washingtonmonthly.com - 11/8/2008
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DODD DEFENDS LIEBERMAN.... As much as I respect Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), I haven't the foggiest idea what he's talking about here. U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd said Friday that President-elect Obama would not want one of his party's first major...
courant.com - 11/8/2008
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courant.com —
U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd said Friday that President-elect
Obama would not want one of his party's first...
major post-election issues to be a messy fight over Joseph Lieberman's status as a Democrat. Lieberman's political future is uncertain because ...
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Dodd Says Obama Wouldn't Want Messy Fight Over Lieberman -
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Joe Lieberman
Comments from Left Field —
... self-righteous sense of entitlement to continue chairing the committee that will oversee national security policy under the presidential leadership of the very man whose run for office Lieberman actively opposed and even betrayed, with shameless ad hominem attacks and McCarthyite smears, is the apparent willingness of even some progressive Democratic leaders to let him get away with it.
Chris Dodd is one such, and Steve Benen is nonplussed:
DODD DEFENDS LIEBERMAN…. ...
Lieberman Aide: Booting Him Would Be Putting Politics Ahead Of Nation's Safety
TPM Election Central —
Lots of people have already chewed over this article in the Hartford Courant, which reports that Chris Dodd is, disappointingly, suggesting that Barack Obama doesn't want a fight over Joe Lieberman's fate.
But I wanted to draw your attention to this little nugget buried in the article, in which the Lieberman camp makes a rather startling argument in favor of his being allowed to hang on to his Homeland Security committee slot:
"Sen. Lieberman prefers to remain in the Democratic caucus," the aide said. "However, he believes he should ...
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Obama toasts Rahm
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Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/8/2008
Politico - Here's newly elected Senator Obama roasting Rahm at a 2005 charity fundraiser. Corny stuff, but nice delivery and a few good one-liners mixed in.
The full 2-hour roast, with Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd and others is here.
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