That sums it up. Now replace the word "Connecticut" with the words "the United States" and you have the full picture.

If Byrd can give up his chairmanship for the betterment of his country so can Lieberman.

I may be wrong - haven't seen anything to substantiate this. But it's one more reason why I think polls should all close at the same time. The potential influence of almost-instant results is too great.

;)

Anyway, it was an off-the-cuff joke, not like he planned it. Repubs may make something of it - who else gives a darn?

Thanks for posting that. He's out.

I know Lieberman may not stand a chance of getting re-elected (MAY not). But it is not the Dems job to assume that. It's their job to move the party forward.

Looking at my son the morning after the election and realizing his entire cognizent childhood and adolescence could, God willing, be lived with President Obama in office makes me so happy for him. I grew up with LBJ and Nixon, Vietnam and Martin Luther King's assassination. I pray that my son - a Hispanic in a mixed-race, multi-ethnic family - grows up seeing his country in a very different way than I did. Now it looks like he really can. The benefits of this election are immeasurable.

Sources: McCain aide fired for 'trashing' staff
From CNN Correspondent Dana Bash

(CNN) — Randy Scheunemann, a senior foreign policy adviser to John McCain, was fired from the Arizona senator's campaign last week for what one aide called "trashing" the campaign staff, three senior McCain advisers tell CNN.

One of the aides tells CNN that campaign manager Rick Davis fired Scheunemann after determining that he had been in direct contact with journalists spreading "disinformation" about campaign aides, including Nicolle Wallace and other officials.

"He was positioning himself with Palin at the expense of John McCain's campaign message," said one of the aides.

Senior campaign officials blame Schuenemann specifically for stories about the way Wallace and chief campaign strategist Steve Schmidt mishandled Palin's rollout — stories that the campaign says threw them off message in the critical final weeks of the campaign.
Another aide said McCain personally was "very disappointed by Randy," who worked for McCain for many years in the Senate.

Scheunemann became close with Palin during her debate prep process.

link: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

Was she wearing a towel when they became close?

"WHAT'S NEXT FOR PALIN?
After Firing Up the Party's Base,
Does She Hold GOP's Baton?"

Wearing nothing but a towel, winking, chanting "Drill, baby, drill" AND offering to hold your baton.