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michael surely west clark and we are joined uh... to talk about one of our
favorite subjects are least favorite people but our favorites of this error
the young turks of senator joseph lieberman we're joined by steve core
nekia faster time steve thanks for taking the time to be on the interstate
therapy peter well here's larry here you're present a great question and i
think it's one that even the most rank-and-file democrats anyone has been
paying even while the tension
to health care debate are asking right now because that's when he is served in
his at his worst what can we do as democrats about jo weaver when can we do
it so i'll let you answer that question
he acted on one level it feeds sort of like the only if they're and melody
pretty easy and it was the action that get that one of the
it's not good excuse university immediate but when you well
you know when you look at the sort of political realities of of the u_s_
senate in how we permit sort of
you know plated cars for last two years he quickly realized
in proud date
for the short term am uses douglas treatment
it will carry quoted healthcare thing i mean he drove
uh... progresses crazy obviously firefight nearly you'll anything off the
rails in
and uh... you know you can see in the f_e_c_ trip to the public option
the whole uh... medicare by an alternative to explode he also make sure
that was kills because the creepy up you know within the democratic party
aggressive side of things
of the t_v_ and he wasn't there
you know vote to break a filibuster
along with every other democrats and no republicans so he can make the claim
uh... erie red-headed towers benefit they are no more
you know disloyal then the implants lincoln rbeno no movement to go after
them
maelstrom pride not only will be quicker and the other thing is i'm constantly
being
new through routine procedural things that don't get much attention but are
sort of
essential to the northgate date your functioning senate
uh... it'll probably keep here are putting up
your roadblock hereafter roebuck herewith filibusters and things like
that
we permitted generally there with with reeking with the democrats
it all those um... so he's even more important than in real life
uh... you know to what you're required to do it day in day out basis
that was one fifty forty mayoral candidate for the rest of congress
he's pretty much take commitment
and then you look at the congress and and you know maybe
your democrat they lose a few feet but we're not looking to the sixty votes
maybe then theoretically they go after him but
he start to look at it like you know democrat you've been great leaders to be
excuses for lieberman
your time again for the last three four five years
you always give you one more trip though its getting the benefit it that was not
the most a sense of those excuses that subsequent massacres afrikans was uh...
as you know about disagrees opposes when he was able to britain chairmanships
whitman hadn't done anything other words
as he was a fear of losing that sixteen center that format as well but i mean he
had campaigned against them
democratic nominee for president and the not just camping out to vote in foreign
said i'm supporting him and orson you know we all make spoke of this
convention he eased on everything to offend the democratic base now for it at
least eighteen months uh... and if not longer than that clearly a lot of people
were upset with him
the
they don't forget he did the one of the key you weakened and they've been doing
for spending can get your one obama and the white house well that was because
they were trying to be conciliatory at that time and they found out the
conciliation doesn't do anything processes
proven out and we have one
one republican voted for the five hundred thirty five members of congress
the one republican vote from from joe gallo in in louisiana for his health
care plan so i mean this conciliation valley doesn't work with the other side
of the aisle and that's where we're clear invites themselves often and you
know you don't know what you just spoke about he has proven his power
there again in the senate because he actually did we hope that the he said i
will not vote with you if u if there is a public option
boom there's no public option below mobile with and so he has a strange
power in the senate that no matter how unpopular he is he still able to we'll
what can what can change that will be is anything that i got a question for steve
steve dot
west here now how much of it though is actually berman believe it or not
believing anything how much is it
he's playing to his voters in connecticut is can i take it back i
don't feel connecticut's that liberal left-wing state what and the whole idea
of the insurance industry that what's interesting to see it left part for
danny well the law that there are a lot of work
collecting question i don't know how much of his putting people to
communicate to me
if it's true that if you look under navdeep really curious seated next poll
comes out in connecticut but as of about a month ago
after a number of mistakes or actually
sort of other rising he was up to about fifty percent in a favorable rating
