Reply #6: This Makes No Sense... [View All]

[KharmaTrain]

Generally I agree with all Kos says, but I think his hatred of Joementum is clouding his political 20/20 here.

There's nothing in the Repugnican agenda that helps Liebermann. The war? The story in the next Senate will be the number of Senators...especially those in endangered districts that will peal off and vote against any expansion of this sorrid affair. And there will be others who will jump across the aisle on medicare and other issues that will make more difficult for the Repugnicans to muster the votes like they did in the past.

Right now, the House & Senate Repugnican leaderships are in tatters. McConnell is expected to be their leader, but whose gonna be #2? With Sanctorum gone, Allen gone, Frist gone and a lot of Repugnicans who were never crazy with Mitch The Morbid in the past, we could see some fireworks on that side before the new session begins. Methinks a certain Helmethair is thinking comeback. Get ready to rumble! And Joe's gonna walk into this cat fight?

The other day someone posted that Joe would get the Chairmanship of his beloved Homeland Security committee if he stayed with the Democrats...there's no guarantee he's gonna get that role with the GOOP or what type of seniority they could offer him.

Methinks Joe will play wheeler-dealer...but he always has. But his deals work better with Democrats in control as once he "jumps the shark" here, he will also loose the vaunted support of some of the key people who really worked to help him win last week...the unions in specific. He's a weathervane that will only hope that votes become deadlocked so he can play one side against the other. Crossing over altogether makes little sense.

As posted above, why would he be so shortsighted to force a deadlocked house that would give the Democrats a major campaign issue in '08 similar to what the Repugnicans used in '02 against Democrats. If anything, Liebermann's a snake and an ass, but he's not an elephant.