Lieberman’s super-delegate status stripped

Why would an Independant have that power in the first place?

woiyo wrote:

Why would an Independant have that power in the first place?

last I know Lieberman was a registered Democrat and was elected on the Democratic ticket to the Senate.

dyslexia wrote:

woiyo wrote:

Why would an Independant have that power in the first place?

last I know Lieberman was a registered Democrat and was elected on the Democratic ticket to the Senate.

He was re-elected as an independent in 2006.

Obama supports Lieberman.

http://boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/03/31/obama_rallies_state_democrats_throws_support_behind_lieberman/

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama rallied Connecticut Democrats at their annual dinner Thursday night,

This is the main post, more two posts down:

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1961603#1961603

The main things that stand out for me are

a) Lieberman was 55 points up at the time!! (Good reminder about how fast the worm can turn.) As in, the "endorsement" wasn't particularly meaningful in that context.

b) Lieberman was some sort of mentor to Obama, never quite figured out how that worked, if it was assigned or what.

c) The "endorsement" happened at an event for state Democrats. It wasn't just about Lieberman, at all.

Quote:

A few minutes later, however, the audience was riveted as Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, the guest speaker at the $175-a-plate dinner, stood on the podium and began the customary round of recognition of candidates and incumbents in the room. When he got to Mr. Lieberman, who is his mentor in the Senate and who helped recruit him to speak at the event, the applause again was muted.

So, to recap, this wasn't "Obama goes to a Lieberman event and endorses him"; it was "Obama goes to a state Democrat event in 2004 -- a stated goal of his was to help as many Democrats get into office as possible -- and then begins a customary round of recognition of candidates present, of which Lieberman was one."

It sounds, from context, like it would have been horribly rude for him to ignore Lieberman. Not-worth-it rude.

The Lieberman/ Obama thing came up earlier... this post is itself a summary of earlier discussion:

sozobe wrote:

This is the main post, more two posts down:

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1961603#1961603

The main things that stand out for me are

a) Lieberman was 55 points up at the time!! (Good reminder about how fast the worm can turn.) As in, the "endorsement" wasn't particularly meaningful in that context.

b) Lieberman was some sort of mentor to Obama, never quite figured out how that worked, if it was assigned or what.

c) The "endorsement" happened at an event for state Democrats. It wasn't just about Lieberman, at all.

Quote:

A few minutes later, however, the audience was riveted as Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, the guest speaker at the $175-a-plate dinner, stood on the podium and began the customary round of recognition of candidates and incumbents in the room. When he got to Mr. Lieberman, who is his mentor in the Senate and who helped recruit him to speak at the event, the applause again was muted.

So, to recap, this wasn't "Obama goes to a Lieberman event and endorses him"; it was "Obama goes to a state Democrat event in 2004 -- a stated goal of his was to help as many Democrats get into office as possible -- and then begins a customary round of recognition of candidates present, of which Lieberman was one."

It sounds, from context, like it would have been horribly rude for him to ignore Lieberman. Not-worth-it rude.

http://www.able2know.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2567072#2567072

Obama wasted little time getting to that point, calling it the "elephant in the room" but praising Lieberman's intellect, character and qualifications.

"The fact of the matter is, I know some in the party have differences with Joe. I'm going to go ahead and say it," Obama told the 1,700-plus party members who gathered in a ballroom at the Connecticut Convention Center for the $175-per-head fundraiser.

"I am absolutely certain Connecticut is going to have the good sense to send Joe Lieberman back to the U.S. Senate so he can continue to serve on our behalf," he said.