Steele trash talks Specter: “We’re coming after you and we’re taking you out”
posted at 3:55 pm on April 28, 2009 by Allahpundit
Via Greg Hengler, the chairman puts on a brave face for CNN. Don’t get your hopes up — even Michael Barone’s bearish about Toomey’s chances, calling his candidacy “folly” — but TNR asks a good question: How exactly do the Democrats benefit from having Specter switch? With Toomey sure to beat him in a GOP primary, they could have handpicked any centrist Pennsylvania Democrat they like for the general and stood an odds-on shot of winning the seat. Instead, they let Specter switch for the most cynical, opportunistic reasons, a fact that’ll weigh on some Democrats next year. (Steele’s counting on it; see the last minute of this clip.) Combine the left’s ambivalence towards Specter, who was bashing “big Obama spending programs” as recently as two weeks ago, with the fact that (a) not having a primary opponent now leaves Toomey free to tack towards the center and (b) Pennsylvania Republicans will be rabidly energized to beat Specter in the general, which translates into big donations and turnout, and the race might be closer than we think. Or closer, at least, than it might have been had the Dems run two-star admiral turned congressman Joe Sestak instead. And what if Sestak or someone else decides to challenge Specter in the Democratic primary? The One’s already promised to campaign for Benedict Arlen, so presumably the party will clear a path for him, but it’s worth noting that the Kossacks are already demanding a challenger — raising the, er, specter of a senatorial version of Operation Chaos.
There are only two advantages I can think of to the Democrats having Specter on board now. One is if they’ve calculated that running an incumbent will produce more net votes than will be lost by running a guy whom the other party despises and is especially motivated to beat. The other is if they’re worried that they might lose Senate seats next year — which seems highly unlikely — and want to go for broke now by grabbing a filibuster-proof majority and ramming home all their big programs. Neither theory’s convincing to me.
Anyway. Note Steele’s point about how the party took a lot of heat for supporting him against Toomey five years ago. How did he repay them? By not even calling the RNC ahead of time to let them know he was abandoning ship. Stay classy, Arlen.
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Obama doesn’t always keep his promises. I don’t believe that he is going to keep this one.
myrenovations on April 28, 2009 at 3:57 PM
it is perhaps worth pondering that Non Pennsylvania conservatives who give to SarahPac may want to bang the Toomay tipjar…
sven10077 on April 28, 2009 at 3:57 PM
Toomey has a primary challenger…just not well known outside of PA…
DCJeff on April 28, 2009 at 3:58 PM
That doesn’t sound squishy glad he made a strong declarative position.
Dr Evil on April 28, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Obama’s not thinking of 2010… he’s thinking of the legislation he’ll pass THIS year.
He was serious when he meant change. We’re playing politics, he’s playing socialize the US and that’s his goal.
Skywise on April 28, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Won’t you all look silly when Specter wins by 10+ points.
Nonfactor on April 28, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Skywise on April 28, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Got to start somewhere Specter is as good a place as any to get the point across.
Dr Evil on April 28, 2009 at 3:59 PM
I think Sarah might want to dig into the SarahPac pot and support Toomey.
portlandon on April 28, 2009 at 4:00 PM
The only advantage the Donkeys care about is making the GOP look like a loser everyone moderate is abandoning. Thats it. No great mystery.
Speedwagon82 on April 28, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Specter is a democrat; has been one even when he pretended to be a republican for opportunistic purposes – but, he isn’t much of one, and I think he is vulnerable.
Vashta.Nerada on April 28, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Which will be a better outcome than his certain crushing in the primaries and then Toomey losing the general to a moonbat.
CDeb on April 28, 2009 at 4:02 PM
I noticed on the other thread…
WTF? Does these Senators think the OWN their effing seats and NO ONE can challenge them?
GOP PUBLIC ENEMY #1?
Lindsey Graham
You don’t OWN your seat sir, ANYONE can challenge it you idiot.
Topsecretk9 on April 28, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Now, that’s the kind of talk I like to hear. No more qualifying and no more obfuscating . . . just a powerful blow to the crotch.
rplat on April 28, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Oh boy…America is going to get busted wide open very soon.
