Should anyone who did not win a Senate seat

[mmonk]

as a democrat be allowed to head committees if democrats win the Senate?

[SteppingRazor]

1. If you're referring to Lieberman -- and I'm sure you are --

then, no, they shouldn't. I doubt Bernie Saunders will get a committee chair either -- at least not of a major committee

[mmonk]

4. And of course to this

and his saying Reid has assured him.
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-lieberman0818.artaug18,0,1390319.story?coll=hc-big-headlines-breaking

[William769]

2. No.

[KingFlorez]

3. Of course, it's only fair

Jim Jeffords got a committee chairmanship. It's up to the majority leader who will gets to chair a committee.

[dsc]

6. Jeffords had the power

Since he was giving us the majority by switching he had every right, and for his state every responsibility, to demand committee chairs and all kinds of stuff. Unless Lieberman has that kind of power he deserves nothing whatsoever.

[SteppingRazor]

7. Yes, but...

that's fairly simplistic. Jeffords passed chairmanship of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee to Ted Kennedy, and Reid gave him chairmanship of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which Reid would have had. The trade amounted to payback for Jeffords switiching from GOP to Indy. Of course, with Lieberman having done the opposite, abandoning the Dems for Indy, the Dems have no similar motive in handing Lieberman a chairmanship.

[unblock]

5. depends on the circumstance

in jefford's case, yes.
in lieberman's case, no.