"Come in, Joe! We'll be with you in just a minute!"
Joe Lieberman, despite his ‘nice guyness’(and support for the war - no small matter) is just what the Republicans don’t need at a time when they should be regrouping along Reagan lines - ie. lines that actually win elections on principles rather than on compromises. We would be better off sending McCain, Snowe, Collins, Voinovich, Hegel, and a few others over to the Dems, if they’d have them. And if they want to vote on conservative measures, fine, but don’t let them continue to betray certain causes under the Republican umbrella. Ever noticed there are _no_ “DINO’s”?
It’s my understanding Reed told him to report tomorrow. I might be wrong. But...
At any rate, he’s “A” ok in my book. Anytime someone puts their country first, I don’t care what they have after their name. That’s how it is in the military... and everyone’s blood runs the same color.
Sen. Lieberman has served a good while in the US Senate.He still has four years till his next election.If I were him, I’d be proud of the service I already gave to the nation.
The prospect of a comfortable and honorable retirement in the world’s greatest nation isn’t exactly a “grim scenario.”
The democraps are making an example out of Lieberman to help ensure against free-thinking democrats who might be tempted to vote out of lock-step.
Here Are The Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #10634
Geography Surveyed: Connecticut
Data Collected: 11/02/2006 - 11/04/2006
Release Date: 11/05/2006 11:20 AM ET
Sponsor: WABC-TV New York
http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReportEmail.aspx?g=e8546329-3f7f-4f00-9a13-763c727e21da
Connecticut Lieberman Re-Elected to U.S. Senate: Backed by 73% of Republicans, 35% of Democrats and 43% of Independents, incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman, running not as a Democrat but as his own Party, defeats Democrat nominee Ned Lamont and Republican Alan Schlesinger, according to a SurveyUSA poll of 652 likely voters conducted exclusively for WABC-TV New York. In 3 tracking polls, Lieberman today is below 50% for the first time, but at the finish line, appears to have enough Joementum for a 4th term: 49% Lieberman, 38% Lamont, 9% Schlesinger. Only factors that would not manifest themselves in a telephone opinion poll, such as Lieberman’s position on the actual ballot, relative to Schlesinger’s position and Lamont’s position, might cause the contest to be closer. Lamont has trailed by 13, 13 and today 11 in SurveyUSA’s 3 tracking polls. Republican Schlesinger gets 14% of Republican votes today. With which party Joe Lieberman decides to caucus, and how Joe Lieberman decides to vote, may well determine control of the United States Senate for the next 2 years.