Lieberman is speaking on MSNBC now after meeting with Reid. n/t

[Akoto]

[Lisa0825]

1. crumbs for cube rats?

:bounce:

[nutshell2002]

3. very short...said nothing

"I have to consider my options"

[AlCzervik]

not much at all and his normally hang dog face was looking even more long.

he looked kind of beaten down :-)

[Eric J in MN]

2. Is he keeping his chairmanship? NT

NT

[Fluffdaddy]

6. I would like to know that as well

[nomaco-10]

9. don't know. short pc weighing his options apparently. n/t

[AlCzervik]

4. He wants to work with Obama, too bad he trashed Obama at the rnc.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

13. Yep - a little late for Holy Joe to jump on the bandwagon

[nomaco-10]

5. quote "I am considering the options I have before me"....

weird conference

[mnhtnbb]

8. Options: get in line, or fuck off.

[SuperTrouper]

10. "I am considering the options I have before me"....

"and I am packing my bags and cleaning my desk up. I'll be moving to the basement closet."

[AlCzervik]

20. he's trying to figure out if he'd have a better deal over at minority u aka the republicans.

[mzmolly]

26. To remain a Democrat or not?

:shrug:

[Kahuna]

28. Those are his only options. nt

[ieoeja]

33. No, there is another.

A technical correction: he left the Democratic Party in 2006. So his options are:

1. Stop caucusing with the Democratic Party in the Senate.
2. Resign because he "can no longer effectively represent the state of Connecticut in the Senate".

[BurtWorm]

31. Rope or cyanide pill... Rope or cyanide pill...

[Hieronymus]

7. I suspect Lieberman had just been given an ultimatum.

[Fluffdaddy]

12. C-yaaa . And don't let the door hit ya

[nomaco-10]

15. that's how I took it, but what could they have been?......

what does joe have to offer the dem party at this point.

[nutshell2002]

11. Andrea Mitchell says in all likelihood Democrats need him more than he needs them

wrong!

[RiverStone]

30. Agree ---- Way wrong!

We don't need that McBush lapdog, traitor, rethug convention Obama basher.

In fact, it would be an insult if he remains associated with the Dems in any way. He made his choice - get the fuck outta of our party Joe. No longer invited!

[pdxmom]

14. What was the point of the news conference? He said nothing. They've

evidently given him some options, but I can't really figure out what those options are.

[TheCoxwain]

16. Did he look like a ghost? ( or what you think a ghost looks like)

[Hieronymus]

19. Good description.

[Ichingcarpenter]

22. Yes he did...... so I think Andrea Mitchell is wrong otherwise

He would have said everything was kool. He didn't look at the audience
much and looked humbled.

[BeyondGeography]

17. He's enjoying this; he smirked as he left the stage

Little diva that he is.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

21. When does he get the boot from CT?

[nomaco-10]

23. 2012 four more looong years. n/t

[BeyondGeography]

24. Not until 2012

[ieoeja]

34. CT should start a petition.

Dear Senator Lieberman,

Given that your recent decision to support the Republican nominee for president has irreparably damaged your ability to represent the State of Connecticut in the US Senate effectively, i.e. to "bring home the bacon",

that this decision was against the overwhelming majority of the residents in Connecticut,

and knowing that you only want to do that which is best for our State,

we, the citizens of Connecticut, herein urge you to resign your office in the United States Senate making way for a more effective representative.

Signed,
THE ENTIRE FUCKING STATE


P.S. Nothing personal.

[no name no slogan]

18. JOE-mentum!

Buh-bye Joe.

[bdamomma]

25. what's he going to do, is he switching parties to be a Repig.

I don't trust him either.

[Tom Rinaldo]

27. Lieberman has no options left

The Republican Party dislikes Lieberman as much as the Democratic Party does, that's why McCain didn't get to pick him for VP. The only leading Republicans who really supported Old Joe were George W. Bush and John McCain, the rest were just using him to embarrass Democrats. Lieberman served to blunt criticism of Bush's Iraq war blunders by giving a bipartisan gloss to Bush's policies. Once Lieberman campaigned for McCain he lost his last shreds of Democratic identidy anyway. Unlike an "Independent" like Bernie Saunders, Lieberman is now truly a man without a real welcome in any Party.

Lieberman is now left with whatever power a single Senate vote gives him, nothing more.

[pdxmom]

29. My guess, based on what he said, is that he's losing his chairmanships, and

the possible crumb he may have been given could have been that he could remain on committees that he wanted. Now he's gotta see what the Repugs will offer him, committee-wise. He got some type of walking papers, but we don't know if the Dems have offered to let him be a temp for the time being.

[nomaco-10]

32. I don't give a damn about the majority, everytime I picture.....

that slimey liitle rat standing behind mccain and palin smirking and mouthing their stump speeches, I want him out of the dem party. He stood with mccain in iraq and even corrected him about the difference between sunni and shia.

he's a hawk and he'll alway vote with the pukes when it comes to any country that may harm israel whether they're a threat or not. that's been enough to drum him out of the party in my opinion.he has generally voted with dems on social issues, so what's he gonna do threaten to vote down healthcare reform. if that's his angle he'll have his disgruntled constituency in ct to deal with.

dems in ct created this nightmare when they wouldn't vote for a good dem, ned lamont in 06, even after lieberliar had already left the reservation and went Indie, so you guys fix it. spam his ass when important legislature you want passed. hold his shriveled wrinkled up feet to the fire.

He needs to get his walking papers today. go ahead joe take that step to the other side. you've been over there for years anyway, make it official.

[HughMoran]

35. What's up - did we kick the smarmy backstabber to the gutter yet?

:mad: