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Wednesday Open Thread | 59 comments (59 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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Not really. In order to cause real problems, they're going to need the votes to cause real problems on the committee, and I don't think Lieberman will have them.

And if he screws around, he can be kicked off.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Nov 19th, 2008 at 12:10:07 PM EST
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I hope you're right, but it does seem to me there is much the committee should do yet doubt that Lieberman will move in that direction.

EK might have a point, but running the second most powerful committee in the Senate does look like the sort of thing you get as a reward for doing good works, not what you get despite being backstabbing scum.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Nov 19th, 2008 at 12:30:59 PM EST
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He doesn't deserve it. He deserves to be strung up by his balls from the ceiling of the Oval Office after Obama takes the oath. Plenty of other senators are much more deserving of that spot than the Senator from Tel Aviv, especially Leahy and Sanders (who were apparently the only two to speak out against Lieberman in the meeting).

I wish Vermont chose all of our politicians.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Nov 19th, 2008 at 12:49:41 PM EST
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And, anyway, we have Rahm for a reason. If his violent tendencies towards enemies of Clinton in the 1990s are any indication, I'd imagine Rahm is frightening enough to keep HoJo in line.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Nov 19th, 2008 at 12:55:38 PM EST
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I thought Rahm was a DLC guy who was in the tank for Lieberman during the CT primary and has had his back ever since.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Nov 19th, 2008 at 01:24:30 PM EST
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Rahm will take his overall direction from Obama. He will have some influence on Obama, but Obama himself is very strong minded. That said, Rahm seems to be someone who knows how to do business with a knife, a la LBJ's definition of a politician.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed Nov 19th, 2008 at 01:41:55 PM EST
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Everybody was in the tank for Lieberman during the primary, but I don't think anybody really had Lieberman's back openly after the primary with the possible exception of a few close friends. Once he'd lost the primary, everybody either bailed or kept their mouths shut.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Nov 19th, 2008 at 01:47:59 PM EST
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