Lieberman in talks about caucusing with Senate GOP

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the dems are insane.  lieberman could be an important vote if coleman goes down in the recount (and the deck is stacked against him) and saxby gets buried beneath millions of dollars from the dems and what obama has left from his presidential campaign.

and you probably don't want to alienate perhaps the most prominent jewish politician in the country out of just sheer spite.

Lieberman in talks about caucusing with Senate GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is talking to Connecticut independent Sen. Joe Lieberman about the possibility of Lieberman caucusing with the GOP.

Lieberman's affiliation with Democrats is up in the air. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, angered by Lieberman's support of Republican John McCain for president, is considering yanking Lieberman's chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee as punishment.

Lieberman and Reid met Thursday to discuss Lieberman's options, including possible committee and subcommittee posts for him. Those talks are ongoing.

A Lieberman aide, who requested anonymity because the talks are confidential, said Friday that Lieberman and McConnell, R-Ky., have spoken in recent days about the possibility of Lieberman joining the GOP conference. McConnell spokesman Don Stewart would only confirm that the two men have had recent discussions.

Lieberman was Democrat Al Gore's vice presidential running mate eight years ago. He became an independent after he failed to win the Democratic Senate primary in Connecticut in 2006. Lieberman won the general election as an independent but is still registered as a Democrat.

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Yep, why bother keeping that advantage when you can just as easily gut it when you go after long time party members.