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Sep. 04, 2008
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Reid: Lieberman to wait for penalty

Pro-McCain speech disappoints senator

By STEVE TETREAULT
STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
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WASHINGTON -- There will be no immediate payback against Sen. Joe Lieberman, who used podium time at the Republican National Convention this week to tear into Democrat Barack Obama at the same time he promoted John McCain for the presidency, an aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday.

Reid plans to wait until after the November elections to determine a fate for Lieberman, a Senate independent who nonetheless caucuses with the Democrats and who chairs the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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    • Reid, D-Nev., watched Lieberman's speech and was "disappointed," spokesman Jon Summers said. Reid was vacationing this week and was not commenting directly, Summers said.

    In his speech to Republicans in St. Paul, Minn., Lieberman said Obama "is a gifted and eloquent young man who can do great things for our country in the years ahead. But my friends, eloquence is no substitute for a record -- not in these tough times.

    "In the Senate during the 31/2 years that Sen. Obama has been a member, he has not reached across party lines to accomplish anything significant, nor has he been willing to take on powerful interest groups in the Democratic Party to get something done," Lieberman said.

    Democrats cried foul. Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs told CNN it was a "flat out lie" that Obama has not worked with Republicans. He cited the Democratic candidate's work on spending bills with Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and his efforts on nuclear nonproliferation with Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind.

    "It appeared as though Senator Lieberman chose to go out of his way to distort Sen. Obama's record of bipartisan achievement," Summers said. "The fact of the matter is Obama has worked with leaders on both sides of the aisle."

    The Senate is scheduled to reconvene next week for roughly a month before recessing again for the fall campaign. On most issues Lieberman votes reliably with Democrats, helping them preserve a narrow 51-49 majority.

    Asked why Reid would wait to discipline a member of his caucus, Summers said when the Senate reconvenes, "we still have business to take care of."

    "Reid will take another look at it after the election," Summers said. Jim Manley, another Reid aide, told The Hill newspaper that "it's likely" the Democratic caucus will gather after the elections to determine a course on Lieberman.

    Democrats are poised to expand their Senate majority by a half-dozen seats at least in November, which presumably would make Lieberman more expendable if Reid chose to take away his chairmanship and other privileges.

    Lieberman, who is from Connecticut, was a Democrat and was the party's vice presidential candidate in 2000 alongside Al Gore. But his support for the Iraq war cost him the party's backing in 2006 and he lost his state's Senate primary to Ned Lamont.

    In the general election, Lieberman ran as an independent and won.

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    madisonhack wrote on November 05, 2008 09:54 AM: Time has come to boot Joe into the disenfranchised - the Republicans.


    Rotten wrote on September 06, 2008 02:45 AM: Tick Tock Tic Tock Tick Tock
    Times a wastin! Get that Jewish Guy!
    Come on Pinky Reid! Wield your mighty sword and show us what a Viable piece of Democrap you were born to be.

    The last great battle you were in was when you punched out your little bitty father in law and stole his daughter away. What a great story for a meaningless little obstructionist.

    Go back to Searchlight and just be the Pinky little man you were born to be. We're embarrassed enough by your behavior already. Do some more hand jive. Same as it ever was.

    What a talking head. check in with the rest of humanity once every decade or so. Bring those kids with you. Tell them your going out for ice cream and Wittemore's buying. They'll jump right in. What a disgrace that we know that.

    Isn't Rory enough punishment for us that actually live here? Enough already. The next Governor? N please!

    Sunrise Highlands, the buffer Zone for Sunrise Toxic Landfilll will be the Legacy for both of you. Glow in the Dark Little Kids playing in Toxic Puddles will remind us of both of you for GENERATIONS. BROWNFIELDS? Isn't that Rory's district? Fallon Anyone?

    Cancer Cluster would be a better name for that Disaster that has already happened. Own any property near there?

    All Hail Pinky REID. PRICELESS!


    Tim wrote on September 04, 2008 08:00 PM: harry,can't wait for your punishment.banishment to searchlight.you and nancy.you in the leather and her with the whips,you deserve each other.


    Next Election wrote on September 04, 2008 04:22 PM: Harry Reid, come next election, do not pass go, do not collect $200, and JUST GO AWAY!!!


    nevada wrote on September 04, 2008 04:12 PM: Whats Reid going to do, take him to the temple and flog him?
    Press criminal charges? Kick him out of the country? Change the Bill of Rights and the 1st amendment? Have him executed?

    What?

    And where does this idiot draw his authority to punish another senator for changing his mind?

    Perhaps there should be some threat assessment done on Reid against national security.

    A clown like this could be dangerous.


    Steve wrote on September 04, 2008 02:02 PM: Free Nevada,

    Reid did not say he wasn't going to punish Lieberman. He said he won't punish him until after the November elections when he doesn't need Lieberman's vote any more. After the Dems get a 60 vote majority, he won't need Leiberman and will kick him off of all committees. Reid is a coward like that.


    Vince wrote on September 04, 2008 01:36 PM: Nice suggestion TalkingHead....you are right on. Lieberman is no dummy, as opposed to Reid, so hopefully he'll take that path. That ought to get Reid's blood pressure up and maybe, just maybe he'll look like he's alive instead of a cadaver.

    Reid is a disgrace to NV. He exemplifies the worst qualities of politicians. You'd think he was talking about disciplining a child.


    politik wrote on September 04, 2008 01:27 PM: Reid wants to retalitate?

    What does a guy like Reid do on vacation anyway? ....hangout at an FLDS compound?

    Reid is VERY strange.

    Only from Nevada and only in America could scum like this surface to the top.


    dobbole wrote on September 04, 2008 12:05 PM: So Reid wants to “punish” someone for speaking what they believe? Didn’t the democrats abandon Joe L. during the election? As for Mike Green he is very good at criticizing conservatives no matter how good or bad they are.


    HELENWEILS wrote on September 04, 2008 12:03 PM: EVERYONE OUTSIDE OF THE LIBERAL LEFISTS
    HATE SLIMY REID. HE IS THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE US.
    THE REPUBLICANS NEED TO TIE B.O. TO
    REID AND PEELOSER. tHAT SHOULD STOP THEM!


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