The folks at FireDogLake came up with a handy widget for bloggers and webmasters to put up on their sites to encourage readers to let the Senators on the Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee (the committee that determines committee chairs) know that we don't want Joe Lieberman chairing a committee in the next Congress. Save the Chairmanships for Democrats!
Click on the widget below for details on the effort to de-Chair non-Democrat Joe Lieberman. FDL is also keeping a tally of known positions here.
The 19 Senators on the Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee are:
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chair: 202-224-4822
Harry Reid (D-NV), Leader: 202-224-3542
Max Baucus (D-MT): 202-224-2651
Joe Biden (D-DE): 202-224-5042
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM): 202-224-5521
Barbara Boxer (D-CA): 202-224-3553
Hillary Clinton (D-NY): 202-224-4451
Kent Conrad (D-ND): 202-224-2043
Robert Byrd (D-WV): 202-224-3954
Christopher Dodd (D-CT): 202-224-2823
Richard Durbin (D-IL): 202-224-2152
Tom Harkin (D-IA): 202-224-3254
Daniel Inouye (D-HI): 202-224-3934
Edward Kennedy (D-MA): 202-224-4543
John Kerry (D-MA): 202-224-2742
Herb Kohl (D-WI): 202-224-5653
Patrick Leahy (D-VT): 202-224-4242
Carl Levin (D-MI): 202-224-6221
Mark Pryor (D-AR): 202-224-2353
On the most recent episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, Paul Begala offered a thoughtful take on the matter for Senator Lieberman:
Look, you're not gonna wind up chairing the big committee on Homeland Security & Government Operations. We'll find you another committee. Parking & Squirrels needs a guy.
I'm with Paul Begala. I urge Majority Leader Reid to make Joe Lieberman the Chair of the Senate Committee on Parking & Squirrels as a compromise.
