Lieberman, Sticking With Democrats for Now, Warns Them on Iraq

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Lieberman, Sticking With Democrats for Now, Warns Them on Iraq

By Laura Litvan

May 22 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, says his disagreement with the Democrats over the Iraq war won't prevent him from working with his former party. For now.

``I hope the moment doesn't come that I feel so separated from the caucus'' that he decides to shift allegiance to the Republicans, he said in an interview. Asked what Democratic actions might cause such a break, he invoked Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart's famous 1964 definition of pornography: ``I'll know it when I see it.''

The 65-year-old lawmaker is the margin of difference in the Democrats' 51-49 control of the Senate. A switch to the Republicans, which he won't rule out, would create a 50-50 tie that would allow Vice President Dick Cheney to cast a deciding vote for Republican control.

Lieberman has ``gone from being dispensable to essential for the Democrats,'' said Ross Baker, a political scientist at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Lieberman said he already has seen much he doesn't like from the Democrats, particularly Majority Leader Harry Reid's decision to co-sponsor, and then allow a vote last week on, legislation cutting off war funding by March.

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well said.

Who the heck does he think he is?

Piss me off and I'll go with the Republicans?...BYE!

I can only second that "Fuck Lieberman."

DON'T.

Don't "stick with Democrats", don't "warn us on Iraq".

Just fuck off and go away.

Last night I saw him standing behind the idiot-in-chief in Crawford. Yeah, he's standing behind the Dems alright!!!

Lieberman is a pile of crap.....

The low, in a game where there are some pretty low people. He's playing this game to get revenge. It really is all about Joe, while people die.

I agree with the preceding posters: remove the crappy little turncoat from all leadership positions, shear him of all power and, since it's his first term in his own private party, remove all "seniority" from him. Demote him to the back of the pack.
The senate leadership is established for the remainder of the term and, in all likelihood, the democratic majority will be increased, next term. The kind of crap he's creating is beyond abiding. There is little to be accomplished with his constant voting against the current majority and, since the democrats would still be boss of the senate, reality should be acknowledged-he needs to be castigated and destroyed, as nearly as it can be accomplished.

Irrelevant. When the Dems increase their lead in the Senate, we completely kick him to curb and laugh at him.

he can smell the fear in the democrats. that gives him power.

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