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dailykos.com - 11/19/2008
Dean on Obama, Lieberman, and Us
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Governor Dean held a couple of blogger conference calls today, one with national and state bloggers, and a smaller call with me, John Aravosis, Jane Hamsher, and Nate Silver. Given the focus of the day, much of the discussion was about where Obama is going to take this country and how Joe ...

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openleft.com - 11/20/2008
Obama and the Blogosphere
— openleft.com — Since it has been the subject of multiple front-page articles today on Open Left, and since I will be on Radio Times on Friday discussing this very subject, I feel the need to weigh in on the relationship between President-elect Obama and the ... (more) Obama and the Blogosphere

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thehill.com - 11/19/2008
Obama exerts his power
— thehill.com — President-elect Barack Obama, in the latest of several moves to heal election wounds, persuaded Democrats to reject stiff punishment for Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) despite his campaign efforts for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). Lieberman is the ... (more) Obama exerts his power

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courant.com - 11/19/2008
Democrats, Lieberman Reconcile, Move On -
— courant.com — WASHINGTON - Sen. Joe Lieberman and the Democratic Party have made up. The ugliness is over, and the senator would clearly like to move on from his near-brush with becoming a Senate nonentity. On Tuesday, by a 42-13 vote, the Democrats of the Senate ... (more) Democrats, Lieberman Reconcile, Move On -

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The Rude Pundit — ... the election might have made them, understand that Barack Obama is a smarter natural politician than even Bill Clinton. As Howard Dean said, it was Obama's call on Lieberman. A Joe Lieberman who owes the continuation of his career to Obama is far more valuable than a sullen douchebag who holds grudges caucusing with the opponents. By holding on to Lieberman, Obama and the Senate Democrats have cut the Connecticut Senator's nuts off, and you can bet that he will fall in line. (This is against the conventional wisdom out here in Left Blogsylvania, but, hey, fuck it.) ...

11/19: This One Stings
Blogometer — ... He's probably having a great laugh about it just about now. Given how much he is hated by his constituents , he at least knows that the Senate Democratic caucus are a bunch of spineless asses utterly unwilling and unable to deliver the change the American people requested." LIEBERMAN III: Dean Tries To Bridge The Divide DNC Chair Howard Dean tried to mollify the netroots after the Senate vote by conducting a round of calls with liberal bloggers (including Hamsher , Joan McCarter , Nate Silver , and Greg Sargent ): Moulitsas mocks ...

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