Reid To Meet With Lieberman To Discuss Committee Chairmanship

CNN:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will likely meet later this week with Joe Lieberman to discuss whether the Democrat-turned-Independent will be stripped of his Senate committee chairmanship, a senior Democratic leadership aide tells CNN.

Lieberman currently chairs the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

This aide says that Reid, who is calling the meeting, has not yet decided what to do. The aide admits that the decision will be determined in part by the final election results -- and just how close the party is to a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority -- but insists that the biggest factor involved is lingering anger among Senate Democrats over Lieberman's Republican convention speech.

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Comments

[Markzugman]

People, people! Such venom, such vitriol! Last nite our Prez. elect said he needs the help of all those folks who didn't vote for him. What better way to start than by allowing Joe to keep the chairmanship.
We gotta let the bitterness and anger go. Yes we can! Say it together, say it loud, YES WE CAN!

-Kumbya my friends

[tea in the harbor]

Joe the goner!

[Gotcha54]

If he wants any position of distinction let him wait until the Rep's become in power - in other words not in his lifetime. Maybe he can be latrine foreman or something. Of perhaps a waiter in the fancy Senate dining room!

[Pegi]

he needs to meet the curb outside his office!

[Fleisch]

Ha ha, Joey's gonna get a whupping. Joey gets called to the woodshed. Turncoat!

[gaelfire]

Hey Joe!

"It's nothing personal, just business." -- Don Corleone

[Trittydi]

No. He has to go. He has shown us who and what he is.

It's not even the fact that he could be considered a traitor by itself. It's that the reality of the man is not acceptable to a leadership post. He's a pandering POS. Any leadership post requires a real leader for an Obama presidency. Joe LIEberman does not fit the criteria.
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[PUMAMA]

A swift kick in the rear is more than warranted.

[gwashington777]

Lieberman is a twisted, ghoulish manifestation of a deeply disturbed and confused has-been. Get rid of him, he is poisonous for the Dem party.

[Vermontah]

Bye Joe. Good riddance.

[Wildspirit]

Strip him of any authority a seat would allow. Liebermann doesn't deserve any special treatment, so I think Senator Reid should publicly strip him, and flog him, and then turn him over to Oprah Winfrey..

[JeffreyHF]

Let Joe The Opportunist formally switch to the Republican Party. It was hard to find a campaign picture of McSame, without Joe's smug grin in the background. He betrayed his party, and Obama, inexchange for assurances of a cabinet position if McCain were to have won.How dare he continue to travel with McCain, once he selected Sarah The Prayer Warrior.

[mairs]

Oh please! This is the LEAST you can do!

[Gotcha54]

"Discuss?" I would just have to tell Joe - perhaps he should become a Plumber! You saw Joe L try to come over to Obama saying those nice words on the closing days - but when he was called out for jumping onto the bandwagon and they didn't want him - there he was with McCain on the last 2 days standing right behind his man. Joe it's time to go!

[Vembar]

Senator Leiberman should simply quit chairing Committees under an Obama Administrsation, as he clearly disagreed with Obama on all issues, and campaigned against him. The Democratic party should let him go ASAP. He has proven to be one of the most opportunistic politician, and a fair weather friend of Democrats.

[Trittydi]

Bingo.
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[CeeCee]

Some Independent! He should be retired.