A year from now, if you were to dig up Adams, Jefferson or Washington and ask them where they were based on the society they see around them, 50/50 chance they wouldn’t guess The United States.
I’m counting on you southerners to put up a fight because it sure as hell won’t start up here in Minnesota. I’ll be along to join you soon enough.
Bishop on April 28, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Now, that’s the kind of talk I like to hear. No more qualifying and no more obfuscating . . . just a powerful blow to the crotch.
rplat on April 28, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Oh boy…America is going to get busted wide open very soon.
A year from now, if you were to dig up Adams, Jefferson or Washington and ask them where they were based on the society they see around them, 50/50 chance they wouldn’t guess The United States.
I’m counting on you southerners to put up a fight because it sure as hell won’t start up here in Minnesota. I’ll be along to join you soon enough.
Bishop on April 28, 2009 at 4:04 PM
good….get that R away from his voting record
alexraye on April 28, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Now, that’s the kind of talk I like to hear. No more qualifying and no more obfuscating . . . just a powerful blow to the crotch.
rplat on April 28, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Oh boy…America is going to get busted wide open very soon.
A year from now, if you were to dig up Adams, Jefferson or Washington and ask them where they were based on the society they see around them, 50/50 chance they wouldn’t guess The United States.
I’m counting on you southerners to put up a fight because it sure as he!l won’t start up here in Minnesota. I’ll be along to join you soon enough.
Bishop on April 28, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Dude….when your brand isn’t sellin’, change the brand.
Its like KFC, man.
When people start not buying you cuz you’re greasy and fattening, you don’t double down on the grease and fat content……you go grilled!
strangelet on April 28, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Looks like someone is finally tired of a lack of contributions.
Branch Rickey on April 28, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Whoa….whatever the hell happened there? Good grief.
Bishop on April 28, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Good riddance to bad rubbish!
Do not let the door knob catch you in the ass on the way out!
Steele had better capitalize on this or he is going to hear about it!
SarahPAC needs to support Toomey. We all need to support Toomey! I will and I live in Mississippi!
So, South Carolina, who are yal going to put up to stomp out Lindsey Grahamnesty? I am SOOOOOO ready to see him go for all our sakes!
freeus on April 28, 2009 at 4:07 PM
I am just so very happy with the Specter defection, that I don’t even care to engage in general election trash talk.
I like Toomey and respect him. I hope he wins. I will talk him up to all of my PA family and friends.
But if he does not win, it will not hurt nearly as much as that 2004 primary.
myrenovations on April 28, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Spiteful Specter, anti-team player. No one’s mamma raised them to behave so disrespectfully as Specter turned out.
Republican Party Impact? Good riddance! Enough is enough.
Could you have stopped him by begging or bribing, Mr. Steele? The RNC does not dictate to state chairmen.
Now the national impact from the Democrat monopoly is absolutely clear, the distinctions are obvious for Republicans to fight. If in the GOP, why would anyone else in the party jump ship from Republican into Socialism?
Only shameful Specter, who turned on his own mamma.
maverick muse on April 28, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Toomey doesn’t know how to track toward the center- that’s not his game. Toomey has as much a chance against Specter at this point as any Democrat running against Lieberman. Game over!
bayam on April 28, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Kinda funny that until yesterday the GOP Senate Election Committee was backing Specter over Toomey. Just liked they backed him in 2004, and backed Snowe and Collins and Chaffee.
The GOP does not care about principles at all, or advancing an agenda. It’s all about power and the legions of perks, pork, and lobbyist cash it entails.
Clark1 on April 28, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Why? We won’t be any worse off than we are now. You think that because he has a D behind his name, he will vote differently than if he still had an R behind his name?
Who looks silly?
PappaMac on April 28, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Arlen Specter can take a hike. He said he didn’t want to leave his political future in the hands of Republican primary voters.
Clearly, he’s forgotten that he’s a public SERVANT, not a public MASTER.
