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Stand With Breast Cancer Survivors of North Carolina: Ask Kay Hagan to Support a Public Plan
Firedoglake —
... How are these women any better than Joe Lieberman, who never met a war he couldn't afford, but now says we can't pay for a public plan? ...
Lieberman: I Stand With The Small Minority Of Americans Who Oppose Public Option
TPM Election Central —
... The surfeit of polling data showing broad public support for the public option hasn't swayed Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, who's joining conservative Democrats and moderate Republicans in staunch opposition. Check out this video from Paul Bass at the New Haven Independent. ...
Joe Lieberman Won't Go
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Lieberman: Public Option Not Good On Politics Or Substance (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... "I'm skeptical of it, both in substance and in the politics," Lieberman said to the paper. "And by the politics I mean I think we're not going to get the votes to pass the overall bill if that becomes a condition of it." ...
Lieberman: Public Option Not Good On Politics Or Substance (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... "I'm skeptical of it, both in substance and in the politics," Lieberman said to the paper. "And by the politics I mean I think we're not going to get the votes to pass the overall bill if that becomes a condition of it." ...
“He’s With Us On Everything But The War”
Firedoglake —
... Paul Bass of the New Haven Independent catches up with President Lieberman, who says a public plan is not going to happen -- because he's going to rally a bipartisan Senate group against it. ...
Joe Lieberman: Public healthcare option “traitor”?
Sister Toldjah —
Well – hey, that’s what Kruggie would call him, anyway:
U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman has a bipartisan group of senators ready to help pass health care reform — minus a government-run insurance plan.
During a New Haven stop to support overall reform, Connecticut’s independent fourth-term senator gave his strongest statement to date opposing Democrats’ and President Obama’s call for a “public option” health care plan.
“Public option” is shorthand for a Medicare-like government plan ...
Lieberman Is A "No" On Public Option. Shocking, We Know...
Daily Kos —
Hmm...well, just knock me over with a feather: U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman has a bipartisan group of senators ready to help pass health care reform — minus a government-run insurance plan. During a New Haven stop to support overall reform, Connecticut’s independent fourth-term senator gave his strongest statement to date opposing Democrats’ and President Obama’s call for a “public option” health care plan. Ah, the last by-god bipartisan Senator in captivity working his magic again. Here ...
Lieberman Reprises Role As Health Care Spoiler
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... The Connecticut independent made his latest criticisms of a public option in an interview with the New Haven Independent. Weeks earlier, he told Bloomberg News that he didn't favor such an approach that might level the insurance industry market. ...
Lieberman Reprises Role As Health Care Spoiler
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... The Connecticut independent made his latest criticisms of a public option in an interview with the New Haven Independent. Weeks earlier, he told Bloomberg News that he didn't favor such an approach that might level the insurance industry market. ...
The WonkLine: July 2, 2009
Wonk Room —
... Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) has doubled down on his opposition to the public health insurance option. ““If we create a public option, the public is going to end up paying for it,” Lieberman said. ...
7/2: Is HELP On The Way?
Blogometer —
... a health care reform bill that does not include a public option, and they are asking progressive Dems in Congress to promise to kill any such bill: Other liberal bloggers ( Yglesias , Drum , Cohn ) are warning congressional Dems that they'll be making a huge political mistake if they compromise too much on health care reform. Meanwhile, many lefty bloggers ( Moulitsas , Hamsher , Llorens , Kurtz ) are blasting Lieberman for announcing his opposition to a public health care plan after expressing support for such a ...
M.S. Bellows, Jr.: Fate of Healthcare Reform Is In Joe Lieberman's Hands
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... signature domestic policy initiative in its tracks.
Lieberman himself is remarkably open about his fondness for Republican filibusters of progressive initiatives. In an interview with Fox News' Glenn Beck last year, Lieberman -- who, again, was still caucusing with the Democrats -- agreed that a Democratic supermajority capable of invoking cloture would be dangerous to America's safety. While he claims to support reform in general, he has repeatedly said he opposes the public option. He is noncommittal about the new "opt-out" proposal. And in a ...
M.S. Bellows, Jr.: How Lieberman Stole Reid's Candy & Drank Snowe's Milkshake
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... by pulling a Zell Miller and becoming a Republican. A guy who lost the Democratic nomination in his last election and supported John McCain in 2008 is 3/4 of the way there, anyway. 2. Because he's about to switch parties anyway, he doesn't care about threats to strip him of his chairmanships the way every true Dem does. 3. Lieberman has told everyone who'll listen (including Glenn Beck) that he loves Republican filibusters, hates the public option and might filibuster healthcare reform. 4. Lieberman could ...
