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talkleft.com - 10/27/2009
Why Joe Lieberman Caucuses With Democrats
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(Guest Post by Big Tent Democrat ) Joe's Pajama Party : SIMON : -- on this. That if you do win -- and you're doing well at the moment -- if you do win as an Independent, you will still then become a Democrat, stay as a Democrat and caucus with the Democrats. LIEBERMAN : Yeah. The critical thing ...
Lieberman Lies To Justify Health Care Filibustering: The Public Option Will Raise Premiums And Increase The Debt
thinkprogress.org - 10/28/2009
Lieberman Lies To Justify Health Care Filibustering: The Public Option Will Raise Premiums And ...
— thinkprogress.org — This afternoon, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) appeared on Fox News to defend his intention to filibuster any... health care reform bill that includes a national public option . Lieberman argued that a public plan would “stifle” the economic ... (more) Lieberman Lies To Justify Health Care Filibustering: The ...

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Traitor Joe
thedailybeast.com - 10/28/2009
Traitor Joe
— thedailybeast.com — The ex-Democrat now says he'll join the GOP in a health-care filibuster. Paul Begala on Lieberman's latest... and most shameless betrayal. It's journalistic shorthand to note a politician's party identification and state after his or her name. For... (more) Traitor Joe

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Lieberman Proposed Public Option In 2004, Opposes It Now
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/28/2009
Lieberman Proposed Public Option In 2004, Opposes It Now
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) seems to have seriously changed his position on a public health insurance program... -- from supporting it years ago, to staunchly opposing it now. Back when Lieberman was a full-fledged Democrat and sought the party's ... (more) Lieberman Proposed Public Option In 2004, Opposes It Now

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Insurance Stocks Plunged As Reid Announced Public Option, Spiked After Lieberman Vowed To Filibuster It
Think Progress — ... opt-out provision) in the Senate’s final health care bill. Although all of the details of the public plan are yet to be determined, progressives cheered the move. As Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) admitted, without all the pressure that progressives in and out of Congress put on legislators, it is unlikely there would have been a public option included in Reid’s final bill. Yet this afternoon, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) broke with the Democratic caucus that he is a member of and vowed to join a Republican-led filibuster if the public option is ...

FLASHBACK: Lieberman Voted Yes On Cloture For Legislation He Ultimately Opposed
Think Progress — Yesterday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), who caucuses with the Democrats, made headlines when he vowed to join the Republican filibuster the Senate health care bill unless the public option is removed from it. As Rachel Maddow pointed out last night, “A member of the majority has never before crossed party lines to filibuster with the minority. And that is exactly what Joe Lieberman is threatening to do to kill health care reform.” In fact, according to research dug up by Maddow and her staff, Lieberman has voted for cloture ...

Blair On Middle East Peace Talks: ‘You’ll Never Get The Most Optimal Context…So Let’s Get It Going’
The Hollywood Liberal — ... Yesterday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), who caucuses with the Democrats, made headlines when he vowed to join the Republican filibuster the Senate health care bill unless the public option is removed from it. As Rachel Maddow pointed out last night, “A member of the majority has never before crossed party lines to filibuster with the […] lolieberman Yesterday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), who caucuses with the Democrats, made headlines when ...

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