Reply #19: Depends on the final count: having Lieberman could give us one more seat on all Committees [View All]

[onenote]

What people are not focusing on is that the allocation of seats on Senate Committees is based on the proportion of seats held by the two parties. In other words, in a 51/49 Senate, most Committees have a one-member Democratic majority. As the size of the Democratic majority in the senate increases, so does the size of the Democratic majority on each committee. So by keepin joe in the caucus, it could mean one more seat on most if not every committee, depending on the final numbers.

From that standpoint, I tend to want Joe to stay a part of the Democratic caucus, even though I'm adamantly against giving him a committee chairmanship (or any chairmanship of any consequence).