Comments on: Lieberman Becomes The Zell Miller of 2008

By: Ron Chusid

Ron Chusid — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:50:51 +0000

“You do realize that Lieberman lost the democratic nomination and ran as a pseudo-democratic independent, don’t you?”

Yes, that is implicit in the post above.

If the Democrats pick up more seats in the Senate I wouldn’t be surprised if they deny him his committee chairmanship. It might depend partially upon how active Lieberman is in supporting the Republican nominee, especially in the general election.

It doesn’t matter much with regards to Lieberman in terms of reelection, if he plans yet another term. He’s already shown he can be reelected as an independent.

By: Badger3k

Badger3k — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:05:33 +0000

You do realize that Lieberman lost the democratic nomination and ran as a pseudo-democratic independent, don’t you? He had no support since the Democratic Party was supporting their nomination for his seat. Lieberman has been the Zell Miller of the party since before he was re-elected. If the democrats get more of a majority that they can afford to drop Lieberman and his threats to become and independent (or a Republican, IIRC he made both threats), he will drop to the dirt where he belongs. Of course, that assumes that the Democrats elected have more spine than the current crop.

By: Ron Chusid

Ron Chusid — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:40:59 +0000

I’m not sure that it will be enough to get very many voters who were going to vote for Obama to vote for McCain instead. First we’ll have to see how Obama does in Iowa. If he wins in Iowa then he will probably win in New Hampshire regardless of how McCain also does.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:19:13 +0000

Should this affect a sizable number of independent votes it might also help Clinton in the Democratic primary should New Hampshire independent voters decide to vote for McCain as opposed to Obama.

I just saw this on FreedomDemocrats, too. I’m torn. Is a McCain endorsement good news or bad?