talkleft.com - 11/5/2008
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Remember when Joe Lieberman hated filibusters? When he helped form the Gang of 14 to stop those awful filibusters of extreme Bush judges? Now he sings a different tune : Lieberman also hinted that next session, he would be supportive of conservative efforts to filibuster progressive ...
huffingtonpost.com - 11/6/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
Bolstered by a newly expanded majority, Harry Reid
met with Joe Lieberman on Thursday to sketch out...
the conditions by which the Connecticut independent could continue to caucus with Senate Democrats. But Lieberman did not accept Reid's initial ...
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Lieberman Meets With Reid, Tries To Cling To Senate ...
thinkprogress.org - 11/4/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
With the possibility that Democrats might soon gain
a filibuster proof majority in the Senate, Joe Lieberman...
(I-CT) has been openly flirting with thoughts of voting with his conservative colleagues . Last week, ThinkProgress noted that prominent ...
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Lieberman: ‘I Fear’ That ‘America Will Not Survive’ If ...
campaignsilo.firedoglake.com - 11/6/2008
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campaignsilo.firedoglake.com —
Reid and Lieberman won't say what happened in
the meeting. My guess? Reid told him he can...
stay in the caucus if he steps down from his committee chairmanship (a campaign we started shortly after the 2006 election, thanks to everyone ...
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Lieberman After Meeting with Reid - Video
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... says. Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) is practically the GOP’s newest freshman senator for his siding with John McCain, and should be treated like one, Big Tent Democrat asserts at TalkLeft. It would be tough to lure Emanuel from the Hill, where his current duties could one day make him Speaker of the House, Washington Monthly’s ...
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