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  • bags64

    I’m wondering exactly how an endorsement from an unpopular D(ino) will play in a heavily infested Democratic area.

    AND if Leiberman now opposes Obamacare, that places just a little less importance on getting Brown as “41″ doesn’t it?

    • sharonmcp

      I’m beginning to think the Dems want this bill to die because they’ve seen November’s handwriting on the wall if they pass this atrocity.

      So, being the pathetic coward that he is, Dirty Harry tells Joe to endorse Scott Brown, Brown wins and becomes ‘the vote’ that kills the bill.

      Obama, Harry and SanFran Nan can then go before the American people and blame the death of ‘health care reform’ on the obstructionism of the GOP.

      They’re betting that will create a blood-bath for Republicans in the upcoming elections. But it still hasn’t sunk into their lame brains yet, that the majority of the American people WANT this bill to die, so by killing it, their plan backfires and Brown and the GOP ends up looking like the only party listening to what “we the people” want.

  • JadedByPolitics

    should support someone who would VOTE against it! Lieberman is an IDIOT and Scott Brown should say so!

    • Ausonius

      But remember that several other people have allowed Hell-th Care to survive, when they had the opportunity to kill it, and gave reasons like “It’s a good deal for Nebraska, even if babies will be killed more efficiently than ever before” or “I am against the bill, but let’s push it closer to passing so we can discuss it further.”

      Arteriosclerosis may not be their excuse, however: it could be that the American people fell prey to that omnipresent danger of democracy.

      They did indeed elect idiots. :)

      • JadedByPolitics

        IF just ONE of them had voted NO it would not be in that old ugly witches hands right this minute. I will REMIND EVERYONE who voted for that bill and here in Virginia BOTH Senators voted for IT. I look forward to both of their re-election campaigns and I will REMIND the voters here of how they towed the party line instead of LISTENING to We The People!

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  • Rich Tandler

    It would be nice if it happened, say, withing an hour of Obama’s appearance for Coakley. But as has been said, why not just vote against it rather than have someone by the 41st vote to continue a filibuster by proxy.

    • Third Street

      without the guts to stand against his own caucus. He won’t cast a “no” vote against ObamaCare no matter how bad it is or how much he recognizes it will damage his own prospects. He certainly isn’t willing to be the deciding “no” vote.

      Lieberman is a Democrat first, last, and always. He’ll cozy up to Republicans when it serves his purposes, and he’ll make a lot of noises of righteous indignation against his party (“Independent”, nothing), but at the end of the day he was there voting to acquit Bill Clinton; he was there standing behind Al Gore as the latter did his best to steal the 2000 election; and he was there casting a vote to socialize and destroy America’s health-care system.

      Not because he believed in any of those positions, but because he’s simply a coward.

    • vidsweet

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  • Section9

    Yeesh. A Lieberman endorsement for Brown would be about as helpful as an endorsement from Arafat.

    • bk
      • grinlap

        where dead people can vote, it would be possible for Arafat to vote for Coakley.

  • RedBeard

    He’s against Obamacare, he’s for it, he’s against it but only because (fill in the blank with wiggle du jour), he’s for it again, etc. etc. blah blah blah.

    Good grief, I am sick to death of mealy-mouthed politicians. If they can’t take a position and stand firm on bedrock principles, they should just retire and tend their gardens. I have more respect for a die-hard liberal who doesn’t waver, even though he is completely wrong, than I do for the wishy-washy types of either party.

    Say what you mean, Joe, and stop dancing.

  • voteindy

    “The highest form of treason: to do the right thing for the wrong reason.” T.S. Eliot

    He is an insurance SHILL and SLEAZEBAG of the HIGHEST order.

  • IJB

    He’s already alienated the (kook) Left by supporting the Iraq project and endorsing George Bush.

    And then he alienated the Center and the Right by signing on with ObamaCare.

    Endorsing Brown won’t get him in good with our side (that ship has already sailed, I’m afraid), and will only serve to further enrage the Left.

    I don’t know if Lieberman is going to run again in 2012, but as things stand now he’s very likely to come in *dead last* in a 3-way race in CT…

    • Brian_Roastbeef

      Still irritates the lefties just the same…

      Lieberman is probably finished in 2012, whether he runs or not. His approval is in the vicinity of 25%, and if 2012 looks to be another Republican year, there is no way that we’ll go easy on him from the right just so he can beat his opponent on the left. The only question is does he split the conservative-moderate vote or the Democrat vote? Or do his numbers just fade into obscurity until he drops out entirely?

      His only chance was to kill Obamacare when he had the ability to single-handedly do so and go all-in with us. It still might not have saved his chances in 2012, but anybody with reasonable political instincts would have said that it was the best possible move under those circumstances. Now he’s hosed beyond all repair, and good riddance.

