Joe Lieberman Arousing Top Democratic Party Backlash?

Unity '08 Blog ^ | August 16, 2006 | Joe Gandelman

[MNJohnnie]

with the GOP losing five seats, or maybe four seats.

Thank you for providing the usual DNC spin Torie. Interesting how you always disappear the day after election day when all your DNC generated propaganda blows up in your face only to show up again the next Election cycle. So who do you work for Tory? Dean, Moveon.org? Answer? Code Pink?

[MNJohnnie]

Lean Republican

Tennessee* Virginia

Anyone who says this is obviously going WAY out of their way to spin as hard as they can a pro Democrat Party Analysis. Both are Safe Republican seats. Not even in play.

[HEY4QDEMS]

He also sparked resentment by saying last week on NBC’s Today show that the Democratic Party was out of the political mainstream.

Like the old saying goes, "If you want to anger a conservative, lie to him. If you want to anger a liberal, tell him the truth."

[DCPatriot]

Anyone want to speculate?

Forget speculation. Anyone want to format the article?

[mware]

If they take his committee away which I am pretty sure they will. Maybe we should offer him the same committee, but only as a co chair on something he has been strongly in agreement with us on.

[Cheburashka]

The Democrats may not let him, although that would be cutting off their noses to spite their faces. But if he does caucus with them, they have to give him committee seats. Possibly the Republicans will outbid.

But really, why should we? Let him take up Democratic seats and we still get his vote on defense issues. If we give him seats he will have policy issue influence like a Republican. No one on Free Republic would want that.

[AntiGuv]

*shrug* The last poll had Virginia at 47%-42% and Tennessee at 48-42%. Words are cheap, and yours are particularly worthless. All it'll take for me to move TN and/or VA back to Likely is for the polls to go back above a 10% margin. Until you have a link showing that, there's no need for you to bother me again. Come to think of it, I'll probably find any polls just fine without your assistance, so there's really no need for you to bother me or ping me again ... ever ... for any reason ... so please consider this my request that you never do so again.

[no dems]

You're right. I'm just thinking "numbers"; control of the Senate. But, you are right.

[no dems]

Hey, my bad. I've already been taken to the woodshed for that a gazillion times. I did it late, late, late last night. Sorry.

[dirtboy]

Democrats are worried that Lieberman may be giving Republicans a golden opportunity to undermine their message.

They have it backwards. The Dems undermine themselves. Joe is just pointing out the obvious.

[Sam Spade]

I would only say that I, personally, am loathe to switch ratings of races based on one poll which occurs calling other previous polls (not over a month old) into question, especially during the summer, when polls (esp. state ones) tend to not function normally. Of course, in House races, where polls are few and far between, negation of such a method is probably the fruitful course.

Eh, but whatever. We're each entitled to our opinions. :)

[AntiGuv]

With regard to Virginia, I did not go on merely the Rasmussen poll, but also on the Survey USA poll of the fallout from his "macaca" remark. That poll did not explicitly ask about the Webb/Allen match up, but did strongly suggest a similar margin.

With regard to Tennessee, I have been rating that contest below the collective punditry and below the polling for weeks now. As I said some while ago, I would move that one back to Lean GOP if the GOP nominee was below 10%+ after the primary.

[SunkenCiv]

Dem angst escalates
The Hill | 8/16/06 | Alexander Bolton
Posted on 08/15/2006 10:03:17 PM EDT by JeanS
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1684400/posts

[crasher]

Here is where I would differ on the Senate rankings. I would move WV to Safe Dem, MD to Likely Dem, MI to Likely Dem, and NJ and RI to Lean Dem. I personally would put AZ in Lean GOP column, but I would not argue the point on that one.

[Torie]

I have been called a DNC operative by a couple around here for my projections. Imagine what they would say about you. :)