LIEberman: I Will Caucus With The Democrats (July 3, 2006 )

[jefferson_dem]

Run time: 01:04 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JraY7Sc_zKU   Posted on YouTube: February 23, 2007 By YouTube Member: tpmtv Views on YouTube: 732   Posted on DU: February 23, 2007 By DU Member: jefferson_dem Views on DU: 441

 
There's more on LIEberman's *promise* that he would remain a Dem at TPM -->

A Care Package For The Media: Ten Examples Of Lieberman Vowing To Stay With Dems
February 23, 2007 -- 01:31 PM EST // View Comments (10) // Post a Comment

Okay, so we've prepared a little Joe Lieberman care package for people to email to reporters and/or commentators when they talk about Lieberman switching parties.

Here's what's in it. We've compiled lots and lots and lots of examples of Lieberman swearing up and down to the voters of Connecticut that he'd stay with the Dems. And all this research can be yours -- for free!

As we've detailed here lots of times, we think the "will he switch" storyline is a crock. It seems apparent to us that he won't do this, mainly because the Dems are positioned to increase their majority in 2008 and if Lieberman switched he'd risk ending up in the minority for years, reducing him to irrelevance. Lieberman doesn't want to think of himself as irrelevant. He wants to think of himself as important. Yet when speculating on the question of whether he'll switch, the big news orgs simply refuse to address it with any basic skepticism, thus puffing up Lieberman's importance and telling the story precisely the way he wants it told.

No, the real reason to highlight Lieberman's switch talk is this: It shows that in the quest for attention Lieberman is cheerfully willing to threaten to break a promise he made to Connecticut voters again and again and again. Weirdly, the fact that he vowed repeatedly before Election Day to stick with the Dems is frequently absent from reports on his switch hints -- even though it's hard to think of a piece of information that's more vital to this topic. So, in view of the fact that Lieberman appears determined to keep this storyline alive, we're hoping that this modest care package will somehow find its way to reporters and commentators who are dealing with the subject. We stopped at ten examples.

So let's get started.

(1) Here's Joe Lieberman on CNN about a month before the primary:

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http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/horsesmouth/2007/02/post_49.php

[redqueen]

1. Nice!

Thanks for posting this here... I hadn't considered that angle before.