Senate Conservatives Would ‘Welcome Lieberman With Open Arms’ Next Congress
Senate Conservatives Would ‘Welcome Lieberman With Open Arms’ Next Congress
With the possibility of Democrats gaining a “supermajority” in the Senate, Senate conservatives appear to have their sights set on Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT). Interviewed on MSNBC today, Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) said that he would welcome Lieberman into his caucus “with open arms“:
“We welcome Joe. I think Joe’s a terrific guy with a lot of integrity and does what he believes,” Ensign stated. “But, you know, it’ll be interesting to see how the Democrats handle Joe Lieberman after what he’s done in this presidential race. But as far as Republicans are concerned, we welcome him with open arms.”
Lieberman sides with McCain on foreign policy issues, including Iraq and kicking Russia out of the G8, but he has also refused to condemn McCain’s radical Social Security privatization scheme. In an interview with ThinkProgress at the RNC in September, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) said that Lieberman is “practically” voting like a conservative already:
SPECTER: Well I would like to see him move a little closer to being a Republican. I’d like to see him vote with the Republicans when we go back in September. He’s practically there. That would have the consequence of giving us a Republican senator . We could confirm a lot of judges. We could do a lot of things.
The media has also picked up on Lieberman’s potential switch to the GOP. On Friday, Politico’s Mike Allen told right-wing radio host Hugh Hewitt that Lieberman “very may well caucus with Republicans” next year:
ALLEN: Any single senator can stop something, so no matter how bad the numbers are, Republicans senators are still going to have clout and, a little tidbit for you, when you’re doing your tallying, don’t forget to count Sen. Lieberman. He very well may caucus with Republicans. He almost certainly is to be stripped of his chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee and that would allow him to be counted as a Republican.
Listen here:
In July, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) “did not rule out” removing Lieberman from his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee in 2009.
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October 27th, 2008 at 6:23 pmCan we appoint him to a cabinet postition (just to get him out of the Senate)… and then fire him in six months?
October 27th, 2008 at 6:24 pmThey can have him. Good riddance!! If there’s any upside in Gore losing (or having stolen from him) the 2000 election, it’s that we didn’t wind up with this guy as VP, and probably running as an incumbent this year. It’s funny also that the Republicans want him on “their side,” even though the base of the Republican party would never accept him as even as McCain’s VP nominee.
October 27th, 2008 at 6:26 pmdreadpirate, I had the same thought, perhaps ambassador to Israel?
October 27th, 2008 at 6:26 pmI for one would pay a dollar to see LIEberman interact with a Republican caucus dominated by a bunch of deep south bigots who support Israel as a means of bringing on the endtimes but who don’t actually, you know, like the Jews very much. Should be a laugh riot.
October 27th, 2008 at 6:30 pmHe’s already functioning in that capacity, RUC, perhaps ambassador to Iran. Make him earn his retirement.
October 27th, 2008 at 6:31 pmSPECTER: Well I would like to see him move a little closer to being a Republican. I’d like to see him vote with the Republicans when we go back in September. He’s practically there. That would have the consequence of giving us a Republican senator . We could confirm a lot of judges. We could do a lot of things.
He is practically there, Arlan, you’ve got that right. But “we could confirm a lot of judges”? Uhhhh, not so much. Not with 42 seats, dumbass.
October 27th, 2008 at 6:33 pmWithout Ted Stevens, Liebermann will be strongly courted to jump the Dem party and join the repugs. Will he jump ship — sure, if the price is right.
October 27th, 2008 at 6:33 pmYes Harry remove him from his chair position on the Heimat security committee then get rid of the committee all together !It’s another name for domestic profiling and anti democratic policies , and tell the NSA to stop spying on me as well.
October 27th, 2008 at 6:35 pm“it’ll be interesting to see how the Democrats handle Joe Lieberman after what he’s done in this presidential race. But as far as Republicans are concerned, we welcome him with open arms.”
Ensign continued, “because, after all… we’ll need every warm body we can get after this debacle of a campaign season is over!”
October 27th, 2008 at 6:47 pmSPECTER: We could confirm a lot of judges. We could do a lot of things.
…..Nah, you aren’t going to be doing much of anything.
ALLEN: Republicans senators are still going to have clout.
…..Blood clots, not clout.
ENSIGN: We welcome him with open arms.
….into the nearest airport bathroom stall.
What is Joe’s chances of getting re-elected in 2010?
October 27th, 2008 at 6:52 pmOT – the latest stoopid:
McCain says “unscripted Obama” wants to redistribute wealth
October 27th, 2008 at 6:53 pmChristian Science Monitor – 2 hours ago
By Jimmy Orr | 10.27.08 John McCain got a lifeline today and it wasn’t even because of anything Joe Biden said. The Republican nominee for President slammed Barack Obama for comments Obama made in a radio program seven years ago which surfaced early …
I hope he goes because he is a republican mole poesing
October 27th, 2008 at 6:54 pmas an “independent”.
GOOD RIDENCE!!!!
