Archive for the 'Joe Lieberman' Category

17
Dec

Lieberman Sucks . . .

Hey, don’t take our word for it.  Take the word of the people of Connecticut.
Connecticut’s U.S. Senators get their lowest approval ratings ever, a negative 38 - 54 percent for Sen. Joseph Lieberman
“Sen. Joseph Lieberman appears to be paying a high price for his embrace of Sen. John McCain in the presidential race. This [...]

27
Nov

Leiberman Betrayed More Than Just Obama

What Harry Reid should have taken in to account, before his spineless hand over to the Caucus as a whole, was the fact that Sen. Joe Lieberman did not just betray President-elect Barack Obama’s campaign, but also Senate DEMS and House DEMs.
But no one in the room knew, as Merkley spoke, that Lieberman had supported [...]

18
Nov

Lieberman keeps his chairmanship

Well, the Senate Democrats blinked — as you knew they would. The man who speculated that Barack Obama might be a Marxist and said that Obama placed his own political ambition ahead of the interest of the country, is going to remain as Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

“He’s part of [...]

17
Nov

Lieberman’s “punishment”

It looks like Senator Joe Lieberman [I-CT] is going to get off lightly for his shameful attacks on President-elect Barack Obama.
When Senate Democrats meet Tuesday to decide Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (ID-Conn.) fate, leaders are expected to propose that he keep his gavel at the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee but lose his Environment and [...]

09
Nov

Dodd Offers Obama Advice on Lieberman

Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd warned President-Elect Brack Obama not to squander the ewarly days of his Administration trying to get back at or retaliate against Sen. Joe Lieberman.
“What does Barack Obama want?” Dodd rhetorically asked reporters Friday after speaking at a childhood nutrition forum at the state Capitol complex in Hartford. “He’s talked about reconciliation, [...]

06
Nov

Lieberman update

Senator Joe Lieberman [I-CT] just gave a brief press conference after his meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid [D-NV], but didn’t take any questions. Lieberman appeared grim and sober, with none of the smugness we’ve seen in recent months. Lieberman expressed a desire to work with the Obama administration. He didn’t mention Iraq. He [...]

06
Nov

What happens to Lieberman?

With the Democrats now projected to hold at least 55 seats in the 2009-2010 Senate [not including two indys, Vermont's Bernie Sanders and Connecticut's Joe Lieberman], the time has come to deal with the Lieberman conundrum. Lieberman not only campaigned with Barack Obama’s campaign rival John McCain, but he also ridiculed and attacked Obama in [...]

09
Sep

Senate Dems strike back at Lieberman

On the day Joe Lieberman returned to the Senate — after taking some time to tout John McCain at the Republican National Convention, the Senator was greeted by the resignation of one of his top staffers, Legislative Director Joe Goffman. Although Goffman gave no reason for quitting, my guess is that he did so out [...]

13
Aug

Senator Lieberman, I think it hurts you, too, sir.

That is it.  I have had enough.  This Republican assault on the patriotism of Democratic candidates has gone too far.  And we as a people need to reject it, Network Style.
It is bad enough when the GOP would stoop to these deplorable actions, like they did to Max Cleland and House Democrats who voted against [...]

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