Check in if you agree that removing Lieberman

[JDPriestly]

as head of Homeland Security should be the first order of business in the Senate if Coakley is not elected.

If Coakley is not elected, we do not have 60 votes in the Senate and Lieberman's vote won't be that crucial.

Lieberman has done all he could to hurt the Democratic Party, and he should not chair a Senate committee as important as Homeland Security. Frankly, if he can't be trusted to support the Democratic Party majority on health care, he can't be trusted to support the Democratic Party on Homeland Security.

Lieberman is not a Democrat, and he should not be included in our caucus.

[daa]

1. Obama won't even though Joe was just in

Isreal telling them Obama is not Isreal's friend.

[leftynyc]

7. It's not Obama's call

It's the caucus that does this.

[daa]

11. We sure got Obama's worthless healthcare bill

[dflprincess]

15. You mean insurance bailout

it has nothing to do with access to healthcare - which is what we need.

[leftynyc]

19. Not sure of the connection there

but it seems in order to get the conservadems on board (Lincoln, Landrieu, Nelson, Lieberman), Reid did what he felt he had to do. Me, I would have gone reconcilliation and let the pukes scream about it all the wanted. Not sure how that connects to the President.

[aaronbav]

27. Delete - wrong PLace

[tekisui]

37. Obama is the party leader.

If he wanted it done, it would happen.

[daa]

48. Exactly How soon we forget chimpy running the RNC

out of the WH of government servers.

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Hear, hear.

It is just SILLY to keep pretending he is on OUR side of the fence when it is only his fingers gripping the fence that keep him from falling off to the right.

[progressoid]

3. He should be removed regardless of the election results.

[lsewpershad]

10. Totally agree

He is NOT a democrat, never has been.

[arthritisR_US]

13. I so agree! n/t

[Vincardog]

14. Lieberman is not a Democrat, and he should not be included in our caucus regardless

[Andy823]

4. I think

They should get rid of him no matter what happens today! He is not going to be working to help pass anything without playing his little games, so why put up with him at all? Having to kiss up to Joe every time they want his vote and letting him make fools of the party is asinine!

[DisgustedInMN]

5. Why he wasn't...

... removed at the start of the term for openly supporting and campaigning for McSame & the Alaskan Airhead is beyond me. How did that little bit of "bipartisanship" work out for you Rahm?

[Betty Karlson]

6. Hear hear! N/T

[Pab Sungenis]

8. Not just removed from his committee chairmanship

but all his committee posts. Expel him from the caucus.

[invictus]

12. +1

[JDPriestly]

18. I agree.

[bobburgster]

9. Got my vote on this one.

Long, long overdue!

[samsingh]

16. definitely.

[Motown_Johnny]

17. he should lose all seats on all committees and be removed from the caucus

and Nelson should be next on the list

[TheKentuckian]

20. I'd go much further than that. I'm talking the full Fredo (nt)

[Stand and Fight]

21. Without a doubt... n/t

[HealthGuru]

23. Right on

[Vidar]

22. I absolutely agree.

[donheld]

24. Long ago

[Jamastiene]

25. K&R

[704wipes]

26. +1 -kick him out of caucus; remove his chairmanships

put in ear plugs to shut out his whining....
Caucus with your own party, Joe.

[aaronbav]

28. The Phucker should be STRIPPED - Should have been done A LONG

time ago - but NOW is the PERFECT TIME TO KICK his SHITTY ass to the CURB!

[ibegurpard]

29. he never should have been there in the first place

why are the Democrats caucusing with someone who ran against their candidate?

[The Wizard]

49. Holy Joe

gives Democrats political cover, a convenient excuse as to why they can't (refuse) to pass meaningful health care reform that would benefit the people.

[Terra Alta]

30. I agree and now that Coakley has lost...

Lieberman needs to have his chairmanship yanked ASAP.. he won't be able to hold the Dems hostage anymore anyway so what do we have to lose?

I don't see Harry growing a set and actually going through with it, though.