THEY CAN HAVE HIM!!!!!!!!!
October 27th, 2008 at 7:01 pmTRAITOR!!
October 27th, 2008 at 7:01 pmTake him, take that loathsome troglodyte
October 27th, 2008 at 7:12 pmoh, excuse me… here’s something STOOPIDER:
Rush Limbaugh paints Obama as a Black Panther!
By John Amato Monday Oct 27, 2008 2:30pm
Rush Limbaugh can’t give it up. He’s all about teh Race all the time. As he has said earlier: Rush Limbaugh Says Angry Blacks Are In 30 Year Plot To Train Black Children as Militants.
http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/rush-limbaugh-paints-obama-black-panthe
October 27th, 2008 at 7:13 pmCome January, they’ll welcome a 3-legged dog with fleas.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:16 pmGood.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:22 pmLet the people of CT. see him for what he truly is and finally vote his ass out of office for good.
It makes me sick that I ever had his name on a bumper sticker on my car.
If Loserman jumps in the lame-duck session, I believe that would give the Pukes a 1-vote majority, and control of the senate until January, which could mean they would have the ability to do all kinds of mischief.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:25 pmWhere do you start with this guy? He’s a total hawk, and he’s a strong supporter of the finance and pharmaceutical industries. He’s also exceedingly opportunistic – even for a politician. Lieberman is a pariah to Democrats, and sees a better chance for himself if he moves all the way across the aisle. I hope he enjoys the woods with the rest of the disgraced conservatives.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:26 pmOH, please make sure the door slams your but on the way out.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:27 pmGood.
Let the people of CT. see him for what he truly is and finally vote his ass out of office for good.
It makes me sick that I ever had his name on a bumper sticker on my car,
They already know him, through and through, and elected him last time pretty handily, with almost universal GOP support…
I would be happy if Loserman fell down a well…
October 27th, 2008 at 7:27 pmDamn. That’s what I meant to say.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:28 pmThis pathetic bastards deserves to be on trial for treason. The Repignofascists are welcome to him. Good riddance you piece of Cheney.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:28 pmIt may be the only way to stop a Dem filibuster-proof majority so they need his ass.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:31 pmA significant number of “Democrats” in Congress are republicans ideologically. They ran for office as Democrats for political reasons, , i.e., to get elected. But they hew closer to republican positions than they do democratic ones. A 60 vote majority of Democrats in the Senate is nearly meaningless. Democrats will never vote consistently as a solid block to force legislation republicans don’t want.
OTOH, having at least 52 real Democratic Senators is crucial in order to send that filth LIEberman packing. Getting rid of LIEberman’s toxic influence is far, FAR more important than a 60 vote filibuster-proof majority that will never be exercised – real or threatened, which republicans damn well know. Republicans are not the least bit concerned about the eclectic, mostly spineless and wanting-to-get-in-on-the-corruption-party Democrats voting as a block.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:50 pmlieberman will find himself kicked to the curb like the used up whore he is by both parties.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:01 pmRecall Lieberman
October 27th, 2008 at 8:35 pmI believe that Lieberman won re-election as an Independent in his state solely based on the explicit promise to caucus with the Democrats for the entirety of his next term. To switch sides part of the way through his current term would constitute breaking a promise to those of his state who gave him this second chance.
He’s a Senator. It doesn’t matter what the Republican party or the Democratic party think of him – what matters is what the voters of Connecticut think. They’re the people who gave him the right to be there.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:42 pmRegarding Limbaugh: “What we have here is an angry young black guy who arrives in Chicago as a 1960s radical…”
Ok…Obama was born in 1961 (and was a radical when he was between the ages of 1 and 9 years old?), and for the record, he also didn’t arrive in Chicago until 1985.
October 27th, 2008 at 9:14 pmI think Joe’s a terrific guy with a lot of integrity
And what a contortionist too! All that rhetoric juggling with a fence post up his “a#*
October 27th, 2008 at 9:54 pmTake Max Baucus while they’re at it. He got an A+ rating from the NRA and was endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Max took donations from eight for-profit healthcare companies with no, as in zero, facilities in Montana. 90% of Max’s money comes from out of state.
Dirty Max…
October 27th, 2008 at 10:41 pmThrow the trash in the garbage dumpster with rest of the right wing trash.
October 27th, 2008 at 10:57 pmThey (Senate Conservatives) are going to need him.
¶ AIO
October 28th, 2008 at 3:19 amGood, you can have his sorry ass.
Signed,
October 28th, 2008 at 8:15 am60 real Democrats of the U.S. Senate
There aren’t 60 progressive Democrats in the Senate. In the dirty box are Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Kent Conrad, Mary Landrieu, and Evan Bayh.
Max and Kent get lots of for-profit healthcare donations from firms with no facilities in their state.
Max and Mary got endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, intent on dumping health insurance in employees’ laps.
Evan is in the pocket of health insurance companies and has The Carlyle Group as #7 on his all time donor list.
October 28th, 2008 at 8:46 am