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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:53 PM Original message |
Is it really worth having lieberman, just to maintain the majority in the Senate? |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Let him join the Republicans |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You want to give up control of every committee? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. No, I don't, but then again we don't have the votes to accomplish anything now anyway |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I disagree. |
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man4allcats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Agreed! The reality is that the Republicans already |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Really? They control the committee chairs and agendas? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. They don't have the house. However, they would get more attention if they controlled the agenda |
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man4allcats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
54. Hey, Joe! |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Non-answer. Do you think chairing the committees and agendas is worth throwing |
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man4allcats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Hey, Joe! |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes, it is without a doubt worth it. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. What's been blocked? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. First of all we would still have the House. Would anything really change in the Senate? /nt |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Wait til Stevens dies |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. agreed /nt |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. yes n/t |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. It is worth it, absolutely. NT |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes (nt). |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. Unless you want to lose ANY leverage (or have your own plans for disposing of Lieberman in Jersey) |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Oh now, there's a picture! nt |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Seriously, though, no problem with Joe alive, well, and usable as a wedge until 2008 |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
56. LOL. I imagine there's a big-paying lobbying job out there for him |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. I hear you, but in the Senate we won't have the votes to get anything through anyway |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. Let's hope Sen. Domenici will resign or be forced out... |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. Eh? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
45. Tomorrow if Gonzalez gets a vote of no confidence, and doesn't resign |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. Eh, probably not.. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. We need to clean out the party.. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yes of course... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. "just". heh. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
17. yes, Think committee, agenda control for petey's sake. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Yup. We've just got to suck it up and deal with the jerk |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
20. Fucking worthless fuckwipe Connecticut electorate. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. unfortunately...yes |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. Speaking From The Brain Instead Of The Heart Or Knee, Undoubtedly Yes. |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. It is NOT worth it. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:03 PM Original message |
I am starting to come around to that way of thinking. Just look how much attention the MSM |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
26. It's 60 Votes That Matter |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Interesting analysis, and definitely argues in favor of putting up with him for 2 years more /nt |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. that's for the dems to prove |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
28. Two words Alito and Roberts |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. I don't know, enough Democrats voted for their confirmation |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. The red state "moderates" voted for Alito |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Appreciate the information. Your point is well taken, and you have convienced me /nt |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Not a single, solitary, Judicial Commitee Democrat did |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
31. duh, of course |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
35. The only good reason is if John Paul Stevens' health fails in the next year and a half |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I didn't think of that. You are right, it is important |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. I guess you haven't been watching hearings, or paying attention to |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Someone else convienced me based on the judiciary comittee control |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. It's political theatre, which is good enough for now |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:29 AM Response to Reply #47 |
57. I hope they have the votes.................. /nt |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. What's the alternative? And what's this "we" stuff... |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
48. I do NOT want to give control back to the trolls. In September Senator Johnson will return and |
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rec_report (783 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
49. No, and where were the 'insurgents' when LieberBush was... |
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never_get_over_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
50. He can go won't make a difference to committee chairs |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
51. NO! Let him go where his TRUE CALLING IS...and Be Happy! |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
52. It's worth it but I sure wish Dem leadership could convince the MSM to> |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
53. Put up with him until the 2008 elections. Then tell him to get lost when Dems have more than 51. n/t |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
59. Liebermann's Irrelevant |
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