Reid mum about Lieberman's role next year but won't rule out removal

[babylonsister]

Reid mum about Lieberman's role next year
By Manu Raju
Posted: 07/10/08 04:13 PM


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday did not rule out removing Sen. Joe Lieberman from his coveted chairmanship in 2009, but he pleaded for critics to leave the Connecticut Independent alone.

Asked whether he plans to retaliate against Lieberman next year by stripping him of his chairmanship on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Reid said, “Let’s talk about this year” and stressed Lieberman’s importance to the Democrats in the 110th Congress.

“Yesterday we had one of the most crucial votes that we’ve had in a long time to preserve the integrity of Medicare,” Reid said. “I got 60 votes on that because Joe Lieberman walked up there and cast his vote. Anytime we have a problem here, with the exception of Iraq, Joe Lieberman's with us.”

Lieberman, a former Democrat who still caucuses with his old party and is the reason it has a majority in the Senate, is a vocal supporter of GOP presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (Ariz.). That position — and his criticism of Democrats on Iraq and national security issues — has earned Lieberman the ire of the left.

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http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/reid-mum-about-liebermans-role-next-year-2008-07-10.html

[SoCalDem]

1. Ummmm, Harry, January is a ways off, and it might be better to STFU

UNTIL the new batch of dems are actually sworn in amd ready to go.. Piss off Joementum now, and he bolts....and then what do we have?

[XOKCowboy]

2. I think that's what Harry is doing and saying....

Pat him on the head, cringe when calls us the DEMOCRAT party and wait till he's no longer needed. That would be the sweetest thing about electing a Dem majority in the Senate. Watching Leiberman's face when he's stripped of all of his "leadership" posts.