Will McConnell offer Lieberman a ranking member position to get him to join GOP caucus?

[BurtWorm]

Because that's the only way Joe would go. I bet he'd have the GOPers hating him too in pretty short order if McConnell did that, even if Lieberman became GOP rather than just Independent.

[BlueManDude]

1. I hope so.

[AlCzervik]

2. wouldn't he have to join them officially to get a high ranking position?

you know what would be the ultimate irony is that he joins and McConnell gives him another senator's high ranking post while that senator still wanted it.

[BurtWorm]

5. No he wouldn't.

Any more than he'd have to rejoin the Dem party to hold onto his chairmanships.

[SteppingRazor]

3. You mean ranking member on a committee, or do you mean a Senate leadership position?

I'm sure Lieberman would have his pick of committee assignments if he crossed the aisle, but there's absolutely no way he'd have some leadership position like whip, caucus chair, NRSC chair, etc.

[BurtWorm]

6. Ranking member of a committee.

Like Susan Collins position homeland security.

[SteppingRazor]

8. Oh, he'd almost certainly get that, I'd say. n/t

[BurtWorm]

12. I'm not so sure. Which Republican would McConnell sacrifice

just to make Traitor Joe happy?

[SteppingRazor]

13. If no one else, perhaps he'd sacrifice himself. It's what Harry Reid did...

when Jim Jeffords crossed over in 2001. Jeffords got Reid's chairmanship of the Environment and Public Works Committee.

[BurtWorm]

15. Which committees is McConnell ranking member of?

[SteppingRazor]

16. Not sure. Appropriations, I believe, along with a couple others. n/t

[deadmessengers]

4. Someone would have to stand aside

And, with the bunch of egomaniacs on that side of the aisle, I can't see that happening voluntarily.

[BurtWorm]

7. I think that's the only thing holding Lieberman from bolting right now.

He's showing what a weak position he's really in.

[Virginia Dare]

9. Wouldn't that be rich if they offered him Senate Minority leader?..

and then he voted most of the time with the Dems "out of conscience"? Trust the LIEberman at your peril repukes.....:rofl:

[ej510]

11. If Lieberman moves to the right CT would be gone.

[nomaco-10]

10. joe's gonna divide the pubs in the senate over this thing too....

oh well, what's a little more division in the repub party at this point anyway. Since they're already ripping each other to shreds, let's throw joe in the mix. See, I knew joe would come in handy for something eventually. lmao

[Perky]

14. He Can't

It would royally piss off Susan Collins who is ranking member now


by the way the Committe has been decimated on the GOP side in thie election

Stevens
Domenici
Coleman
Sununu
Warner

Are all gone possibly

Coburn
Voinovich
Collins

remain