman to retain control of a committee where he has done nothing but suppress meaningful oversight is going to be an awfully bitter pill to swallow when we’re told that the price of ‘change’ we all thought we were voting for is going to be too high.” The Senate Democrats are “making a mistake they’re likely to regret,” argues Steve Benen, and I tend to agree. I must stress, ...