Is Lieberman Facing Staff Defections? And Kos says he got booted from Dem weekly meetings!

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On the day Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) returned to the U.S. Senate after speaking at the Republican convention, The Crypt notes his legislative director resigned and "gave no reason for his departure -- but indicated he has no firm future plans."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/09/09/is_lieberman_facing_staff_defections.html

I hope they all leave him. He's a fradulent Democrat.

Senate Dems boot Lieberman from weekly party meetings
by kos
Tue Sep 09, 2008 at 10:01:20 AM PDT

The Hill:

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) will not attend the Democratic policy lunches in the Senate this month, the latest sign that he is moving away from the party after criticizing Barack Obama at the Republican National Convention.

"I think it's probably wise for me and for my colleagues in the Democratic caucus to dine somewhere else for the next few weeks," Lieberman said in an interview with The Hill.

That, my friends, is called damage control. Because we see what really happened, courtesy of the subscription-only Roll Call:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has decided that Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) — one of Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) top supporters — can no longer attend Democrats’ weekly caucus lunches or the biweekly chairmen’s lunches used to formulate policy, senior Democratic aides said Tuesday.

The decision comes in the wake of Lieberman’s attacks on Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) at the GOP convention last week, and essentially formalizes a deal Reid and Lieberman had cut earlier this year under which Lieberman would not attend meetings that included discussions of sensitive campaign or political issues.

http://www.dailykos.com/

[Old and In the Way]

1. He is a pariah.

While I doubt that kicking him of his caucus status and chairmanship position would change the organizational rules of this Congress, I don't put it past the Republicans to try to subvert the rules and disrupt the Senate's agenda through the end of the year. I'd maintain the status quo and ignore this turncoat, sanctimonious prig. Next year he can take his act to the Republican caucus and be amongst his fellow asshole friends.

[LiberalFighter]

2. Will they want him?