firedoglake.com - 12/16/2008
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In her first move after announcing that she would like to be appointed to the New York Senate seat, Caroline Kennedy has hired "major Democratic fixer Josh Isay."
Isay did the honors for Joe Lieberman during his general election race against Ned Lamont, after Lieberman withdrew from ...
huffingtonpost.com - 12/17/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
In her first move after announcing that she
would like to be appointed to the New York...
Senate seat, Caroline Kennedy has hired "major Democratic fixer Josh Isay." Isay did the honors for Joe Lieberman during his general election race against Ned ...
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Jane Hamsher: Caroline Kennedy Hires Joe Lieberman ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 12/18/2008
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washingtonmonthly.com —
NO LOVE FOR LIEBERMAN.... About a month ago,
Senate Democrats made it abundantly clear that they're not...
angry with Joe Lieberman for his campaign antics throughout the year. Lieberman's constituents, however, are far more peeved. A new Quinnipiac poll ...
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No love for Lieberman
dailykos.com - 12/18/2008
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dailykos.com —
After spending a year as the GOP's favorite
cheerleader and Democrat-basher, Joe Lieberman is now clocking the...
second-worst Senatorial disapproval ratings ever in the Quinnipiac Poll -- for any Senator in any state . Lieberman's only competition? ...
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Lieberman & The Torch
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12/16: Caroline Ain't So Sweet To The Netroots
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... , who previously worked for NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg and CT Sen. Joe Lieberman . Hamsher complains: "It's telling that Caroline Kennedy has never wanted to run for office, and never thought to put her case before the public when she decided she wanted this job. Her first move was to pick up the phone and start working the elites, then hire a political fixer whose specialty is deceiving voters." KENNEDY: This Is Supposed To Be A Democracy, Not A Monarchy Several prominent liberal bloggers reacted very negatively to the ...
No More Mister Nice Blog —
... My feelings about the possible appointment of Caroline Kennedy to the Senate have grown a lot closer to Jane Hamsher's, and I appreciate the fact that she's pointing this out: ...
Endemic Elitism In Senate Appointments
Open Left - Front Page —
The top political story over the past week has been a corruption case surrounding the appointment of a Senator to Barack Obama's vacant seat in Illinois. At the same time, a woman whose family lineage is her primary qualification to be a Senator has begun a "public" campaign to reach out to local political elites using Joe Lieberman's "fixer" in order to secure the seat. Earlier, a long-time aide to Vice-President-elect Joe Biden was picked to serve his Senate seat. In 2010, Biden's seat is expected to be filled by his son, Beau Biden. In the coming days, ...
Bob Fertik: Dear Caroline: Say it on YouTube
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... ; Jane Hamsher then found a lying Isay-Lieberman ad against Ned Lamont which promised to bring our troops home from Iraq, shortly before Lieberman called for more troops. ...
No More Mister Nice Blog —
... Bloomberg? Schwarzenegger? (And let's not forget the involvement of "fixer" Joe Isay, who's worked for, among others, Joe Lieberman.) ...
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blogs.tnr.com 11/18/2008 —
Jamie has an online article making the case for why Joe Lieberman should get to keep his position as chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in the Senate. I did not find his case persuasive.
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openleft.com 11/29/2008 — Following up on the outcome that Lieberman keeps his gavel, some thoughts about mitigating the harm Lieberman might do as Chair of this committee.
Two vitally important things need to happen here:
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2) The Committee ...
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google.com 11/18/2008 — 1 hour ago WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will ...
NYT: Rough path awaits Kennedy —
msnbc.com: Politics 12/17/2008
The decision by Caroline Kennedy to end a highly private existence and enter politics presents what even her supporters acknowledge is a gamble on a carefully cultivated reputation.
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