Now that it looks like the Virginia Senate race is over and the Democrats have taken control of the Senate as well as the House, wouldn’t it be ironic, if the man Democrats threw to the wolves, Joe Lieberman, decided the best payback to his disloyal colleagues was to pull a Jeffords?

If Lieberman were to caucus with Republicans instead of Democrats, it would throw the balance of power back into a tie… which would be broken by the party of the Vice President… Republicans.

Considering it was Jefford’s jump just a few months into Bush’s presidency that stripped Republicans of the majority they’d won, it would only be fitting to see Democrats get a taste of their own medicine on the backend of the presidency.

1. The Dems Take The Senate

   If you were still holding out hope, it's over. Say hello to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Democrats wrested control of the Senate from Republicans Wednesday with an upset victory in Virginia, giving the party complete domination of Capitol Hi…

   Trackback by Say Anything — 10:53 pm
   

2. Harry Reid. GAG! Nancy Pelosi… double GAG!! So sorry I can’t think of anything more intelligent to say than that. The only thing I can think of that would be worse is Hilary Clinton in the White House in 2008. Time to get to work and make sure that doesn’t happen.

   Comment by Gayle — 11:09 pm
   

3. Lieberman claims he won’t switch parties, because he would lose seniority - I’ve heard him say that several times. Were I Lieberman, I would hold no allegience to the party that threw me out in the primaries, but I’m not Lieberman, either. I like your thinking, though.

   Comment by Old Soldier — 6:58 am
   

4. Lieberman Party Switch?

   Jason Smith asks, “[W]ouldn’t it be ironic, if the man Democrats threw to the wolves, Joe Lieberman, decided the best payback to his disloyal colleagues was to pull a Jeffords?”
   Yes. Yes it would.
   It would also be, as it was in Jefford…

   Trackback by Outside The Beltway | OTB — 8:06 am
   

5. Ah, this was the “denial phase”, right?

   Comment by endorendil — 6:00 am
   

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