Submit a Story!
Votes
topics:

vote down flag
Healthcare Reform
salon.com - 10/30/2009
Healthcare Reform
—
If Democrats are disappointed by Joe Lieberman’s threat to filibuster any healthcare reform bill that includes a public option, they shouldn't be. Despite all of his past promises to support universal healthcare, nothing was more predictable than the Connecticut senator's fealty to the insurance ...
Lieberman Marching Further Right in 2010
abcnews.go.com - 10/30/2009
Lieberman Marching Further Right in 2010
— abcnews.go.com — Subway series: Forrmer Dem veep candidate plans to campaign for GOP.... (more) Lieberman Marching Further Right in 2010

Comments vote down Gateway Pundit found this 10/30/2009found this
blogs.courant.com - 30 days ago
Joe Lieberman: "I feel relevant"
— blogs.courant.com — Ralph Nader called him the nation's leading political hermaphrodite . To Ghengis Conn, he's an attention-craving  political... outcast with a meager record of accomplishment since 2006. Slate magazine paints him as a pawn of the state's ... (more) Joe Lieberman: "I feel relevant"

Comments vote down Think Progress found this 30 days agofound this
huffingtonpost.com - 10/30/2009
Lieberman In '94: The Filibuster "Ails Washington" And Should Be Eliminated
— huffingtonpost.com — Senator Joseph Lieberman's (I-Conn) threat to filibuster health care legislation that includes a public option for insurance... coverage has sent minor shock-waves throughout Washington. Among Republicans, the Connecticut Independent inspired a round ... (more) Lieberman In '94: The Filibuster "Ails Washington" And ...

Comments vote down Think Progress found this 10/30/2009found this

Blog Reactions

The Republic of T.:  Digest for October 29th through October 31st

DownWithTyranny!:  Why Don't We Call Bribery "Bribery" When It Involves Senators Wives Getting Paid Off For Their Husband's Votes?

Comments
Blog Reactions

Digest for October 29th through October 31st
The Republic of T. — Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about, for October 29th through October 31st: High-Stakes Health Reform – Op-Ed Columnist: The Defining Moment – Why does Joe Lieberman oppose healthcare reform? Ask his wife – Barney Frank: No More Secret Agreements Between Regulators and Banks – firstamendmentcenter.org: commentary – Michael Jackson's incredibly moving This Is ...

Why Don't We Call Bribery "Bribery" When It Involves Senators Wives Getting Paid Off For Their Husband's Votes?
DownWithTyranny! — ... This week investigative journalist Joe Conason took corruption investigating to a much-needed level the feds have generally avoided-- how members of Congress use their spouses to collect millions of dollars in bribes from corporate interests. It's hardly a new phenomenon, and John Doolittle isn't in Congress any longer because of it. But Conason shines a much needed light on two sickeningly sanctimonious hypocrites: Joe Lieberman and Evan Bayh. ...

Related Content
Lieberman: No reform is better than reform with a public option
the-reaction.blogspot.com 28 days ago — By Michael J.W. Stickings Lieberman on Face the Nation yesterday: SCHIEFFER : But is what you're also saying is that nothing is better than a government health insurance, or a health insurance reform that includes a public option? Nothing is ...
Rep. Hill: Healthcare opponents 'lying'
briefingroom.thehill.com 8/20/2009 — The Co-Chairman of the Blue Dog Democrats had some strong words yesterday for conservative opponents of healthcare reform. Speaking at a town hall in his district, Rep. Baron Hill (D-Ind.) said reform opponents are simply lying about the House ...
Lieberman Pledges To Filibuster House Bill: The Public Option Is ‘Unnecessary’
thinkprogress.org 22 days ago — This morning on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) about the House’s historic passage of health care legislation last night. Lieberman said that as a “matter of conscience,” he will join a ...
The Rachel Maddow Show: Bayh Won't Filibuster Health Reform Debate
videocafe.crooksandliars.com 21 days ago — DOWNLOADS: (50) PLAYS: (266) From The Rachel Maddow Show Oct. 29, 2009. Rachel reports that Evan Bayh is now walking back from his comments made on CBS News and has released this statement: Senator Bayh will support moving forward to a health care ...
Liberal Analyst Found Out Through ‘Google Alert’ That Fox News Fired Him
thinkprogress.org 10/22/2009 — Last Friday, during a News Corp. shareholders meeting, Chairman Rupert Murdoch was asked why Fox News would hire liberal analyst Marc Lamont Hill , who, the questioner said, has a “ reputation of defending cop killers and racists.” ...
Lieberman Says He’ll Filibuster Health Care Reform If Public Option Remains
thinkprogress.org 10/27/2009 — Earlier this month, when blogger-activist Mike Stark asked Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) if his opposition to the public option meant that he would filibuster a health care reform bill that included one, Lieberman was non-committal , saying ...
Lieberman vows to filibuster bill with public option
washingtonmonthly.com 10/28/2009 — LIEBERMAN VOWS TO FILIBUSTER BILL WITH PUBLIC OPTION.... He's with Democrats on everything except foreign policy? I don't think so. Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) told reporters today that he would in fact filibuster any health care bill he doesn't agree...
Why Are Democrats Afraid Of The Debt?
politics.theatlantic.com 26 days ago — A colloquy on debt politics follows. Earlier today, I wrote this: Faced with the prospect of a obliquely angeled "V" shaped recession, the president's policy planners have been trying to figure out how to create jobs in an economy ...
Sen. Evan Bayh May Vote to Block Health Care Debate
cbsnews.com 10/28/2009 — Sen. Evan Bayh, a moderate Democrat from Indiana, said Wednesday that he may not be able to support a motion to proceed with the health care debate on the Senate floor, depending on what is included in the bill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ...
In Supporting Filibuster, Lieberman Plays For Power
politics.theatlantic.com 10/27/2009 — How many Democrats instantly flashed back to President Obama's expansive attitude toward Sen. Joseph Lieberman after the 2008 elections, where Lieberman threatened to leave the party after Harry Reid tried to strip him of his Homeland Security ...
Lieberman will campaign for GOPers — First Read 10/30/2009
From NBC's Mark MurrayThis isn't going to sit well with many Democrats. In an interview with ABC, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-D) -- who campaigned for John McCain in last year's presidential election, and has threatened to help filibuster the ...
Lieberman will campaign for Republicans in 2010 — CNN Political Ticker 10/30/2009
(CNN) - Days after drawing anger from liberal Democrats for opposing a public option to the Senate health care bill, Sen. Joe Lieberman is adding fuel to the fire, telling an interviewer it's likely he'll campaign for some Republicans in next ...
Security center opens to battle computer attacks — msnbc.com: Politics 10/30/2009
The United States is well behind the curve in the fight against computer criminals, Sen. Joe Lieberman said Friday, as Homeland Security officials opened a $9 million operations center to better coordinate the government's response to cyberattacks.
House leaders seek assessment of cybersecurity policies on Hill — Wash Post In Congress 10/31/2009
House leaders on Friday called for an "immediate and comprehensive assessment" of congressional cybersecurity policies, a day after an embarrassing data breach that led to the disclosure of details of confidential ethics investigations.
Breach sparks furor over Hill cybersecurity — msnbc.com: Politics 10/31/2009
House leaders on Friday called for an "immediate and comprehensive assessment" of congressional cybersecurity policies, a day after an embarrassing data breach that led to the disclosure of details of confidential ethics investigations.