[cascadiance]

31. Removing Fillibuster rules would be first order of business. Removing Liebermann should be second!

And that might be the one thing that might happen positive if she were to lose. It would FORCE the Dems perhaps to recognize that getting rid of the fillibuster obstacle is a necessary part of governance and avoiding midterm election disaster, in addition to disempowering the identifiable DLC obstructionists, and forcing the stealth ones out in the open if they exist or forcing them to support the people if they want to get reelected.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

32. I think Harry Reid should just fire all of the Republicans.

He can do that, right?

[Luminous Animal]

33. I'm 99.99% certain that he's going to retire.

I am also 99.99% sure that the powers that be are already grooming his replacement. If CT progressives want a candidate, they had better be looking for that candidate now.

[Hubert Flottz]

34. K&R

[brooklynite]

35. Unrec'd for laziness...

in not taking a minute to research the issue (or even bother to check the archives here)...

The Democrats can not "remove" Lieberman from his Chairmanship. Chairmanships are voted on by the entire Senate as a Bill on reorganization. To pass a new Bill, requires another vote, which requires 60 votes to support cloture. Just guessing that Lieberman won't support it, and neither will the Republicans.

The Democrats can remove him from the Caucus, but that will be guaranteed to deliver him to the Republican Party, and given a lock-step Republican majority, you will be giving up a Senator who does generally support the Democrats on procedural votes (HCR being the exception).

[blondeatlast]

36. Here. nt

[tavalon]

38. Lieberputz needs to learn how to be a liebermensch

and leave politics for the good of all humanity but since he's shown his sociopathic side, I'm doubting he will do anything to make that happen.

[lonestarnot]

39. Go ahead and waterboard droopy dog too.

:P

[S_E_Fudd]

40. Sorry...won't happen...

Reid does not have the balls to do it. Luckily he is going to get crushed in November so he won't be around after that to make the decision....

[depakid]

41. Should have been the 1st order of business after he announced support for McCain

that it wasn't only made Democrats look weak- like the saps that Republicans always thought they were.

[fascisthunter]

42. Seems to me, the Dem Leadership agrees with Lieberman

for they have done nothing to rid themselves of him. In fact, they keep him in a powerful position. That is not consistant with the idea that this leadership doesn't like him.

[NorthCarolina]

43. Will NEVER happen as long as the DLC is calling the shots. eom

[BlueJac]

44. Barack and Joe are buds!!

[Stumbler]

45. Agreed.

When Lieberman couldn't be trusted to support the Democratic Party of Connecticut, he lost all credibility, imo.

[SlingBlade]

46. YES...HELL YES K&R

[ima_sinnic]

47. Lieberman serves as a useful idiot to "obstruct" legislation & make the DLC look like they "tried"

Rahm made everybody kiss Lieberman's ass, it was a win-win for the DLC and the repukes.

[seattle_blue]

50. Later traitor Joe

You gotta go.......

[pansypoo53219]

51. lieberfuckenputz is a mole

or a wart on the party.

[icee]

52. Second order of the business. The first should be the canning

of Rahm Emmanuel. Then Lieberman, who is partially responsible for yesterday's debacle. But all this was DLC fun and games. They need to be punished pronto.

[Old Codger]

53. +1

[RoccoR5955]

54. I wouldn't trust him to give me the correct time! n/t

[kjackson227]

55. Couldn't agree more.

[happygoluckytoyou]

56. SLOW-BAMA NO-GO-BAMA WATCHTHEGRASSGRO-BAMA

I GUESS THE 1000s OF REPUBLICANS OBAMA HAS BEEN TRYING TO IMPRESS WITH HIS FAIRNESS DIDNT SHOW UP TO VOTE DEMOCRAT...

NOR DID ANY OF THE GOP SENATOR BUTTS HE HAS BEEN KISSING

2012....... THE GOP IS ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE YEAR OF ..... THROW-BAMA

GEE... WONDER IF THERE IS ANY REASON HE SHOULD CALL UPON HIS BASE.... MAYBE THEY WILL HAVE NO MEMORY OF ALL THIS