Comments on: Joe Lieberman’s a.k.a. “Brussel Sprouts” and “Raving Shmuck’s” Mendacity on Health Care Reform

By: Zach W

Zach W — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:46:03 +0000

Although there’s now a report Sen. Lieberman won’t rule out running as a Republican for his seat in 2012, so that certainly adds an interesting wrinkle to things.

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By: Super Id

Super Id — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:56:31 +0000

That was my take as well.

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By: Zach W

Zach W — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:02:06 +0000

Eh, that’s a dead end.

Connecticut has no process in place to recall a U.S. Senator, so Lieberman is safe until the next election.

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By: Super Id

Super Id — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:41:50 +0000

They are threatening to recall Lieberman as we speak:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30627.html

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By: Zach W

Zach W — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:30:46 +0000

PB, since when was it not okay to challenge a sitting incumbent if you happen to be a member of the incumbent’s party? Joe Lieberman wasn’t “kicked out” of the Democratic Party; voters were given a choice and they chose someone else.

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By: PartiallyBlue

PartiallyBlue — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:14:19 +0000

So running Ned Lamont against Joe Lieberman was not kicking Joe out? Sen. Joe was shown the door by the Democratic Party and you say that he walked through of his own accord? Didn’t Democrats turn out in droves for Sen. Joe and refute this maneuver by the Democratic Party? Perhaps Sen. Joe is truly reflecting the values of the Connecticut Ds after all.

Good to hear that PartiallyBlue Dems can still come into the tent.

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By: ray

ray — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:53:43 +0000

Joe will probably give in to Obama tommarrow.

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By: Zach W

Zach W — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:15:42 +0000

Yeah, I agree. There’s nothing obstructionist about a filibuster, Cindy.

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By: Cindy K

Cindy K — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:10:33 +0000

Joe Lieberman the obstructionist. That’s funny.

Really, though, your argument won’t have much ring to it until you blame Bush for Lieberman’s change of heart.

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By: Zach W

Zach W — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:48:08 +0000

PB, what exactly has Sen. Lieberman been banished from? He’s chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, and he was never booted from the Democratic caucus in the Senate. Sen. Lieberman wasn’t “thrown out” of the Democratic Party either; he left of his own accord because he was more concerned about holding onto his seat than he was about respecting the wishes of Democratic primary voters in CT.

And let me just say this: there’s plenty of room in the Democratic Party for “partially blue” Democrats, but the issue here is Sen. Lieberman’s hypocrisy, not the fact that he’s a moderate.

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