blogs.courant.com - 11/7/2008
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In this time of presidential transition, the ousting of Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman as chairman of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee will be an easy decision. Trader Joe took the calculated risk of backing his Repubican friend John...
politico.com - 11/7/2008
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politico.com —
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has reached out
to Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) about the prospect...
of joining the Republican Conference, but Lieberman is still bargaining with Democratic leaders to keep his chairmanship, according to ...
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McConnell reaches out to Lieberman - Ryan Grim
action.firedoglake.com - 11/6/2008
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action.firedoglake.com —
Just Say No to Joe To: Members of
the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee Dear Senators,...
Two years ago, Democrats in Joe Lieberman's own state voted for change in Connecticut's U.S. Senate primary against Ned Lamont. Despite pledges to ...
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washingtonmonthly.com - 11/7/2008
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washingtonmonthly.com —
WHAT LIEBERMAN FINDS 'UNACCEPTABLE'.... As political theater goes,
the exploits of Joe Lieberman really are odd. Minority...
Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has reached out to Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) about the prospect of joining the Republican ...
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What Lieberman finds 'unacceptable'
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Pundit Review —
... thinks he will play bad cop to congress and interest groups. Even better. Joe Lieberman - Hartford Courant’s Stan Simpson makes the case to kick him out of the party. On the heals of Rahm Emanuel, an overly aggressive move means GOP will have its theme…Democrats are not serious about bipartisanship and different tone in Washington. I think this is for show and they won’t follow through. Speaking of a new kind of politics - will Obama pursue card check and unfairness doctrine in first 100 days? That would be a Clintonian-style early term disaster. At least it should be. ...
Early Morning Swim: Special Revenge Is A Dish Served Cold Edition
Firedoglake —
... Reid tells Lieberman: no gavels for you.
A traitor among us.
Only option? Joe gotta go.
Sign the petition.
Team McCain hits again.
Team Sarah fires back.
President-elect Obama pads his total.
He's good enough, he's smart enough -- and trails by only 236 votes.
Summers or Geithner?
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crooksandliars.com 11/8/2008 —
[Cartoon by Bob Englehart ]
Dana Bash at CNN reports that Holy Joe is unhappy about his looming and well-earned demotion, and is thinking about joining the Republican caucus:
A Senate Democratic source familiar with the meeting confirms that ...
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