Reply #16: Fun as the story is, I don't buy it.The seniority system is their Holy Cow [View All]

[Bucky]

I think this was a conveniently leaked story. Someone is sending a signal up to Lieberman's Connecticut campaign that he needs to reel the rhetoric a bit. His desperation to keep his seat can't provide ammo for Republicans to win other races--which is the real danger here (besides the usual wounded Senatorial egos0.

But that given, there's no way they'd fuck with the seniority system. They'd screw around with parking priviledges and the Senate barbershop perks before they'd touch that particular golden goose, which is the basis for most of the power bases within the Senate.