      • http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

        that would be a problem…. As for Joe, his (supposed) Independence from the Democrats (on one issue, Defense) did help move some folks to rebel (yeah, I know, it wasn’t much of a stretch) and vote him in over Ned — I really don’t think it will help much nor motivate anti-Lieberman foks (to go Croakley) either.

        Unless Joe does so on Terror/Defense grounds, it does come across as “suspicious,” unless he thinks the band (McCain/Lieberman) may get back together again in ’12 ;-) lol.

        There is no endorsements that really can matter – if folks haven’t made up their mind …. well…. you know….

        • mbecker908
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  • Mayhem

    It would be Lieberman’s tacit declaration that he’s against the bill, or wants it to die. Go for it, Joe.

  • DavidSage

    He thought he would be a hero to the Right by standing firm against the public option (and he was) but once he went along with ObamaCare, all that goodwill went out the window. So now both the Right and the Left despise him. If he wants to get back into conservatives good graces, he can vote against this health care bill himself. He doesn’t need Scott Brown to do his dirty work.

    Lieberman’s approval ratings are hovering in the 20′s in Connecticut right now. If you anger both sides of the aisle, how exactly do you expect to get reelected? I certainly know as a Republican I wouldn’t vote for him in CT, not after he supported the Porkulus and ObamaCare, in addition to his support for Cap-N-Tax, Amnesty, etc.

    I’ve always thought conservatives were far too generous to Lieberman. At the end of the day, Lieberman has gone along with nearly every part of Obama’s agenda. He talks a good game, but he always “comes home” to his Democrat roots.

    An endorsement by Lieberman won’t help Brown, it will probably just drive up Liberal turnout.

    • JoeG

      I couldn’t believe that Lieberman went along with this. I always thought he was a little more shrewd than that. So long as he didn’t tick off the conservatives enough, they’d be pragmatic and know that he’s the most “conservative” they could get out of Connecticut. But he failed to realize that by voting yes, he’d become too toxic for any of them to pull the lever for him.

      Unfortunately it hurts us all.

  • 6eorge Jetson

    when the Iraq war was very unpopular and support was sorely needed. For that, I will always admire him.

    On domestic issues, Lieberman is a Dem. Always has been.

  • appman

    We can feel your pain libbies — and we love it.

    1 year and the voters already detest the terrorist coddling – union hack loving Maoist. Obama.

    2010 elections will make 1994 seem like good year for the left wing linatics.

    So be it!

  • throwback59

    a phrase from one of his Bay State neighbors: “I was against the bill before I voted for it.”

  • jeffreywturner

    No doubt, if Brown win’s on Tuesday, the Dems will try to drag out the process of seating him long enough to get cloture on the final Obamacare bill before he is seated.

    If Lieberman is supporting Brown, I would say it is highly unlikely he will help them in this scheme by providing the 60th vote prior to Brown’s seating. So, even if Lieberman doesn’t kill Obamacare directly, he will ensure it is killed by delaying cloture until Brown is seated.

  • sharonmcp

    A few nights ago Newt was on Hannity’s show. Sean was saying that he wouldn’t put it past the Dems to drag out the process of seating Brown until they could pass the bill.

    Paraphrasing Newt, ‘call Joe Lieberman and see if he’d let them get away with that’.

  • joliefleurs

    There are probably still several Dems waffling on who to vote for, and all these outsiders coming in may push ‘em towards Coakley. There may be some local, common-man type celebs who would be a plus, but with all due respect to Senator Joe, he needs to not interfere. What I think are most effective are those YouTube vids, of regular people on the street endorsing him.

    Scott has run an incredible, tone-perfect campaign. Everyone just needs to give the man some room, and let him do his thing.

    • kitkat

      Joe voted for Obamacare already. Political maneuvering by “outsiders” is not needed in fact may dampen the momentum. Hate to steal Obama quote but “just shut up and get out of the way!” Behind the scenes support will help more. Also prayers from believers from all across America are beneficial. “The prayers of a righteous man availeth much! God bless America!

    • 6eorge Jetson

      doesn’t need any arm-chair quarterbacks or bandwagon jumpers.

      Great, Scott! He may just do it!

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  • JSobieski

    He voted for Obamacare (or at least with respect to the procedural cloiture vote) and now considers endorsing a candidate for taking the opposite position?

    Does this mean that Joe will endorse his opponent in 2012?

    Joe is a likeable enough guy, but the 2006 support from conservatives was based on a single issue that is no longer the primary concern of conservatives.

    The GOP needs to support our own candidate and Joe will get smoked in 2012 unless he runs as either a Dem or a Rep.