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huffingtonpost.com - 11/6/2008
Lieberman: 'I Fear' That 'America Will Not Survive' If Dems Get 60 Senate Seats
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With the possibility that Democrats might soon gain a filibuster proof majority in the Senate, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) has been openly flirting with thoughts of voting with his conservative colleagues. Last week, ThinkProgress noted that prominent conservatives like Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) ...
huffingtonpost.com - 11/6/2008
Lieberman Meets With Reid, Tries To Cling To Senate Chairmanship
— 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 ... (more) Lieberman Meets With Reid, Tries To Cling To Senate ...

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Lieberman: ‘I Fear’ That ‘America Will Not Survive’ If Democrats Get 60 Senate Seats
thinkprogress.org - 11/4/2008
Lieberman: ‘I Fear’ That ‘America Will Not Survive’ If Democrats Get 60 Senate Seats
— 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 ... (more) Lieberman: ‘I Fear’ That ‘America Will Not Survive’ If ...

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Lieberman After Meeting with Reid - Video
campaignsilo.firedoglake.com - 11/6/2008
Lieberman After Meeting with Reid - Video
— 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 ... (more) Lieberman After Meeting with Reid - Video

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Crooks and Liars:  Lieberman: What? You Guys Won? I Didn't Mean All Those Things! Really!!

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Lieberman: What? You Guys Won? I Didn't Mean All Those Things! Really!!
Crooks and Liars — ... While I'm trying to get into the spirit of Obama's hope for a post-partisan presidency, can I be allowed this one small, deeply partisan moment and demand the Senate leadership kick this sorry ass out of the Democratic caucus once and for all? Lieberman is supposed to meet with Harry Reid later this week. Once upon a time, Reid was insisting that Lieberman was "with us on everything but the war." Of course, that was before he said he feared "America will not survive" if Democrats won 60 seats and before he said Obama "has not always put America ...

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Lieberman to discuss fate with Reid — POLITICO.com: Congress 11/5/2008
“I’ve said all along, ‘Joe, these are welcoming arms. C’mon, Joe,’” says Republican Sen. John Ensign.
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