Like I said earlier, I’d do a happy dance, but my back is sore from carrying that RINO.
hawksruleva on April 28, 2009 at 4:09 PM
I don’t understand why Biden and Co. were reportedly pushing for him to do this, because there really isn’t any clear, convincing advantage to the Dems. Yeah, they get their filibuster-proof majority, but everyone knows they had it before with the RINOS. Obama will get through whatever he wants, but he could’ve done that before.
Maybe it was simply to embarass the GOP and serve as yet another distraction?
changer1701 on April 28, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Arlen doesn’t look well…How long can he go?
d1carter on April 28, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Now Specter is in the Majority……..
……… soon, after the next news cycle, there will be no more need for special deals for his Republican
vote. No more special invites to the White House for cocktails to show NOTUS’s idea of Bipartisanship. Less and less appearances on the Talk Show circuit.
Soon, he will be just an aging fool who will forever be known as a “turn coat” for political expediency……….
…….. left to wander the halls with a look of desperation on his face as he is shun by both Republicans and his new found Democrat friends.
Seven Percent Solution on April 28, 2009 at 4:10 PM
strangelet on April 28, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Or do what the ‘rats do: Offer an unlimited menu from which you can order whatever you want while the guy walking by outside will get the bill in his mail.
Libs don’t understand the idea of principles, so don’t act you do either.
Bishop on April 28, 2009 at 4:11 PM
I guess when you are the “leader” of a party where only 26% of the public claims to be, you have to do something “out there” to get noticed.
Anyone seen the odds on which one of the GOP senators from Maine will be joining Specter next on jumping off the sinking ship the USS GOP?
Monkei on April 28, 2009 at 4:11 PM
GOP folks never learn. They continue to pander to a liberal press that loathes them. They continue to seek non-existent “moderate” votes. And they continue to think that the strategy that works for Dems will work for the GOP. But GOP voters don’t go for lying in the primaries, lying the opposite way in the general, and spending mountains of cash to buy votes.
That’s why I sent my last GOP survey in without a check, and with a note “I cannot give money that may end up supporting Arlen Specter.”
hawksruleva on April 28, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Have no fear we’z all are here. We will come to the rescue! Just make sure yal have enough food and water until we can liberate yal. And if you must leave, we are a very friendly sort down here. Come on down!
freeus on April 28, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Republicans are either hypocrites or intolerant. There’s always a spin.
JohnJ on April 28, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Specter’s career started through a glass darkly.
maverick muse on April 28, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Seven Percent Solution on April 28, 2009 at 4:10 PM
In the end, no one really trusts the traitor or the cheater; you did it once you can do it again.
Gaia, would it be the greatest thing ever to see the tide turn in 2010 and have Arlen Quisling in the minority AGAIN?
Bishop on April 28, 2009 at 4:13 PM
I believe the term for that is “going McClellan”. It’s like going Galt, in that it’s a voluntary separation from society, but without any underlying principles.
hawksruleva on April 28, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Since Specter’s move had nothing to do with political disagreements and everything to do with not losing to a better primary candidate, I’d say the odds aren’t good.
Speedwagon82 on April 28, 2009 at 4:14 PM
I think we’ll hold the election anyway.
myrenovations on April 28, 2009 at 4:14 PM
made sense
maverick muse on April 28, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Swine Flew
Adios Arlen
trubble on April 28, 2009 at 4:15 PM
“Operation Chaos”
That worked out real good, didn’t it.
pseudonominus on April 28, 2009 at 4:16 PM
get palin in there for toomey and have an election part 2
Chiasmos on April 28, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Steele had the spirit.
maverick muse on April 28, 2009 at 4:17 PM
The Democrats have accepted a short term PR bonanza – the MSM nationally will go wild over this for a few days and crow some more about the “death of the Republican Party” – but in Pennsylvania where the actual voting will be done, they may have a disaster on their hands:
– Democrats have no front line candidate for Governor yet (Joe Sestak likes living in Washington and going to cocktail parties with the smart set, he isn’t a real Pennsylvanian and doesn’t want to be Governor) and Republicans are running the enormously popular crime- and corruption-fighting Attorney General Tom Corbett. Pat Toomey was actually leaning toward a primary csmpaign against Corbett, but now we have two popular heavyweights at the top of our ticket with no primary opponents, while the Democrats have a guy who just became one of them, and nobody. Corbett and Toomey can now tack to the center and focus on the economy and jobs, rather thna having ugly primary fights over abortion and gay marriage.
