Liebershmuck probably just scratched out the "palin" part of the bumper sticker.

Leaving Joe chair his committee is a freakin disgrace.

Lieberman looks like something that escaped from the Ghostbusters' containment unit.

If the D's let Lieberman stay and there is any domestic terrorist incident, expect Joe to use his position to knife the administration in the back.

What about ineffectual Harry Reid?
Won't somebody please think about the children that his lack of spine will affect negatively?

This makes me want to f*cking vomit.

Joe is a traitor.

And the Democrats are a bunch of pussies.

I am DISGUSTED by all of this.

Nothing is going to get done in this "CON-gress", because if these Democrats don't have the fortitude to correctly handle this situation, then they won't have the fortitude to pass the legislation to create real change.

Nah, he kept the Palin, ditched the McCain half. Looking to the future..

What's going on in Alaska? I would think it would be part of Morning Roundup everyday. Please keep us posted, if only to let us know when to check again.

Obama sent a strong signal last week by saying he did not hold any grudge. That actually undercut Harry Reid's (and probably a few others') initially tougher position toward Lieberman and gave cover to Lieberman's friends in the Senate.

It's remarkable the anger Lieberman stirs every morning. It is also remarkable how the course of events continue to let Joe float.

How many are ready to change party ID today?

All kidding aside, I'd like to see Libermann stripped as well. .

But at the end of the day Joe will have less affect on the larger scheme of things for the next two years. He is more annoying and less harmful than in the past.

AP reported: "Obama has reportedly told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada it would hurt the message of unity that he wants for his new administration if Lieberman leaves the Democratic caucus. Reid met with Lieberman last week and was initially inclined to strip him of the Homeland Security Committee chairmanship, according to a Senate Democratic aide.

Reid was non-commital entering the all-Democratic session."

Friends, there is a real distinction between cult of personality and real democracy. The power of any politician, however loved, needs to be checked. Now is the time to send Obama and the Dems that if they don't make Lieberman pay the price, we will make them pay it.

If Obama doesn't have any role to play in all this, he will have to explain to us what he really meant by saying he didn't hold any grudge against Lieberman. It was not a simple sentence of personal sentiments. It was a calculated political statement.

I am so disgusted about the whole leaving Lieberma in his chairmanship... weak willed democratic patsy stuff.

I just watched a two minute rant on MSNBC of two ignorant women talking about this issue. The reporter in Washington kept talking about how this was all about revenge and being vindictive... it was infuriating. If the republicans were doing this they would talk about how his behavior warranted consequences... the democrats are going to need an overhaul to ever shake their reputation as weak victims that will always be defined by others.

I meant to say "there is a real distinction between cult of 'elected' personality and real democracy."

Demanding that Lieberman be stripped of the Homeland committee chairmanship has nothing to do with vengeance or ruthlessness. All I have in mind are two considerations: party discipline and party development. You don't want to send a message to the party membership that it's alright to keep sabotaging the party agenda. You want to make sure that those who have worked hard to achieve majority for the party in the Senate, not those who are hostile to the party over and over again, are rewarded for positions that will give them --- and by extension, the party --- precious leadership experiences. Someone might add that all Lieberman has done as Chair in the past has been shielding the Bush administration from scrutiny.

As I have said before, Lieberman should be stripped of the chairmanship and be put on probation. If he behaves well, he will be next in line for something big. If he chooses to caucus with the GOP, well, good luck to him, cuz he will be drowned in the sea of political egos.

One of my favorite sayings, which I remember hearing from the actor James Cahn--"You can sh*t on my face, but that doesn't mean I have to lick my lips"--but that's exactly what the Dems appear to be doing.
I suppose we should wait to hear what actually happens, but if they think that taking a subcommittee away from him while letting him keep exactly what he wants constitutes "standing up as Democrats", well then I'm not sure what the point is of a political party. If you reward someone who actively campaigns against your candidates in the most agressive and negative way, what do you actually stand for, and why should I have any faith in you passing the progressive agenda that we voted for overwhelmingly?
I gave money to the Obama campaign, but neither he nor any Democrat will get my money next time around if they continue to behave like such spineless tools.
I'm also about sick of hearing all the "team of rivals" nonsense--I want the most qualified people in the next administration, who will be most effective at carrying out the president's policies and who work well with him, not a bunch of people who have their own agenda and who will make your administration ineffective. No affirmative action for Republicans, backstabbers, and other losers whose agenda the voters rejected. I'd also prefer not to re-appoint the entire Clinton administration--I believe there are many other highly qualifed people at the state level and in Congress.

Motion to make the Democratic parties mascot the lemming.

No confidence in Harry Reid, the exotic and perplexing jellyfish from Nevada.

Sens. Harry Reid, Amy Klobuchar- I look forward to supporting the Independent candidate and/or challenger that runs against you. I don't reward wishy washy.

DEMOCRATS CAVE IN TO (fill in the blank.)

Well this is sickening. Senator Obama reads one book about Lincoln's cabinet---not the best book, and not by the most accomplished historian, although she is a good writer---and he seems to draw the wrong lesson from it. Lieberman is not in the category of Chase, Bates, Seward, etc. Joe is a copperhead--a secessionist--a traitor.

All this smokescreen about "60 votes." If the Republicans could run the Senate without 60 votes, as they did, and get everything they really wanted, since they also controlled the executive, why can't the Democrats? The answer is, lack of leadership, lack of principle, lack of spine.

Obama ran a great campaign---all winners do, by definition, right? I'm inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. But I doubt that Lieberman is trustworthy, and I doubt there is any benefit to this interference by the Executive into what should have been the sole concern of the Legislative branch. Our vaunted "Constitutional scholar" again proves the wisdom of the old saying: "Power corrupts."

Reid, Hoyer, Pelosi ought to be made honorary members of the Republican party. DON'T GIVE ANY MORE MONEY TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY--send back that next fund-raising appeal with a short note. Only give to particular candidates.

btw...Steny Hoyer should be beaten with a "Liberal" stick until he gets it. It's the reason we elected a dem majority...we are sick of the status quo...we don't want more of it. Of course we want you to move to the left. We cannot stand this center right crap that's why we voted for Change you idiot.

These people are only able to see through the lenses of the wealthy or he would know this and be excited about it. People like Hoyer cannot change no matter who gets elected...he's always the same old same old. His past is also his future. Absolutely no vision.

The angry Dem-bashers are out in force today. Most of us liberals & Dems have confidence in the smartest team in politics, which ran circles around their opponents and confounded ALL of the media conventional wisdom and naysayers. This isn't a question of benefit of the doubt. They've EARNED the right to be trusted in the short term and not to be micromanaged with all the minutae. OBama & Co. know what they are doing. If you don't know that by now, you either haven't been paying attention or are being disingenuous.

Hey, maybe some of you no-name concern trolls are just GOP troublemakers?? LOL.