dailykos.com - 11/10/2008
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I've also heard from a Senate staffer that Obama has sent word that he wants Lieberman in the caucus. Now to be clear, the word isn't "let Lieberman chair Homeland Security", it's "keep him around". The logic is pretty obvious -- it allows Obama to look like he's not vindictive. (Kind of funny ...
huffingtonpost.com - 11/10/2008
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President-elect Barack Obama has informed Senate leadership that
he wants Joe Lieberman to continue caucusing with the
Democrats in the 111th Congress, Senate Democratic aides tell the Huffington Post. Obama's decision could tie the hands of ...
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Obama Wants Lieberman To Remain In Democratic Caucus
thinkprogress.org - 11/11/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
Download a PDF of this report HERE .
lieberman2.jpg“I’m a Democrat with a 35-year record of fighting
for progressive causes, for the middle class, for civil rights, for women’s rights, for human rights and a lot more. I voted with my Senate Democratic ...
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Joe Lieberman: The Progressive Who Lost His Way
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/11/2008
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President-Elect Barack Obama doesn't "hold any grudges" against
Senator Joe Lieberman for opposing his presidential candidacy, and
will not take any position on the question of whether Lieberman should be permitted to keep his plum chairmanship of ...
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Obama Spokesperson: He Doesn't "Hold Any Grudges" ...
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TalkLeft —
... Update - Markos writes about Obama - "I've also heard from a Senate staffer that Obama has sent word that he wants Lieberman in the caucus. . . . The logic is pretty obvious -- it allows Obama to look like he's not vindictive." Well, as long as there is logic, I guess that excludes you form being a "battered spouse." Meabnwhile, that was Obama Lieberman was ripping this election, not Clinton. Sheesh. ...
Obama Reportedly Wants Lieberman To Remain In Democratic Caucus
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
... Joe Lieberman is going to screw us again. I am just counting the days until he starts to hold hearings to embarrass President Obama and his fellow Democrats. Then the Democrats will have only themselves to blame. As always. Markos has more. ...
No More Mister Nice Blog —
... I don't think Obama is being (in Kos's phrase) a "battered spouse" Democrat. Obama got where he is in part by welcoming those who disagree with him into the tent while not making significant adjustments in core positions to entice those he's welcoming -- he's still unwaveringly pro-withdrawal, pro-choice, and so on. His ability to win over (or at least partly placate) potential adversaries unnerves Republicans, who spent much of the year howling that he's a doctrinaire liberal Pied Piper (don't go into that house, Doug Kmiec!). When Obama does outreach, it conveys ...
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The Sideshow —
Jay Ackroyd posts this morning: "The Minnesota Senate race is now in the lawyers, guns and money phase. You can help, if you're so inclined, with the money part of it." Kos says Obama wants to keep Lieberman, and apparently President Bill is running around making phone calls on his behalf, too. (Bill Clinton really is a putz sometimes, y'know?) I liked the new codenames for members of the administration-in-waiting and their families, but I was most amused to learn what George W. Bush's codename is. Oh, and Obama at the Rahm ...
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anonymousliberal.com 11/19/2008 — Let me preface what I'm about to say be making it clear that I think Joe Lieberman was shown far more leniency today that he should have been. He really should have lost his chairmanship, and had I been voting, that's what I would have voted for. That ...
Latest on Lieberman
washingtonmonthly.com 11/11/2008 — LATEST ON LIEBERMAN.... Barack Obama reportedly sent word to the Hill yesterday that he'd prefer to see Joe Lieberman stay in the Democratic caucus next year. That's not too big a surprise -- Obama's big on magnanimity -- and it's...
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crooksandliars.com 11/8/2008 —
[Cartoon by Bob Englehart ]
Dana Bash at CNN reports that Holy Joe is unhappy about his looming and well-earned demotion, and is thinking about joining the Republican caucus:
A Senate Democratic source familiar with the meeting confirms that ...
And then there were four?
washingtonmonthly.com 11/17/2008 — AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR?.... The Senate Democratic caucus will meet tomorrow to decide, among other things, what to do with Joe Lieberman. After a couple of weeks in which no one from the caucus was willing to say publicly...
Lieberman can still help Dems, Reid says —
CNN Political Ticker 11/9/2008
Harry Reid says it's up to the Democratic caucus to make any decision about Joe Lieberman's future.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday he's still trying to keep Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman within the ...
Lieberman can still help Dems, Reid says —
CNN.com - Politics 11/9/2008
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday he's still trying to keep Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman within the Democratic caucus despite anger over Lieberman's support of Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
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