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Lieberman backs Dodd, three years after bitter election rift

 

Published 3/12/2009 by laurkorn at CNN Political Ticker

Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman will back Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd’s upcoming battle for re-election. (CNN) – Connecticut’s senators are back on the same team: Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman will back Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd’s upcoming battle for re-election, three years after Dodd threw his weight behind Ned Lamont’s successful challenge to the former Democratic vice presidential [...] (link)

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