Source: Lieberman RETIRING!

[UrbScotty]

http://www.dailyructions.com/lieberman-out/

United States Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) is expected to announce Wednesday that he will not seek a 5th term in 2012, Daily Ructions has learned. Lieberman has invited supporters to an event at the Marriott hotel in Stamford Wednesday afternoon for his announcement.

USA Today says Susan Bysiewicz intends to run for the seat. A real Democrat!

In celebration: Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians play Happy Days Are Here Again!

[tabatha]

1. Yay!

[brooklynite]

2. Say it ain't so, Joe?

Sorry, it was a line that called out to be used...

[Renew Deal]

3. He will be missed

by someone

[Xipe Totec]

15. Every person brings joy into our lives.

Some by arriving, some by leaving.

[H2O Man]

25. himself

[rhett o rick]

34. The Clintons like him. nm

[marmar]

4. I'm sure there's a plum lobbyist job waiting for him.....

...... Now he can whore himself out without the facade of being a public servant.

[Myrina]

9. ... or he'll end up with a cabinet position ...

:puke:

[TomClash]

17. Who's cabinet though?

The U.S. or Israel?

[pacalo]

12. BIG ol' plum of a job.

[TomClash]

16. Sure - AIPAC or some off-shoot nt

[udbcrzy2]

37. That was my first thought also n/t

[Auggie]

21. Or at a private equity firm. Or both.

[47of74]

5. YAY!!!!!

Best news I've heard in a long, long time.

[tavalon]

46. Wow, if I'd thought it would make you that happy, I could have told you earlier

Like, when he created Connecticut for Lieberman. Not, notice, Lieberman for Connecticut. Amazingly self serving, but I knew then that if he got the seat back, it was his last term. He knew, I knew. We should have let you know.

[Alexander]

6. It was either that or he loses.

He'll probably get a nice lobbyist job after this.

[stevenleser]

20. Yes, polls show very low support for him in CT across all political parties and ideologies n/t

[mmonk]

7. Chicken.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. No more Joe to kick!

[sharp_stick]

10. Damnit

I was really looking forward to working to defeat that jowly prick.

[TlalocW]

42. I agree. I wanted him to lose in an election

Like I said in another thread, that SOB needs to go to his dying day knowing that his political career was ended because he was rejected by the voters. Not running again (because he knows he has no chance) gives him too many outs to spin it as something positive about himself... spend more time with family, generously turning over the reins to a new generation, etc.

I want him and McCain sitting in rocking chairs, yelling at kids to get off their yard while dwelling for the rest of their days that their ends came because voters didn't like them, and I hope it eats them up inside.

TlalocW

[sharp_stick]

47. There are few politicians I hate

more than Joe Lieberman. That turncoat asshole is right up there with Zell Miller on the list of assholes who should be forgotten by history the moment they dump the dirt on the grave.

[peacetalksforall]

11. I wouldn't mind if it was effective today.

[AtomicKitten]

13. Hallelujah!

After serving as one-half of the human crutches holding up presidential candidate McCain, Joementum realizes he has no party and nowhere to go but home. Bah-bye.

[daggahead]

14. To become a lobbyist for insurance companies? n/t

[KamaAina]

18. More recessional music, from Bridgeport band Steam:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsaTElBljOE

[northoftheborder]

19. woo-hoo !!!!!

Wonder if Lamont will run again!

[CTyankee]

23. No. Lamont was quoted in the NY Times that he wouldn't have wanted to be a senator after all,

that he was better suited to being governor (this was right before the primary with Malloy).

I was so pissed off I made my mind up and voted for Malloy in the primary and of course in the general against that thug, Foley. I had supported and volunteered for Lamont in 06 and I thought his remark was incredibly stupid and arrogant.

[UrbScotty]

45. I like Chris Murphy better. (nt)

[NewJeffCT]

22. good news

glad to get rid of him. He probably saw the poll numbers and knew he had no shot.

However, I'm not sure Bysiewicz is the one to replace him - she was leading in the polls for the governor's race, then dropped out unexpectedly to run for CT Attorney General, only to have the courts decide she wasn't qualified to be AG. Then, we had the fiasco in Bridgeport with the lack of ballots in a Democratic stronghold... she did not have a good year last year.

I've heard Chris Murphy and Joe Courtney may have some interest. I don't think Ned Lamont will run again after his attempt to win the governorship flamed out last year.

And, will Republics nominate somebody like Linda McMahon again - or, another big bucks self-funding type like Tom Foley or Peter Schiff?

could be one of the few Senate pickup opportunities for Democrats in 2012.

[xchrom]

24. please please please please please.......nt

[EFerrari]

26. I think some senior members are looking at what happened to Giffords

and deciding, they better quit while they're ahead.

[CTyankee]

27. I hope Susan B. does NOT run. She has some problems that surfaced when

she wanted to run for AG. She embarrassed herself badly.

I hear that Ted, Jr. is interested. Good pick, if he is. Diane Farrell would be good too but she has a really good job now and may not be interested...

[NewJeffCT]

32. Chris Murphy in my district has expressed interest in running

he would be pretty good.

[CTyankee]

35. I love Chris, even tho Rosa is my rep. He's a great guy.

He has performed excellent constituent service I understand.

How old is Chris?

[UrbScotty]

39. Just 37! August 3, 1973.

[Raoul]

28. Goodbye

scumbag and good riddance!

[salinen]

29. Ass, door

baby Joe.

[riverwalker]

30. thank goodness n/t

[NewJeffCT]

31. Daily Ructions is Kevin Rennie's blog

He is a long-time Republican insider in CT, so his information is likely good.

[FormerDittoHead]

33. This will save me all the money that I was planning to give to the [D] running against him! n/t

[vssmith]

36. I am heart broken

[tblue37]

38. He knows he has ticked off his Democratic and even most of his Independent

constituents to the point that he would probably suffer an embarrassing defeat if he ran again. Instead, he will simply climb aboard the corporate gravy train to be rewarded for carrying their water and blocking truly progressive legislation and health care reform.

[geckosfeet]

40. Thank effing gawd. eom

[Swamp Rat]

41. I wish Joe Droopy LIEberman would retire yesterday.

[SoCalDem]

43. He burned all his bridges, and if this is true, I hope he actually retires

He has played spoiler for king enough.. Connecticut deserves better:)

[usregimechange]

44. Yeah!