Lieberman could resign?

Guardian.co.uk ^ | today | Michael Tomasky

[winoneforthegipper]

Bayh warned that stripping Lieberman of his chairmanship position on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee could prompt the Democrats' 2000 vice presidential nominee to side with the GOP on close votes next Congress or resign his Senate seat. If he resigns, Connecticut's Republican Gov. Jodi Rell would replace Lieberman with a temporary two-year appointment, likely a GOP senator.

[winoneforthegipper]

Interesting....take.

[LS]

We ought to offer Joe his pick of top minority spots. It would be the ultimate up yours to the Dems.

[ilgipper]

Joe could end up again in a very powerful position for a couple years.

[conservative_guyz]

If we could only get him to take McCain and Grahamnesty with him...

[ilgipper]

The bigger question is how the heck Connecticut has a GOP governor.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

American Politics: like steel cage gladiatorial combat, only for ugly, flabby people. ;)

[Rennes Templar]

He should resign, leave the Dim party, join the GOP, then have the Gov appoint him to his own vacated seat.

[DemonDeac]

“We ought to offer Joe his pick of top minority spots”

So many on here talk about purging RINOs. Joe is worst on most issues than the RINOs.

[Wegotsarah.com]

If Joe did resign, and if Gov. Rell (small r) were allowed to appoint a replacement, I wouldn’t put any money that it would automatically be a Rep-—

[Red Badger]

The Doors - Break on Through (to the Other Side)

You know the day destroys the night
Night divides the day
Tried to run
Tried to hide
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side, yeah

We chased our pleasures here
Dug our treasures there
But can you still recall
The time we cried
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side

Yeah!
C’mon, yeah

Everybody loves my baby
Everybody loves my baby
She get(s high)
She get(s high)
She get(s high)
She get(s high)

I found an island in your arms
Country in your eyes
Arms that chain
Eyes that lie
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through, oww!
Oh, yeah!

Made the scene
Week to week
Day to day
Hour to hour
The gate is straight
Deep and wide
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through
Break on through
Break on through
Break on through
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Nonstatist]

Better he came over to the Republican side.. would he have to re-run in 2010, or could he wait until 2012?

[ElkGroveDan]

This when the Dems are on the verge of stealing enough races to hit 60? They are both evil and stupid at the same time.

[Red Badger]

Even Massachusetts elected Romney............

[McGruff]

She’s a RINO and would probably appoint one of her offspring. I’d be satisfied with Sen. Lieberman(R). It’s about as much as we can hope for in the northeast.

[mlocher]

This is once again proof that when you vote, you are voting for a party and not a candidate. Should the elected candidate speak his mind and it is not in line with the powers within the party, out he goes.

I respect Lieberman, but differ on him on many, many issues. He is a stand up guy who does what he believes is right (pun not intended). He gets mega-credit from me on his stance on the war on terror. He is getting the shaft by the Obama team.

[rintense]

Brilliant!

[LS]

Yes. But we need to learn blood-sport politics, and one of the first rules is that your enemy’s enemy is your friend. Joe, as a Dem, is more of a Republican than Lincoln Chaffee or Chuck Hagel.

[Sig Sauer P220]

The bigger question is how the heck Connecticut has a GOP governor.

Yeah, NY mayor Bloomberg said he was a Republican too.

[K-oneTexas]

True. He could wipe their face in it too by changing the (D) to an (R) after his name. Then see what the voters think in two years.

[Mr. Blonde]

I understand Republicans being behind Lieberman to a certain extent, but seriously, he is a huge liberal on most issues.

This is also the reason I don’t understand why Democrats treat him the way they do. He isn’t with them on one issue. I’m sure the campaigning for McCain pissed them off, but there is something to be said for a guy who puts country ahead of party. If that is what he was doing. I think there is a very good chance he was putting ego ahead of everything.