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Ships That Pass in the Night
boomantribune.com - 27 days ago
Ships That Pass in the Night
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I guess Lieberman is going to run for reelection as a Republican. Even if he backs down on the cloture vote, he's basically burned his bridges. What's weird is how closely Arlen Specter's recent moves to left parallel Lieberman's to the right. They're almost like ships passing in the night, and ...
blogs.courant.com - 29 days ago
Joe Lieberman: "I feel relevant"
— blogs.courant.com — Ralph Nader called him the nation's leading political hermaphrodite . To Ghengis Conn, he's an attention-craving  political... outcast with a meager record of accomplishment since 2006. Slate magazine paints him as a pawn of the state's ... (more) Joe Lieberman: "I feel relevant"

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huffingtonpost.com - 30 days ago
Lieberman In '94: The Filibuster "Ails Washington" And Should Be Eliminated
— huffingtonpost.com — Senator Joseph Lieberman's (I-Conn) threat to filibuster health care legislation that includes a public option for insurance... coverage has sent minor shock-waves throughout Washington. Among Republicans, the Connecticut Independent inspired a round ... (more) Lieberman In '94: The Filibuster "Ails Washington" And ...

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Lieberman Would Prefer ‘Nothing’ To Health Care Reform With A Public Option
thinkprogress.org - 28 days ago
Lieberman Would Prefer ‘Nothing’ To Health Care Reform With A Public Option
— thinkprogress.org — For months now, media critics like Media Matters’ Jamison Foser have pointed out that the press have... often demonstrated a double standard when questioning opponents and proponents of the public option, only asking advocates about whether they ... (more) Lieberman Would Prefer ‘Nothing’ To Health Care Reform ...

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Crooks and Liars — TBogg: The beatings will continue until morale improves skippy the bush kangaroo: How Goldman Sachs bet on America failing The Bobblespeak Translations: Face the Nation with Joe Lieberman field negro: Pastor, please don't shoot, you might hit the usher ANNALS OF JOURNALISM: California AG Brown illegally taped reporters...Not a news organization...Jon Stewart breaks it down...Inside Iraq...Media failure compounds the financial failure...NPR gets it ...

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