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Wed Aug-09-06 07:09 PM
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will Joe be recognized in the Senate as a Democrat or an Independent? |
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Edited on Wed Aug-09-06 07:13 PM by bigtree
Is he officially changing his affiliation or just campaigning as a Independent and keeping his position in Congress? What about committee positions? Will there be an attempt to strip him of those? What else does he stand to lose *in the period before the election?
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Wed Aug-09-06 07:09 PM
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Wed Aug-09-06 07:11 PM
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but besides that . . . where does this impact the party?
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Wed Aug-09-06 07:10 PM
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2. He will combine the two & be known as a Depend |
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dag I crack myself up sometimes.
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Wed Aug-09-06 07:11 PM
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4. I like that. Good one. |
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Wed Aug-09-06 07:16 PM
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6. Actually that's a good question.... |
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Your question makes me wonder how much he is going to sabotage any work the Dems will try to get done through November? Because with his recent history he will back anything the * cabal promotes....which means that he is digging a deeper hole for himself....
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Wed Aug-09-06 07:18 PM
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lame duck muckraking as he intends to return as an independent
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Wed Aug-09-06 07:18 PM
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8. I hope they don't know his face from Adam n/t |
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Wed Aug-09-06 07:19 PM
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9. Joe will be known as a WHINER |
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Wed Aug-09-06 07:20 PM
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10. Umm... I suspect he will not be recognized as either one. |
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Edited on Wed Aug-09-06 07:25 PM by EST
He won't be recognized at all 'cuz he AIN"T gonna be there to be recognized. Even the people in Ct. who see him skipping down the street will be saying, "there goes ol' whatzizname--you know--used to be somebody, somewhere..."
(They might also be sayin'--Dunno fer sure, but don't he look a lot like spongebob?)
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Wed Aug-09-06 07:26 PM
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Wed Aug-09-06 07:44 PM
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13. I would think that this is fairly official. |
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Running in a general election against the Democratic Party nominee fairly well cuts him off. No Democrat worth a damn is going to support him.
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Wed Aug-09-06 07:45 PM
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14. No, he'll be known as a Chimp Fluffer Deluxe |
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Wed Aug-09-06 08:11 PM
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15. He claims to be remaining an "independent Democrat" |
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Edited on Wed Aug-09-06 08:11 PM by mcscajun
yet he's formed a new "party", "Connecticut for Lieberman". As another DUer called it, a "Party of One"
Unless and Until he either announces he really IS a Republican, throws yet another fit over no longer getting Democratic financial, logistical, and campaign support and announces he'll caucus with the Republicans, or he loses his seat in November, he'll remain a nominal "Democratic Senator".
A great many here at DU are calling for him to lose his committee positions, but I think we'll have to take a "wait and see" on that one. Tricky business for the Senate doing that before the election.
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Wed Aug-09-06 08:16 PM
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16. thanks for this response. wading through the jokes . . . |
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Stay tuned, in other words. Tricky business, indeed.
I'm not familiar with the manner of an independent Democrat. Is that like LaRouche?
(Jeez now I"M doing it)
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Wed Aug-09-06 08:30 PM
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18. "Independent Democrat" is an artificial construct. |
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Rarely seen in the wild, observations as to its eating, sleeping, and mating habits have not yet revealed if it has manners. :crazy: (It's a game we can ALL play!) :bounce:
And NOBODY (*not anybody living anyway*) is like LaRouche.
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Wed Aug-09-06 08:22 PM
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17. The second he signed his name on the ballot as Independent |
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He is not A Democrat anymore in my opinion. A Democrat would support the other Democratic victor in a primary.
He is no Democrat anymore. not that he's been in a long while.
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Wed Aug-09-06 08:45 PM
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20. My dad heard on Olbermann that he probably won't be stripped |
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of committee assignments as the Senate isn't scheduled to be in session much more than a week or two between now and election day.
P.S. I was going to change the subject line but it was just too funny "won't be stripped" (I kill myself!) so I'm just editing to say that I recognize what the subject line could say and I like it that way!
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Wed Aug-09-06 09:21 PM
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21. thanks. good. enough with the facts. on with the joeks |
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