Dear Left Wing Bloggers: Thank you for challenging Joe Lieberman!

Tuesday, October 27th at 2:44PM EST

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Joe Lieberman just announced he will filibuster any health care legislation that has the public option in it.

This pretty much guarantees the death of the public option in public form. The Democrats will now have to surreptitiously implement it through some sort of “let the states opt-out” or trigger option nonsense that will still amount to the public option.

But at least they have to work for it now.

Thank you lefty bloggers so very much for primarying Joe Lieberman and helping him be bold enough to shaft you.

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I Think Reid Is Losing It

BigGator5 (Diary) Tuesday, October 27th at 3:51PM EST (link)

“Joe Lieberman is the least of Harry Reid’s problems,” Reid told reporters at his weekly press conference.

Educated (About The Issues Facing Us Today), Dedicated (To Making A Difference), And Highly Motivated (To Getting Things Done)

He Never Had It...

farstar99 (Diary) Tuesday, October 27th at 5:17PM EST (link)

to lose.

Good news but.......

jimc1969 Tuesday, October 27th at 4:25PM EST (link)

This is good news for certain, but I still fear some RINO will vote for it. ( Snow maybe ? )
I don’t fully trust Liberman either, so It could be some sort of ploy to get something in return……

Good news but.......

jimc1969 Tuesday, October 27th at 4:25PM EST (link)

This is good news for certain, but I still fear some RINO will vote for it. ( Snow maybe ? )
I don’t fully trust Liberman either, so It could be some sort of ploy to get something in return……

Exactly, jimc1969...

Hoosier Economist (Diary) Tuesday, October 27th at 5:09PM EST (link)

Not quite sure why Erick proclaims:

“This pretty much guarantees the death of the public option in public form.”

The Pine Tree State duo will still likely vote for this thing – even with a PO. Plus, I wouldn’t put it past the Dems to use Reconciliation – so the battle is far from over…

Joementum

jonk Tuesday, October 27th at 5:12PM EST (link)

Senator Joe Lieberman, July 6, 2006:
“What I’m saying to the people of Connecticut, I can do more for you and your families to get something done to make health care affordable, to get universal health insurance.”

October 23, 2006:
“I’ve been working on health insurance reform for more than a dozen years. … I have offered a comprehensive program. Small business health insurance reform, plus something I call MediKids to cover all the children in America on a sliding fee basis up until the age of 25.
“MediChoice to allow anybody in our country to buy into a national insurance pool like the health insurance pool that we federal employees and Members of Congress have. Medical malpractice reform.
“It will cover 95% of those who are not covered now, and it will reduce the pressure on rising costs for all the millions of others.”

Today:
“If the bill remains what it is now, I will not be able to support a cloture motion before final passage. Therefore I will try to stop the passage of the bill.”

I wondered why no one was talking about Lieberman

treeofliberty Tuesday, October 27th at 5:22PM EST (link)

I kept on hearing about Landrieu, Baucus, Blanche Lincoln and was wondering what about Lieberman? If anyone has the motivation and chutzpah to join the GOP in a filibuster it’s the scorned Lieberman!

While I have no warm feelings towards the Maine duo I think Reid appeasing the far left and putting in the PO without even giving the pretext of a “bi-partisan” bill gave away any chance this had for Snowe and co. to “save face” and vote for it.

Granted the fight is not over but this is a very good sign!

kabuki?

earlgrey (Diary) Tuesday, October 27th at 6:10PM EST (link)

On an earlier post I noted that they were talking on Hannity last night about the health care bill. That “all the deals had been made”, where they would bring th bill to the floor, but an ammendment for a trigger to replace the opt-out option woud be put into the bill.

Lieberman is saying he would not vote against bringing the bill to the floor, but would not vote to end the debate if the public option is still in the bill. So theoretically there is still a good chance this goes according to their plan – just iwth a trigger and not the public option.

This is espcecially the case when you see Reid indicating that Lieberman is the least of his problems (above).

The pundit (Bob Beckel) than said there is no 60 vote threshold for the bill once it comes out of the conference committee (where the public option could than be re-inserted into the bill).

I can't help but wonder

rj1913 Tuesday, October 27th at 6:28PM EST (link)

if ole Joe doesn’t have something up his sleeve that he wants. Considering that he ain’t exactly said yes and he ain’t exactly said no, well, that does give him some bargaining power.

From What I Have Read

willik Wednesday, October 28th at 7:04AM EST (link)

Sen. Lieberman said he would filibuster the bill if it has the “opt-out” provision.

I welcome his filibuster but it is for non-Conservative reasons if what I have read is true. “Beware Greeks…..”

He is all for universal/big government health care and wants all states to be required to accede to that concept with NO OUTS!

Am I wrong here?