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[bryant]

Not in the least to my surprise, Lieberman is now suddenly willing to think about caucusing with the Republicans. Way to go, Joe!

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[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

OK, who had "8 days after the election" in the pool?

[kniedzw.livejournal.com]

He waited longer than I had anticipated, at least.

*sigh*

[telepresence.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, Reid looks to be getting sucked into the Abramoff mess.

[bdeakin.livejournal.com]

*quiet weeping*

[mcurry.livejournal.com]

Then there's the part where today Joe went back to being against a withdrawal from Iraq, after acting all hedgy just before the election in an attempt to get votes (an attempt that actually worked because some voters are frikkin' morons).

And I'm stuck with this guy until 2012? Gah!

[promethius.livejournal.com]

That fuckass was always a closeted republican. I hope he chokes.

[rdansky.livejournal.com]

He's just angling for leverage. If he goes Republican, he's doomed in the next election, and the Dems look ready to make more gains in the Senate in 2008 in any case. I doubt he'll throw away long-term advantage for two years of committee chairmanship.

[promethius.livejournal.com]

I suppose when you're on an independent ticket, you need to make your alliances where they come, and not piss off anyone at you too much.

None the less, I still think he's always been too "right" for the streams he's been swimming in. But, that's all personal opinion.

[rdansky.livejournal.com]

Despite the high profile stuff, his voting record is about 70% Dem. A lot of his backing in the campaign apparently came from the Carville/Emmanuel sector of the Dems, so I think he's aware of where his bread is buttered.

At least, I hope he is. Joe's almost crazy enough to do it.

It's all Millie's idea.

[robotnik.livejournal.com]

Arrgh, Joe, you schmuck.

Though to be fair, when Alvin Wasserman did exactly the same thing, we all cheered.

Re: It's all Millie's idea.

[robotnik.livejournal.com]

Also: why is your LJ banner a Toronto streetcar?

[bryant]

I'd love to think that was true, but that theory relies on his status as a rational actor.

And... a rational actor would recognize that he has no real leverage, which makes it a null threat.

So either he's not rational or there's something going on that we don't know about. My guess is item #1. Very little of his embrace of Bush over the last year (while not embracing Bush's actual politics other than Iraq) is rational.

Re: It's all Millie's idea.

[bryant]

It came with the style I switched to! And I like Toronto, so I left it.