If Lieberman jumps to the GOP tonight, McCain will be the majority leader in the morning. That would mean the Republicans control the Senate and Reid is history. It would also mean if there were a 50/50 split on the vote, then Cheney would become the tie breaker. How about this one. If they all voted "present" then they would not be committed on record as voting yae or nay and off the hook. Again, wouldn't Cheney have to vote to kill or pass the bill? Talk about a situation.
Is the Lieberman talk coming from anyone who knows something, or is it just wishful thinking/speculation? I’d be amazed if every joined the GOP, although maybe as an “Independent” he can caucus with them, which is basically the arrangement he has with the Democrats. There is the Lowell Weicker precedent in CT of a very liberal Repub. who was well liked by a wide swath of CT voters, so maybe he’s going to follow that course..... he’ll never be popular on FR for anything except his foreign policy views, but it would be great if he could upend the Senate leadership. Still, it takes 60 votes to really push anything through the Senate, so I don’t know that a change in Majority Leader will really settle anything on the sub-prime crisis. Still, it would be fun to watch Harry Reid being castrated..... (figuratively speaking of course!!!).
Where is this talk of Lieberman switching coming from? If he does, and that sets up Johnny Mac to lead on this issue, then man, does he (Lieberman) have a set of balls on him!