The prospects for Elizabeth Warren nabbing a spot on the Senate Banking Committee brightened in recent days. First, let’s take a look at the Banking Committee membership. With a 55-45 partisan split in the Senate rather than 53-47, I wouldn’t expect the partisan makeup on the committee to change all that much. Right now there [...]

What we know for sure is that Joe Lieberman will announce his intentions on 2012 and re-election at an event in Connecticut tomorrow. What we don’t know for sure is what he’ll say, but insiders in Connecticut from both parties think he’ll retire. Republican operative Kevin Rennie: United States Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) is expected [...]

You cannot get 75-25 support on much of anything in politics, particularly in the current polarized environment. However, Joe Lieberman has done the impossible – he has that kind of a split in public perception of him in Connecticut. Joe Lieberman’s actions on the health care bill antagonized constituents both for and against it, and [...]