So apparently Harry Reid is "quietly urging" Lieberman to run again in 2012

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46343.html

It got so bad two years ago between Joe Lieberman and Senate Democrats that he started skipping weekly caucus lunches because tensions were at a boil.

Now, Lieberman just might be one of the most popular senators in the lunchroom.

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Along with other senior Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is quietly urging the Connecticut lawmaker to run for a fifth Senate term in 2012 — and to stick with the Democratic side of the aisle. (See: Joe Lieberman keeps options open in Connecticut)

But Republicans are trying to get Lieberman to sit at their lunch table instead.

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Texas Sen. John Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said he’s engaged in “friendly banter” with Lieberman about joining the Republican Conference and running for the GOP nomination in 2012. Even the conservative Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) — who famously said he’d rather have 30 Senate Republicans with pure conservative values than 60 without — said “we’d love to have him.” (See: DeMint: I won't stir GOP primary pot )

“We’re all conservative compared to Democrats,” DeMint told POLITICO. “We could use his help on foreign policy and military stuff.”


Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46343.html#ixzz186Offw3r

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1. Harry Reid = conservadem

same as Obama. They. are. not. progressives. at. all.

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2. I'm so old, I can remember when the people of Connecticut would

actually have a say in those kinds of matters!