Midnight Mike
2008-09-05, 12:17 AM
Lieberman risks payback from Democrats
Could lose Senate chairmanship for calling Obama 'untested' before GOP
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26549171/
Senate Democrats hinted at payback Thursday for Sen. Joe Lieberman, who called Barack Obama an untested candidate beholden to Democratic interest groups in a prime-time Republican National Convention address.
Lieberman, a Democrat-turned-independent and a close friend of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, still caucuses with Democrats, which allows them to control the Senate with a 51-49 majority . A spokesman for Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., indicated Thursday that Lieberman may no longer be welcome.
Asked if Reid was putting Lieberman on notice, Manley replied: "Without overplaying it, the answer is, yes."
Could lose Senate chairmanship for calling Obama 'untested' before GOP
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26549171/
Senate Democrats hinted at payback Thursday for Sen. Joe Lieberman, who called Barack Obama an untested candidate beholden to Democratic interest groups in a prime-time Republican National Convention address.
Lieberman, a Democrat-turned-independent and a close friend of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, still caucuses with Democrats, which allows them to control the Senate with a 51-49 majority . A spokesman for Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., indicated Thursday that Lieberman may no longer be welcome.
Asked if Reid was putting Lieberman on notice, Manley replied: "Without overplaying it, the answer is, yes."