A bunch of "netroots" folks have submitted a petition, signed by 43,000 people, to the Senate Democratic Steering Committee asking them to strip Senator Joe Lieberman of his rank and committee chairmanship before Congress convenes in 2009. Essentially I think they want the Democratic party to label Joltin' Joe a traitor for, among other sins, backing McCain. From the website:
We CANNOT tolerate a leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus who supports George Bush and McCain's War in Iraq. We CANNOT tolerate a Democratic chairman of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee who endorses and stumps for McCain. We call on the Senate Democratic Steering Committee to strip Joe Lieberman of his chairmanship and his leadership role.
There's going to be a show tomorrow morning near the Russell office building. Since DC is typically as quiet as a church this time of year there shouldn't be much else going on there tomorrow.
It doesn't seem so long ago that Lieberman was being hailed for his bipartisan stances.