– Chris Christie is probably going to win the Governorship in New Jersey in November and this will give voters in the crucial Philadelphia suburbs a good look at a winning, moderate (NOT liberal) Republican candidate. Suburban Republicans who have been demoralized recently will be picked up by this and motivated to work and give money to Toomey and Corbett.
– It’s a midterm election and there is hopefully not going to be a terrorist attack that the White House can use to manipulate voters into “supporting the President.”
– Specter thinks all those 200,000 Republicans switched parties last year because they really aren’t Republicans anymore, and they will all vote for him in the Democratic primary because they voted for him when they were Republicans. He is wrong. They switched to vote in the Presidential Primary for Hillary and against Barack Obama.
rockmom on April 28, 2009 at 4:18 PM
The funniest, ironic thing about Steele’s statement is that Specter will be reelected and Steele will be out as Chairman.
Mister Ghost on April 28, 2009 at 4:18 PM
AllahP, the meta-message the Democrats are sending by taking Specter into their ranks is that they’re the more open and moderate party. Don’t think that won’t play with the electorate in 2010, especially if Limbaugh continues to be the de facto “leader” of the GOP.
starfleet_dude on April 28, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Obama always doesn’t
alwayskeep his promises. I don’t believe that he is going to keep this one.myrenovations on April 28, 2009 at 3:57 PM
FIFY
44Magnum on April 28, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Steele’s trash-talking doesn’t help either and just looks stupid.
starfleet_dude on April 28, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Good job by Steele here.
AUINSC on April 28, 2009 at 4:20 PM
There are only two advantages I can think of to the Democrats having Specter on board now. One is if they’ve calculated that running an incumbent will produce more net votes than will be lost by running a guy whom the other party despises and is especially motivated to beat. The other is if they’re worried that they might lose Senate seats next year — which seems highly unlikely — and want to go for broke now by grabbing a filibuster-proof majority and ramming home all their big programs. Neither theory’s convincing to me.
I don’t think the left is particularily worried about the elections. They know they’ll win, because that’s part of their plan. One party rule!!! Then we can truly call ourselves slaves!!!
capejasmine on April 28, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Oh yeah, I forgot to add that President Emanuel is working hard to kill three of the biggest job engines in Pennsylvania – coal, oil, and health care/pharmaceuticals. I can’t wait to see Arlen Specter explaining to a bunch of unemployed coal miners how all that Porkulus money he got for the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia is going to help them put food on their tables.
rockmom on April 28, 2009 at 4:20 PM
This does show the Pennsylvania Dems as being too brainless to put up a good candidate. It would be like Ted Kennedy switching parties and winning the Massachusetts Republican primary.
Speedwagon82 on April 28, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Sweet………. Sweet……… Schadenfreude!!!
Seven Percent Solution on April 28, 2009 at 4:24 PM
They could have found a better example than an 80-year-old fossil desperate to hang on to his precious little Senate seat at all costs. Specter would not be switching if he were leading Pat Toomey in the polls. This says nothing about the Democratic or Republican Parties, and everything about Arlen Specter.
Democrats tried to make the same meta-argument after Jim Jeffords switched in 2001, but they got their asses handed to them in the 2002 elections anyway.
rockmom on April 28, 2009 at 4:25 PM
I hope Arlen’s head explodes.
Griz on April 28, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Yeah, that’s right…he’s supposed to be the good little GOP chair and congratulate the Dems on getting such a fine public servant in their corner. Give me a break.
changer1701 on April 28, 2009 at 4:26 PM
No. It’s still a plus that he’s no longer a Republican.
Esthier on April 28, 2009 at 4:26 PM
To add to rockmom’s excellent analysis. Toomey has already connected with Tea Party PA. He was at Tea Party II on Independence Mall a few weeks ago. There is a need to channel the TP energy. Local elections and board/council meetings are good starts. A candidate like Toomey helps bring TP up to the state level.