job approval rating union about forty five percent you know
disapproval which actually significantly higher than that it had been
you know a year earlier
all but i think that we pay tribute to blue state people health care there
logical question what the public option there it does
it does very well pas i'm not sure he was really pointed determined there
unsteady but then you know you have expected
new people committed merch
uh... we're just in september evening with an editorial board in connecticut
and an intruder volunteers becky ok you'll be a great idea of health care if
we allow people to buy into medicare early say around the age of thirty five
but of course that entertained
the compromise loaded with tractor gifting public option
inadvertently calling social ultimately lead to depose it delegate it and it's
not really about what you believe i'm not sure it's that's clearly about what
your poll showed voters connecticut belief
thank you keep u_s_ dispirited truly good morning to be the center of
attention
and also at the same time highest peak in the eyes of the progressive goku sort
of try to take that declares militarily says it's really just comes down to
deliver medina ***
yeah
that would be protected happened it's not ok blitz that solves the for the
second
about the politics in connecticut about what can happen we we are very much time
to do this but it's a really bored and let's talk about what one
connecticut voters actually can do something presuming that that that
lebron runs again some of the people that are involved there are no richard
blumenthal who view ball that you take this but uh... he's one of the names
coming up tonight i sort of like chris murphy also congressman for the
fictitious today kit
of will be completely open two thousand twelve presuming was trying to get to
those who have been seventy that maybe he won't
uh... but if you want to began playing hit with the democrats could be taken
out
you've got richard blumenthal was the attorney general connecticut
enter the race you had a democrat presumably lieberman with peppered and
one independent you'll get to help republicans baby cats why that
republican really wouldn't matter if you look at we've got popularity he's been
the attorney general their fifth nineteen ninety because had astronomical
popularity
oms
barring from chris cable between element that will probably still be the case
and polls show resorting to pull a few months ago showed blumenthall beating
recruitment
you know by about thirty points the problem is
pot it there could be development next month take blumenthall out of context
for two thousand twelve
um either one of the governor's race in connecticut your jodi rell the
republicans who unexpectedly announced last month she is not going to run in
two thousand
kit very high popularity she got in the race suddenly there's an opening their
them a lot of people wonder blumenthall
really rather be governor medicare for example civil wandered out of a woman
thought for a long time no he's never run for higher office and dribble the
ball business seems always to come up
cherokee he called himself jokingly eternal general astronauts but if you
could you look at the weekly here he got elected in nineteen ninety
who've never really been
go to shop for a democrat in the group correct etiquette
actor will be in two thousand parent
we need to take you to joke about it if you look at john rowland unilateral even
after tahole
working in in in two thousand and uh...
he wouldn't even hear reelection this rolling to do that
in sixty seven percent approval in two thousand six jodi rell taken over
incognito approval rating of they would've strong democratic here to
actually but you know the feeling that respect thirty one point another
democrat wasn't that strong br one of the reading the democrat was withdrawn
which he had this
amazing popularity
uh... there was no reason why she wasn't attract leading the type of competition
in two thousand ten internet emerge in the democratic side because
really is a vacuum there so maybe if you can say what i would say we don't have
to say we don't have blumenthall three sentences us twelve who who were some of
the absurd dot
yeah it you mentioned it did the big winners it chris murphy a congressman's
sort of from uh...
you know not valley area
uh... we to beat back to feed needy johnson buying two thousand six
bob he should be debated about i think thirty five thirty six-year-old sort of
a young up-and-comer
um... you recruit documentation sabki should be
you know on the than the one thing the watches
um... his district is
independent films that your democrat district is competitive and medicare
on the state senator fan cal jerry who's going to run against him republican
speakers government can't commit off
um... it efforts here it is particularly toxic for democrats in the patrick d no
unemployment filling out papers better but next fall he could be a little
trouble though i think you should be around the two thousand twelve also
woolsey's predecessors newcastle simpson
it is important that i think every single person listens to the show that
will check back with you uh... as says do as as joe meant them starts again
in happy new year