For all the talk of a Democratic senate surge that would carry them to a filibuster-proof majority, the more plausible scenario is an election that leaves them short but with a relatively comfortable majority. And it will raise the question: What about Joe Lieberman?
Currently Democrats hold 49 seats, but they control the chamber because independents Lieberman of Connecticut and Bernie Sanders of Vermont caucus with them. But s my colleague at US News & World Report John Mashek writes, Lieberman's Democratic connection is ... tenuous, culminating with his support for the presumptive GOP nominee. But since he's their key to majority status, they tolerate his behavior.
So what if the Dems pick up, say, five more seats? Mashek:
If the Democrats add to their majority in the Senate in November, as widely predicted, they should invite Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the Connecticut independent, to step across the aisle. He should be far more comfortable on the Republican side.
Might not be a bad idea.
switching parties. Only recently, Rhode Island Repo Lincoln Chafee was
*urged* to switch, but he just wouldn't do it. His father had been a Repo,
etc. Creates a lot of animosity among those who voted for you, no doubt.
(I know, I know, way down South, Demos turned into Repos all the time,
for awhile, til in the end they all finally were Repos, or gone. That was
different. See above. 'Those who voted for you' had also become Repos.)
So, once there is a 'solid' Demo majority, what does it matter if Smokin'
Joe becomes a Repo. I wouldn't say 'good riddance' to a 'useful idiot'.
Lest we forget, a 'slim majority' is STILL a majority, and that should count
for something.
Southern democrats (LBJ, for example) had leadership positions due to their threat of switching parties.
The magic number is not 55 democrats, but 60 Democrats!
The Democrats need 60 votes to get cloture and defeat a filibuster.
The Dems won't risk permanently alienating Lieberman as long as they need his support. As long as this is the case, this whole discussion is pointless.
Zionist first
Neocon second
What world do these people live in?
What weird, ideologically tweeked world and hot house have they vegetated in for so long?
Where did these creeps get such support and power?
And WHAT do they actually want?
Again..THANKS SO MUCH, Connecticut - rrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
No Democrat should even speak to him. When I hear Democrats include him in strategy and planning meetings, I think the Democrats are mentally challenged, a few cards short of a full deck. Are all the Democratic politicians stupid? He's not a Democrat. He's a traitor. That's not a suspicion, it's a fact. He's out campaigning for the Republicans. Grow up Dems, cut your losses with that Loser-Man and move on.
It's a win-win outcome!
us.
Constitution State my ass!