Go Lieberman! I like him more and more every day. On Nov 8, 4:33 am, "mike [move on] 532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lieberman in talks about caucusing with Senate > GOPhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081107/ap_on_go_co/lieberman_republicans > WASHINGTON – Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is talking to > Connecticut independent Sen. Joe Lieberman about the possibility of > Lieberman caucusing with the GOP. > > Lieberman's affiliation with Democrats is up in the air. Senate > Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, angered by Lieberman's support > of Republican John McCain for president, is considering yanking > Lieberman's chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security and > Governmental Affairs Committee as punishment. > > Lieberman and Reid met Thursday to discuss Lieberman's options, > including possible committee and subcommittee posts for him. Those > talks are ongoing. > > A Lieberman aide, who requested anonymity because the talks are > confidential, said Friday that Lieberman and McConnell, R-Ky., have > spoken in recent days about the possibility of Lieberman joining the > GOP conference. McConnell spokesman Don Stewart would only confirm > that the two men have had recent discussions. > > Lieberman was Democrat Al Gore's vice presidential running mate eight > years ago. He became an independent after he failed to win the > Democratic Senate primary in Connecticut in 2006. Lieberman won the > general election as an independent but is still registered as a > Democrat. > > Although he caucuses with Senate Democrats, Lieberman angered > Democrats by criticizing Barack Obama during the presidential race. > > Since 2006, Democrats had tolerated Lieberman's political straddling > because he gave them a 51-49 majority by being part of their caucus. > With Democrats tightening their hold on the Senate to at least 55 > seats in Tuesday's election, Lieberman no longer plays that role. > > Lieberman aligned himself with McCain and President Bush on the war > in > Iraq but tended to vote with Democrats on most domestic issues. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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