Arlen needs to win the Philly suburbs, which have a lot of people who will get hit with the expiration of the Bush tax cuts and higher Obama taxes. I look forward to Arlen trying to explain to them why they should support the Dems (and him) for higher taxes.
Wethal on April 28, 2009 at 4:28 PM
They voted for him in spite of his stated goal of destroying these industries, so apparently they are in favor of his policies. It may be stupid, but it isn’t against the law to shoot yourself in the foot.
mchristian on April 28, 2009 at 4:28 PM
They don’t have much of a bench. They are all out of Caseys, and Ed Rendell doesn’t have any kids. There is a reason that Chris Matthews was seriously exploring this Senate race. Democrats don’t want to admit that they were desperate to get Specter because they had nobody else to run.
rockmom on April 28, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Dems are so stupid. Specter as a Democrat would still be more conservative than almost any Pennsylvania Democrat hack.
Speedwagon82 on April 28, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Yeah, Dick Polman was already pleading to Specter months ago.
BigD on April 28, 2009 at 4:32 PM
There’s some kind of rule that says he can’t switch back, say next spring, right?
Vashta.Nerada on April 28, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Aren’t you happy that there is nothing standing between you and Washington having total control over your life?
lorien1973 on April 28, 2009 at 4:33 PM
The trolls are squealing…Steele’s pushing all the right buttons on this one.
Christien on April 28, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Has Specter already taken RNSC money? Does he have to give that back? Will RNSC money now go to Toomey? Will those repubs who endorsed Specter over Toomey eat their words and endorse Toomey?
AnotherOpinion on April 28, 2009 at 4:34 PM
This area really will be THE battleground in this election. Specter is very popular here as a socially liberal Republican. I will be gauging local sentiment here over the next few weeks about him as a Democrat. I think Toomey has a chance to re-introduce himself here as a younger, more dynamic Senator who can maintain Pennsylvania’s influence in both parties. I think Tom Corbett will help Toomey in this area too. Hopefully we see a little bit of Governor Chris Christie around here too.
rockmom on April 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Steele ripped him to shreds.
Complete7 on April 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Democrats have been voting against this guy for 29 years, yet are now supposed to come out and enthusiastically support him?
Somehow I doubt his Democratic support will be as high as Allah expects.
MarkTheGreat on April 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM
If he would lose the Dem primary, he could not run as an independent. One assumes he’s been promised no primary opponent.
He’d never dare try to switch back to the GOP. He’s burnt his bridges with his comments today.
Wethal on April 28, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Oh God, Polman is going to have an orgasm over this. He worships Specter and Obama.
rockmom on April 28, 2009 at 4:36 PM
He’ll have a D after his name. People will robotically vote for him.
lorien1973 on April 28, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Um, yeah, that really worked out for Rahm, didn’t it? :-)
rockmom on April 28, 2009 at 4:38 PM
After all, we all know Obama’s a man of his word and would never break a promise.
TheBigOldDog on April 28, 2009 at 4:38 PM
This shows one thing: Specter NEVER had loyalty to the GOP.
madmonkphotog on April 28, 2009 at 4:38 PM
I hate to sound ghoulish, but we may still get the last laugh here even if Specter wins. If he dies, Governor Corbett will appoint Pat Toomey to the Senate. :-)
rockmom on April 28, 2009 at 4:40 PM
They voted for him because they didn’t know about Obama’s public statements regarding the coal industry. Hell, the informed voters like us didn’t know til the weekend before the election.
And even when many Americans were confronted with his words and voting record, they chose to look the other way. Once Obama’s policies make life worse for everyone, they won’t be as eager to pull the lever for him or his party in 2012.
Doughboy on April 28, 2009 at 4:41 PM
There are not enough vile words in the Webster’s Dictionary to adequately describe Arlen Specter. If possible, Specter has eclipsed John Murtha as a repugnant slime ball out for no one but himself. No matter what the Democrat Party promised him, he is assured to receive nothing but scorn from Conservatives and even the Republican Party.
Is he a shoe in for next year? Who knows. Maybe Ed Rendell will oppose him in the primary.
