thehill.com - 11/19/2008
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President-elect Barack Obama, in the latest of several moves to heal election wounds, persuaded Democrats to reject stiff punishment for Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) despite his campaign efforts for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). Lieberman is the beneficiary of the president-elect’s emerging tactic ...
weeklystandard.com - 11/19/2008
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weeklystandard.com —
What is best in life ? To crush
your enemies, see them driven before you, and to
hear the lamentation of their women. This is precisely what the Democratic party achieved with Barack Obama’s historic victory on November 4. The Democrats increased ...
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Won't Take Yes for an Answer
bobgeiger.blogspot.com - 11/18/2008
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bobgeiger.blogspot.com —
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, an Independent who
caucuses with Senate Democrats, blasted the 42-13 vote this
morning that allowed Joe Lieberman to keep his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, despite ...
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BobGeiger.com: Sanders on Lieberman Keeping Committee ...
abcnews.go.com - 11/18/2008
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abcnews.go.com —
Tuesday was D-Day for Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman.
In a 42-13 secret ballot vote, Democratic senators approved
a resolution stripping Lieberman of a subcommittee chairmanship, but allowing him to remain chairman of the Senate Homeland Security ...
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Senate Democrats Vote: Lieberman Keeps Chairmanship
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Does Lieberman owe Obama?
Political Animal —
DOES LIEBERMAN OWE OBAMA?.... By most indications, Barack Obama's magnanimity towards Joe Lieberman played a rather direct role in Lieberman keeping his committee chairmanship. It's hard to say with any certainty what would have happened in yesterday's caucus meeting if the president-elect had been less charitable, but if there was any real support for holding Lieberman accountable for his conduct, it dissipated in the wake of Obama's graciousness. With that in mind, ...
MORNING READ
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... and Con - Shmuel Rosner, Contentions [image] Dean Basks in Results, Offers Hints - S. Stein, Huffington Post [image] Mandate for Reconciliation - kos, Daily Kos [image] Dean is Fine With Lieberman Decision - Greg Sargent, TPM Election OTHER NEWS SOURCES: Automakers Press High-Stakes Plea for Aid - Washington Post Democrats Gain as Stevens Loses Race - New York Times Paulson, Bernanke Rebuked on The Hill - Wall Street Journal Obama Exerts His Power - The Hill ...
Damned Democrats
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... Obama! He’s ” binding former enemies close to him,” even if his former enemies don’t feel bound to him! ...
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dailykos.com 11/17/2008 — Roll Call (subscription only): When Senate Democrats meet Tuesday to decide Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (ID-Conn.) fate, leaders are expected to propose that he keep his gavel at the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee but lose his ...
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Latest on Lieberman
washingtonmonthly.com 11/11/2008 — LATEST ON LIEBERMAN.... Barack Obama reportedly sent word to the Hill yesterday that he'd prefer to see Joe Lieberman stay in the Democratic caucus next year. That's not too big a surprise -- Obama's big on magnanimity -- and it's...
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openleft.com 11/11/2008 — Quite a few different interpretations of Obama's statement on Lieberman are floating around. Josh Orton's reading is best supported by the actual text, and also by Josh's experience in Reid's office. Either way, the statement is made, can't be unmade, ...
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dailykos.com 11/17/2008 — Surprising , and very much welcome. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), a close ally of Sen. Joe Lieberman, said the Connecticut Independent should pay a price for his campaign attacks against President-elect Barack Obama. " There need to be consequences, ...
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First Read 11/19/2008
By a 42-13 vote Sen. Joe Lieberman was allowed to keep his Homeland Security Committee chairmanship. "Independent Bernie Sanders and Democrat Pat Leahy, Vermont's two senators, spoke against allowing Lieberman to keep the Homeland Security and ...
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