11/14/08: TWD's Agenda For "Fri"Day: The Trial of The Senate Judas, Part 2

Yesterday, The Whole Delivery opened its Joe Lieberman Trial Series, and here's the continuation until the decision next week.

For those who thought Barack Obama was fully ho-hum on this, think again:
Mr.Moulitsas:

Doesn't sound like Barack Obama is being that conciliatory to Joe Lieberman:

Sen. Joe Lieberman has reached out to President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden to arrange a congratulatory phone call, a Democratic aide tells The Crypt. The effort has led to a recent conversation between Biden and Lieberman.

So Lieberman called Obama to congratulate him (and suck up to try and save his committee chairmanship), and Obama hands him off to Biden.

Ms.Maddow speaks her thoughts about the "trial", last night.

The people of Connecticut are really unhappy, and angry, with Lieberman.

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Joe Lieberman is doing as U.S. senator?

Approve 36 (45)
Disapprove 61 (43)

If the 2012 election for U.S. Senate were held today would you to reelect Joe Lieberman would you consider voting for another candidate or would you vote to replace Lieberman?

Reelect 35
Consider Someone Else 18
Replace 48

So much so that they wish they could flashback to 2006:

Oh, and the people of Connecticut are still suffering buyer's remorse:

If you could vote again for U.S. Senate would you vote for Ned Lamont theDemocrat Alan Schlesinger the Republican or Joe Lieberman an Independent?

Lieberman (I) 34 (36)
Lamont (D) 59 (51)
Schlesinger (R) 3 (7)

And just a few hours ago, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy publicly showed his disgust over Lieberman, vehemently opposing the Connecticut Senator getting his chairman spot back. (As reported by "terjeanderson" at the Kos).

In response to a caller who raised the question of Joe Lieberman's status, Senator Leahy clearly stated his opposition to Lieberman retaining his chairmanship.

Senator Leahy answered the caller's question by describing the process in the Democratic caucus for choosing committee and subcommittee chairs, went into quite a bit of detail in discussing why Lieberman's campaign comments went beyond acceptable limits, and noted that "If I had done something like that, I wouldn't expect to be re-elected to my position on the Judiciary Committee or any major committee chairmanship like that" (approximate quote... sorry for any paraphrasing).

While I've assumed that Leahy would come down on this side of the issue, I hadn't heard a public statement from him (or other Senator) quite so clear on the matter.

And TPM's Greg Sargent with the full transcript of what Leahy said:

"Every Senator will have to vote the way he or she believes they should," Leahy said, in a reference to the upcoming vote on Lieberman's fate in the Dem caucus next week. "I'm one who does not feel that somebody should be rewarded with a major chairmanship after doing what he did."

"I felt some of the attacks that he was involved in against Senator Obama...went way beyond the pale," Leahy continued. "I thought they were not fair, I thought they were not legitimate, I thought they perpetuated some of these horrible myths that were being run about Senator Obama."

"I would feel that had I done something similar," Leahy concluded, "that I would not be chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the next Congress."

The trial of Joe Lieberman, to continue.

The Agenda's Pending Schedule will be in the comments section, as I officially certify Friday as its own unique day here on TWD.

(Again, I apologize for the lack of posts yesterday. School got in the ways of things.)