SeniorD on April 28, 2009 at 4:41 PM
One wild card in this is Specter’s health. He will be 80 next year, and has had two courses of chemo for cancer. He appears to be doing ok for now (however strenuous being a senator is). If he starts flagging on the campaign trail, it could affect the election.
Wethal on April 28, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Can we switch Evan Bayh? Or one of the other mythical blue dogs? I know its a bit desperate but we need to do these things the Dems do to us all the time.
promachus on April 28, 2009 at 4:43 PM
He had loyalty to the old 1970s Republican Party of Gerry Ford and Bob Michel. He had loyalty when the Republicans won the majority in the Senate and he got to be a Committee Chairman.
Specter made his political bones as a crime fighting prosecutor. When the GOP was the Law and Order party, he was a good fit. But he has always been a fiscal and social liberal.
rockmom on April 28, 2009 at 4:44 PM
I guess we will all see how this shakes out in 2010; by then quite a few ‘rat policies will have been enacted and the voters will get to decide.
If the blue dog states don’t move back to solid red and people keep allowing Oflyby the rope to hang us all, then Arlen Quisling’s potential won’t matter at all. Even in the GOP doesn’t take back complete control, if seats aren’t regained and a sense of direction and purpose against the ‘rats reestablished, it truly will be over.
Bishop on April 28, 2009 at 4:44 PM
You do forget that all Barack Obama statements come with an expiration date, and this one will expire before the end of this year.
steveegg on April 28, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Rendell will definitely be on board with Specter. Rendell was a Hillary supporter, and Obama hasn’t forgotten (Obama takes names, remember?). Maybe if does this campaign like a good soldier, Obama will throw him a nice job.
Rendell has always been in the executive branch, too. I doubt he’d want to switch.
Wethal on April 28, 2009 at 4:45 PM
PA is a lost case.
The GOP canvasses in every corner of the state, only to lose the two cities that carry the Dems way over 50 percent (Philly and Pittsburgh)… It is a lost cause.
I invite any Conservative in PA to consider a move to the South – Texas, in particular. Because, where else can we go, when it all goes pot?
newton on April 28, 2009 at 4:45 PM
What’s really great is that the failure of the US economically can all be dumped at the Libtards’ feet now. Previously, we would have had to hear that Cons didn’t have their own ideas, or that we are the party of, “No!”. Well, now they’ll have their way free and clear to destroy the greatest creation of human history (the US) and will have no one to blame when it all comes crumbling down. The names of Obama, Pelosi, Reed, Snow, Specter, et al. will go down in history, just not the way they think it will…they will be infamous, not famous. The traitors are always remembered, so Specter and Snow will have a special place in our hearts….
Epic Fail.
Geministorm on April 28, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Steele has finally found his stride!
TheBigOldDog on April 28, 2009 at 4:48 PM
HT: Redstate
Wonder how the current chair, as well as Dems in line by seniority to succeed feel about this.
Wethal on April 28, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Nonfactor
Good grief. It’s baaaaccckkkkkk!!!!!!!
JAM on April 28, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Why don’t people just shut up and do what they are thinking???
Rick007 on April 28, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Where is ACORN, I need to register in PA.
deidre on April 28, 2009 at 4:53 PM
AP – Don’t give up on Theory #2 …
Following the tea-parties, far left (Team Barry and San Fran Nan, with a clueless Harry Reid along for the ride) realize they have 18 months to get the country half-pregnant on socialism. They’ll happily abort Benedict Arlen next year and run a Daily-Kos approved friend of Ed Rendell.
phreshone on April 28, 2009 at 4:53 PM
He came out of the closet. He was already voting Democratic.
seven on April 28, 2009 at 4:54 PM
There’s always room under the bus.
shick on April 28, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Well Lieberman now needs to go as an independent or Rep. After all it was the Damn O Freakin Craps that went against him in the last election.
Rick007 on April 28, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Excellent point. Obama hasn’t even consulted his teleprompter repairman yet, let alone where the party is going to end up who they’ll support. (note to Barack: wait two weeks and put yur finger out the window)
Rovin on April 28, 2009 at 4:57 PM
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