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thecarpetbaggerreport.com - 8/20/2008
Lieberman’s antics do not go by unnoticed by Dem leadership
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About a month ago, Joe Lieberman explained that he’s open to delivering the keynote address at the Republican National Convention in September. “If Sen. McCain, who I support so strongly, asked me to do it, if he thinks it will help him, I will,” Lieberman told The Hill. (His remarks came just days after Lieberman praised Rush Limbaugh for his “love for our country and support for our troops,” ...

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AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth:  Lieberman to give speech at GOP convention

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Lieberman to give speech at GOP convention
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — ... , and he's now stabbing our party and our candidate in the back. He shouldn't just have his committee chairmanship taken away from him, he should be pushed into the minority party where he can be happy and powerless with his fellow Republicans. ...

Reid Taking Another Look At Lieberman's Position In The Party
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... It has long been expected that Lieberman's antics and surrogacy on behalf of John McCain would endanger his standing among Democrats. But for the most part Reid and company have shied away from discussing whether the Connecticut Independent Democrat would retain his chairmanship for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Asked in May if Lieberman's position was at risk, for example, the Senate Majority Leader said "no." Though later he said, without elaboration, that such a scenario was possible but ...

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