Harry Reid caving in on his threat to remove Joe Lieberman as Homeland Security chair

[stevedeshazer]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/09/politics/politico/thecrypt/main4586897.shtml

Reid Cautious On A Lieberman Decision

(The Politico) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) signaled Sunday that he might be ready to forgive Connecticut Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, days after the two held a private meeting in the Capitol.

Party activists want Reid to strip Lieberman of his chairmanship atop the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs for campaigning against President-elect Barack Obama.

"He is a senior member of the Senate," Reid said on CNN's "Late Edition," reminding viewers that Lieberman would become chairman of the Armed Services or Environment and Public Works committees if "something happens to the chairman."

More personally, Reid said he "would not be majority leader but for vote."

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[Captain Hilts]

1. Reid has got to go. Politics is hell. nt

[Tiggeroshii]

2. sigh

I'm starting to buy the idea Mr. Reid may have misplaced his spine.

[Beartracks]

17. Quick - where's that stem cell legislation?

Support stem cell research - Congress needs to grow a new spine!



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[Horse with no Name]

3. Doesn't surprise me at all

Reid needs to be stripped of his position too.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

4. Reid and Lieberman BOTH have to be ancient history

I'm tired of Harry Reid pretending he's upset over a wrong, and then it turns out he does nothing and was bullshitting everyone all along.

[LiberalFighter]

5. Reid you dipshit.... seniority only applies within the party. Lieberman is not a Democrat.

[Poiuyt]

6. I wonder how the rest of the Democratic caucus feels?

Surely there must be some pissed off members

[mth44sc]

7. Let Harry know

we are gonna cave on him if He doesn't step up

[47of74]

8. Lieberman needs to be stripped of his committee assingments

And Reid needs to be ousted as Senate Majority Leader if he's going to knuckle under when it comes to that piece of work Lieberman.

[busybl]

9. he must have incriminating photos

he always caves.

[tularetom]

10. I was hopeful when Reid replaced the eunuch Daschle

but he has shown himself to be even more of an invertebrate.

[yeswedid]

11. Either Reid gets RID of Lieberman or we need to get rid of Reid!

Reid is such a fucking p*ssy - I'm so SICK of him.

bad enough he CAVED in on the war - doesn't he realize
that the only reason Benedict Lieberman is so anxious
to hold on to his chairmanship is to serve his liege-
lords in the republican party by trying to constantly
find any "fault" in the Obama administration? As chair-
man, he'll hold hearings constantly based on bullsh-t
bases and try to point the finger and weaken the ability
of President Obama to get things done on important issues
like Health Care, Financial Industry Regulation, Ending
The War and Alternative Energy!


if Reid doesn't REMOVE Lieberman...then REID needs to GO.


Now.

[azurnoir]

12. Another approach to the problem

Reid should be reminded of Lieberman's history of switching loyalties with which ever way the political winds are blowing, is this a man we want in charge of "security" of any kind? Surely if Obama and the Senate want to reach across party lines there is a Republican who is far more honorable than Mr Lieberman, say Olympia Snowe perhaps.

[stevedeshazer]

14. The problem is simple.

Lieberman wants to hang on to the chairmanship of Homeland Security, you know, the guys who SPY on Americans like you, me, or Barack Obama.

Lieberman can't be trusted to keep information confidential and not leak to his Republican butt-kissers.

[azurnoir]

18. I wasn't denying that Lieberman

is a problem, just an approach that says his loyalties are a bit too "flexible" for him to be trusted by anyone, let alone the security of the country, I do not have a problem with a republican in charge of Homeland Security if need be, as far as spying on the public at large I believe that will be changing quite soon.

[G_j]

13. Reid, cave?

:rofl:

[stevedeshazer]

15. Quite a shock

:hurts:

[BrklynLiberal]

16. Can't Reid be kicked out...NOW!! How can he let a man who campaigned with and for the opposition

be given any privileges at all??!! This is disgusting!!!!! LIEberman should be out on his ass!! Let the repukes have him!!
x( :mad: :puke: :wtf: :spank: :grr: :nuke:

What the hell is this???!!!! What a crock of crapola!!!!!

More personally, Reid said he "would not be majority leader but for (Lieberman's) vote."

[Bobbie Jo]

19. Reid never fails to disappoint.

:eyes:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

20. Reid caves...as usual? Water is wet.

[Maven]

21. Well you could've set your watch by this shit.

LOL.

[monmouth]

22. What if President Obama decides to shut down Homeland Security

as it is now existing and sets up an entirely new and improved version? Wouldn't that rid us of Lieberman? Whole new Security department with younger, smarter, well you get what I mean...

[trudyco]

23. That's what I was thinking - give him Homeland Security and then abolish it LOL

So those party activists are agitating for change. You know, the guys who helped get those guys into office. The audacity of wanting their party to listen to them! Grr. Reid really should go.He can escort Pelosi out.

[spanone]

24. they're all members of the same team

[MsLeopard]

25. Oh Reid - you wimp

How did he ever get the leadership position to begin with? He's utterly useless and needs to be pushed to the back bench, if not out of Congress entirely. Get someone who can LEAD!!!

And get rid of Pelosi while we're at it.