Lieberman will keep his promise

[WhollyHeretic]

I am disappointed as hell that Lamont did not win but I think Lieberman will vote for a democratic senate leadership. Joe is a ambitious bastard and after the election last night it's pretty obvious which way the political winds are blowing in this country. He will not attach himself to a party that was just completely trounced.

OK back to your regularly scheduled celebration :party: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :party:

[Horse with no Name]

1. It depends how the recounts go

Joe is just as likely to caucus with the Republicans as he is the Democrats. Because, after all, it is all about Joe.
I surely wouldn't count on him.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

4. He is closer to the Republican view on foreign policy

but not on domestic affairs. I think he will almost certainly caucus with the Dems, but he'll remain a hawk.

[TechBear_Seattle]

2. According to CNN this morning, he will be sworn in as an independent

It would appear that he will not be classed with the Democrats.

[WhollyHeretic]

13. I know that, but he promised to vote with the dems for control of the senate.

[NMDemDist2]

3. exactly, he'll side with Power as usual

what ever it takes to get those chairmanships is OK with me

[11 Bravo]

9. He'll caucus with the Dems in order to maintain his seniority. n/t

[Ferret Annica]

17. Take the senority away

Make having it actually MEAN SOMETHING! He ain't no frigging Demo, don't treat him like one.

[NewJeffCT]

5. Since I live in CT and Joe played up his role as a power-player

Since I live in CT and Joe played up his role as a power-player, I'm demanding lots of pork and earmarks for my state. I want a massive project to upgrade/improve the New Haven to New York corridor for starters. I don't even care if they call it the Joementum Project if he can get that done.

[Ferret Annica]

15. Screw automobiles

Don't waste money on cars. I moved from Connecticut because the place is paved to oblivion and traffic on the complte spectrum of roads is out of control.

Build more mass transit, do not waste another dime on I-95!

[Richard Steele]

6. Yes, but which one?

You don't think all that Repub support for his "independant"
campaign came with no strings attached, do you?

[stepnw1f]

7. Lieberman Can Go to Hell

[deminks]

8. IIRC, on Imus this morning, the Cheaterman said "Revenge

is a dish best served cold". He may have been joking, but I don't think so. I so hope that someone is still looking at his $400,000 slush fund.

[Atman]

10. Oh, Joe has already demonstrated his word was meaningless

We can't trust a word he says. You can be sure of one thing and one thing only...Joe will do what is in the best interest of Joe. Period. If Joe gave a shit about anything else, he would not have stolen the votes and effectively disenfranchised a huge number of CT democrats who went to the polls, chose their candidate, and essentially were told their votes didn't mean a thing.

He'll be no different, and in fact, he might actually take this as some sort of affirmation of his whining, conniving, weaseling strategy and just become worse. Joe won't get it, that he was elected by REPUBLICANS, not democrats. Or...maybe he will? Who knows. He's a disgrace, imo.

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[WhollyHeretic]

14. I know his word means nothing. I was saying that he will vote with the dems

purely out of self-interest and ambition.

[Jacobin]

11. Keep his promise to be a warmonger? You bet

Fork him.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

16. Yeah, let's give Cheney the deciding vote for the sake of ideological purity

Not.

[Katherine Brengle]

12. I'm not a Lieberman fan, but I am impressed that he won after all that...

[Nye Bevan]

18. Unfortunately, Reid and the senate dems need to kiss his ass

Joe now has the power to switch the senate back to Repuke if the dems annoy him.

[LeftishBrit]

19. I suspect the Republicans don't even want him in their party

They'd rather have him as their pet donkey, to prove how 'bipartisan' their policies are, than as their rogue elephant.

If he did switch parties, I suspect he'd end up making political history as the only incumbent to have been chucked out in the primaries of BOTH parties.

It's a pity he won, and a pity that deals may have to be made with him. But after all, in the many countries with multi-party PR-based systems, it would be routine to have to make a few deals with the otherwise-insignificant members of weird minor parties in order to keep overall control. Better that than Cheney!