tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28275022.post116352777359171079..comments2023-10-07T09:01:59.742-04:00Comments on The Jaundiced Eye: Joe Lieberman: ExtortionistCurmudgettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00909592581165744084noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28275022.post-1163532770369394982006-11-14T14:32:00.000-05:002006-11-14T14:32:00.000-05:00Yes constant,I'm hearing rumblings about Dems wooi...Yes constant,<BR/><BR/>I'm hearing rumblings about Dems wooing Susan Collins. I don't know how true or plausible it is. One way or another Dems need to cut Lieberman's legs out from under him. The problem is he still has powerful, if quiet, allies within the Democratic Party... and so does the war in Iraq. That's what this is really about. There are still a lot of Dems invested in <A HREF="http://dameocrat.mydd.com/story/2006/4/29/215744/220" REL="nofollow">circumventing </A>the overwhelming will of the majority who want us out of Iraq.Curmudgettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00909592581165744084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28275022.post-1163528101742341772006-11-14T13:15:00.000-05:002006-11-14T13:15:00.000-05:00Hi Curmudgette,Thanks for blogging on this. You sa...Hi Curmudgette,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for blogging on this. You said, <I>"Now it's Senate Democrats whose narrow victory could be overturned with a flip of his bony wrist."</I> For now, this may be true, but there is a solution: The DNC leadership could offer a disaffected member of the GOP Party a guaranteed Chairmanship if they <A HREF="http://constantpated.blogspot.com/2006/11/disrupted-congressional-committee.html" REL="nofollow">leave the republican party</A>. This would make Lieberman's threat meaningless.<BR/><BR/>:-)Constanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691814504675495771noreply@blogger.com