If so, I bet they won't appreciate Lieberman having campaigned against the Democratic candidate in Maine, Tom Allen, as well as perhaps one other Democratic candidate (I can't remember exactly whom).

Also, they might be eager to see him removed from a chairmanship position so as to gain greater access to it themselves.

If anyone knows if they get a vote, let us know so we can lobby them.

I emailed Senator Carper (D-DE) urging him to strip Lieberman from his chair. Carper still supported Lieberman even after he lost the primary, so hopefully he'll change his mind on traitorous Joe.

Please contact the members of our Senate Democratic Steering Committee, which is organizing who gets prized committee chairmanships in the Senate.

You'll find background info (what Joe has done and threatened, including his support of the filibuster against `extreme' - or progressive - Democratic legislation), a script for your phone call, and contact information for key Senators, at

http://liebermanmustgo.com/

I think We will win this....

I'd lobby my Senators but one is busy being President Elect and the Other is already against him.

Wow... it still fills me with pride to say MY SENATOR is President Elect!!!

pontius pilate will be prowd.

Seriously.  There are websites trying to organize people to oppose Lieberman on this vote.  People are calling Senators.

For what?  For revenge?  This is stupid.

The election is over.  We all really need to get over it.

Is it true that, even if successful on December 2nd, Jim Martin will not get a say in this matter?

with Lieberman

The call to Reid, which covered many other issues, came before the majority leader met with Lieberman last Thursday to discuss Lieberman's future in the Democratic caucus

So Reid told Joe that he may lose his chairmanship after he spoke to Obama - this is good news.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con tent/article/2008/11/11/AR2008111101217. html

I understand what a douchebag Joe Lieberman is.  But I don't see the benefit of starting a war within the Democratic caucus at this point.  I think Reid should give Lieberman a huge pass and tell the caucus that they all need to move forward together.  Privately, Reid and Lieberman could have a conversation making it clear that Lieberman is on a very short leash and that if he so much as dribbles some pee on the Senate toilet seat, he's gone.

Having Lieberman's fate be decided by caucus seems unnecessarily divisive for the Caucus itself right now.  This will split the Progressives from the DLC types and cause unnecessary frictions before the Dems accomplish one friggin' thing.

I just emailed Sen McCaskill. The point I stressed with her is that Lieberman shouldn't be in any position in which he can make mischief for our new President. Since she was one of Sen Obama's earliest and most active supporters, I hope that argument will carry weight with her.

(Posted this is the wrong thread...)

I think tha problem regards how many warning Lieberman has possibly already recieved.  Didn't Obama give him some discussion earlier in the Senate and Lieberman pretty much just gave him the bird for the rest of the campaign?  Sounds like Ol' Joe WAS on a short leach and thought he could do what he wanted and laugh.  I HOPE it is the laugh of a man about to get his head stuck in a guillotine...

And what harm can Joe do?  How about causing a huge ruckus AND spreading rumors, sensitive info, or outright lies on something like the closing of the Gitmo detention center for starters?  I could just see Ol' Joe having "grave concerns" over what Obama is doing?  As a chair, he gets to have a disproportionately larger voice than the Repugs, especially if he is spouting off their talking points.  He makes the Democratic Leadership look like they CANNOT lead because they cannot control him.  Eventually he can smear the Obama administration either by the power of his chairmanship, by his later removal (Like that woudl be LESS political if it was done later then sooner) or by just making the Democratic brand look worse (if for nothing else, poor judgement kissing up to him).

Nope, time for Joe to get a Time-out, just like you do with any misbehaving miscreant.  And to entice good behavior from him, offer him something positive in a year or two, but probably not a chairmanship.