redstate.com - 11/19/2008
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Although two subcommittee chairmanships were taken away from Joe
Lieberman because he had the temerity to endorse and campaign for
John McCain for President, the Senate Democratic Caucus declined to
take away Lieberman's important Homeland Security Committee
chairmanship. Explaining the ...
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
thehill.com - 11/19/2008
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thehill.com —
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 ...
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Obama exerts his power
courant.com - 11/19/2008
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courant.com —
WASHINGTON - Sen. Joe Lieberman and the Democratic
Party have made up. The ugliness is over, and...
the senator would clearly like to move on from his near-brush with becoming a Senate nonentity. On Tuesday, by a 42-13 vote, the Democrats of the Senate ...
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Democrats, Lieberman Reconcile, Move On -
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11/19: This One Stings
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... . One righty blogger described yesterday's Senate vote as proof that "the netroots are no longer needed" once an election is over. LIEBERMAN: This Isn't Change We Can Believe In Liberal bloggers are angry and upset that Senate Dems allowed Lieberman to retain his chairmanship of the Homeland Security committee: ...
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firedoglake.com 11/11/2008 —
(You can sign a letter to the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee asking them to relieve Joe Lieberman of his gavel here )
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Harry Reid has met with
Senator Joe Lieberman to discuss Lieberman's place in the
Democratic conference. And instead of stripping him of his
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dailykos.com 11/6/2008 — Reid has just issued a statement: "Today Senator Lieberman and I had the first of what I expect to be several conversations. No decisions have been made. While I understand that Senator Lieberman has voted with Democrats a majority of the time, his ...
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Lieberman keeps committee chairmanship —
First Read 11/18/2008
From NBC's Domenico MontanaroDemocrats in Congress have allowed Joe Lieberman to hold onto his powerful chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee in a secret ballot vote. Majority Leader Harry Reid, however, asked the Connecticut senator to step ...
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