abcnews.go.com - 11/18/2008
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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 Committee. No staff members were allowed as ...
dailykos.com - 11/18/2008
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dailykos.com —
Jane Hamsher : Asked what it would mean
if Lieberman kept his chairmanship, one Senate Democratic aide
said bluntly: "The left has been foiled again. They can rant and rage but they still do not put the fear into folks to actually change their ...
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Today's lesson
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
huffingtonpost.com - 11/18/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
DNC Chair Howard Dean welcomed the decision to
keep Senator Joseph Lieberman as head of the Homeland
Security Committee and, consequently, in the Democratic Caucus, saying the move was pragmatic, magnanimous and political shrewd. Speaking to the ...
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Dean Applauds Move To Keep Lieberman As Committee Chair
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Lieberman Begins His Democratic Repentance
Political Punch —
Previous | Main Lieberman Begins His Democratic Repentance November 18, 2008 1:55 PM The only orthodox Jew in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Joe Lieberman, Ind.-Conn, began the process of תשובה ("t'shuvah") or repentance, today, as his fellow Democrats voted to strip him of his seat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, where he held a subcommittee chairmanship. The transgression? Lieberman's strong advocacy for Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, which often led him to disparage President-elect Obama with whom Lieberman has not spoken since Election Day. Lieberman spoke to reporters after the vote, noting that his ...
The Note: Clinton Drama Haunts Obama Transition
Political Radar —
Previous | Main The Note: Clinton Drama Haunts Obama Transition November 19, 2008 8:35 AM ABC News' Rick Klein reports in Wednesday's Note: Which of these items should surprise us: - The fact that Vice-president-elect Joe Biden is still a member of the United States Senate? (Albeit one with no intentions of actually casting another vote.) - The fact that Sen. Ted Stevens is still a member of the Republican caucus? (Albeit one with very few votes left to cast. ) - The fact that Sen. Joe Lieberman is still a member of the Democratic caucus? (Just with one fewer subcommittee chairmanship that no one knew he ...
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google.com 11/18/2008 — 1 hour ago WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will ...
Obama Will Put No Pressure On Lieberman
openleft.com 11/11/2008 — Greg Sargent becomes the first person to get the Obama campaign on record about whether Lieberman should keep his committee position or not. They claim to be staying neutral :
President-Elect Barack Obama doesn't "hold any grudges" against Senator ...
The Case Against Lieberman
blogs.tnr.com 11/18/2008 —
Jamie has an online article making the case for why Joe Lieberman should get to keep his position as chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in the Senate. I did not find his case persuasive.
The premise of Jamie's argument is that ...
And then there were four?
washingtonmonthly.com 11/17/2008 — AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR?.... The Senate Democratic caucus will meet tomorrow to decide, among other things, what to do with Joe Lieberman. After a couple of weeks in which no one from the caucus was willing to say publicly...
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obsidianwings.blogs.com 11/17/2008 — by hilzoy
From the Hartford Courant :
"Senate Democrats will decide by secret ballot Tuesday whether to take away Sen. Joe Lieberman's chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee -- a post from which he oversees ...
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