Lieberman in talks about caucusing with Senate GOP

[raysr]

By ANDREW MIGA – 1 hour ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is talking to Connecticut independent Sen. Joe Lieberman about the possibility of Lieberman caucusing with the GOP.

Lieberman's affiliation with Democrats is up in the air. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, angered by Lieberman's support of Republican John McCain for president, is considering yanking Lieberman's chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee as punishment.

Lieberman and Reid met Thursday to discuss Lieberman's options, including possible committee and subcommittee posts for him. Those talks are ongoing.

A Lieberman aide, who requested anonymity because the talks are confidential, said Friday that Lieberman and McConnell, R-Ky., have spoken in recent days about the possibility of Lieberman joining the GOP conference. McConnell spokesman Don Stewart would only confirm that the two men have had recent discussions.

Turn that coat Lieberman, kiss your career goodbye. Hello, Ned Lamont.



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[...of J.Temperance]

1. They will make him Persona Non Grata

When Holy Joe votes YES on pro-Choice issues, votes YES on pro-gay rights issues, votes YES on stem cell research.

Holy Joe is truly fucked.

[NNN0LHI]

2. Joe was never the make or break vote on any of those issues before for our causes

Whenever he voted with us on any of those issues his vote never meant spit.

That was his cover.

He is a GOPer to the bone.

Don

[...of J.Temperance]

4. I believe that Holy Joe SERIOUSLY lost his way after September 11th

I mean Vice-President Gore chose this man as his running mate in 2000.

September 11th appeared to turn Holy Joe into a rabid pro-war fanatic and a rabid pro-Israel ass-licker at ALL costs.

Tragic actually, because on social issues Holy Joe IS liberal....the only things that connect him to the Republicans are being a neo-Con on war issues and being a fanatic on supporting Israel.

[Pyrzqxgl]

3. Whatever party he's in, he's got at least 4 more years in the Senate.

I think we take the votes where he agrees with us, and criticize the hell out of him when he votes with the Republicans.
I don't give a damn what party he's caucusing with.

[QC]

5. That unctuous son of a bitch is now perfectly, totally, 100% irrelevant.

Let him caucus with whomever he pleases.

[pscot]

6. Can Senators be recalled?

n/t

[Poiuyt]

7. Lieberman PROMISED the voters of Connecticut that he would caucus with the Democrats

In October 2006, after Lieberman lost the Connecticut Democratic Senate primary to challenger Ned Lamont and decided to run for his seat as an independent, blogger spazeboy posted a video in which Lieberman was asked: "Would you unequivocally ... caucus with the Democrats?" Lieberman responded: "I've said that 1,200 times." When asked to clarify with a "yes or no" answer, Lieberman responded: "Yes. Yes."

http://mediamatters.org/items/200807160008

[codjh9]

8. Well, he's been a Repub. basically for how many years already?