Joseph Lieberman

Julian Hattem

Nine Arrested Protesting Lieberman's Healthcare Stance

HuffingtonPost.com | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


Nine protesters were arrested Thursday in a demonstration at the office of Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) to demand that he pledge to stop accepting fro...

Time for Liberals to Give Up on the Public Option

Lanny Davis | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


Lanny Davis

The dream of a national health insurance system that guarantees that matters of life or death are not a function of wealth can finally come true, but only if the public option is put aside for now.

Sam Stein

Leadership, Lieberman Deny He Has Dropped His Filibuster Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


Democratic leadership and Senator Joseph Lieberman's office are both denying a report that the Connecticut Independent had pledged that he would not o...

Senator Lieberman's response

Philip G. Baker | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics


Philip G. Baker

I sent an email to Senator Lieberman expressing my disappointment on the position he has just taken on healthcare. I noted that I was a contributor an...

Sam Stein

Lieberman In '94: The Filibuster "Ails Washington" And Should Be Eliminated

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics


Senator Joseph Lieberman's (I-Conn) threat to filibuster health care legislation that includes a public option for insurance coverage has sent minor s...

Sam Stein

Lieberman's Conn. Colleagues: He's Out Of Touch With Constituents On Public Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics


Two of Connecticut's five members of the House of Representatives accused the state's junior senator, Joseph Lieberman, of turning his back on the int...

Is Anybody Still Surprised by Joe Lieberman?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics


Lincoln Mitchell

Lieberman's announcement that he will vote against cloture for a health care bill that includes the public option should surprise nobody. His ideological home is no longer in the Democratic Party.

Ryan Grim

Lieberman Willing To Sink Health Care Reform... But He Would Really Hate To Do It (AUDIO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


Sen. Joe Lieberman, the independent Democrat from Connecticut, emerged Tuesday afternoon from a meeting with his caucus as the center of attention -- ...

Sam Stein

Lieberman Rejected Filibusters On Other Bills He Opposed, But Not Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) announced on Tuesday that he would vote to sustain a filibuster of health care legislation unless changes were made to...

Sam Stein

Opt-Out Public Option Gains Steam Among Dems, But Questions Remain

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics


With Reporting By Jeff Muskus Democratic senators were largely caught off-guard on Thursday as a compromise approach to health care reform -- emergin...

Sam Stein

Lieberman: Afghanistan Could Turn Into Post-WWII Germany Being Overrun By Nazis

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


One of the chief proponents for increasing U.S. force levels in Afghanistan argued on Thursday that to pursue any lesser strategy would be the equival...

The Gang Of Six: Dickipedia

Dickipedia/HuffPost Comedy | Posted 10.19.2009 | Comedy


The Gang of Six (born July 17, 2009) is a bipartisan group of centrist and conservative Senators urging delay in consideration of health care reform, ...

Rise of the Republicants

Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


Bruce Tenenbaum

We, the people of the future, need your urgent assistance. We are writing to you from the rubble of our once promising republic, the United States of America, destroyed by Republicants.

Sam Stein

Lieberman To Alec Baldwin: "Make My Day" And Run Against Me (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics


Senator Joseph Lieberman said on Sunday that he was more than ready to take on an election challenge from 30 Rock star and longtime Democratic activis...

Sam Stein

Lieberman: Using Reconciliation For Health Care A "Real Mistake"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics


Senator Joseph Lieberman, (I-Conn.) said on Sunday that he thinks it would be a "real mistake" if Democrats used the parliamentary maneuver known as r...

Sarah Palin, John Edwards and the Way We Choose Our Vice Presidents

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics


Lincoln Mitchell

The Edwards and Palin stories both underscore the quirk in our electoral system through which vice presidents are nominated.

Sam Stein

Lieberman Reprises Role As Health Care Spoiler

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics


With reporting by Laura Dean Sen. Joseph Lieberman affirmed on Tuesday what progressive health care reform advocates have long feared: At this junctu...

Lieberman, Graham Threaten To Shut Down Senate Over Detainee Photos

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics


Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) lambasted transparency advocates at a press conference Tuesday, when they renewed their p...

House Dems Want Hearings On Detainee Photos Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics


House Democrats are insisting on hearings before they even consider signing onto the Senate's move to suppress detainee photographs, House Financial S...

Lieberman Now 'Gushing' For Obama

AP | ANDREW MIGA | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Lieberman has changed his tune on Barack Obama. After campaigning across the country for Republican John McCain in 2008 an...

Lieberman Will Walk To Work For Sabbath Stimulus Vote

AFP | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics


Independent US Senator Joseph Lieberman, an observant Jew, planned to walk to and from any vote on the titantic economic stimulus plan that falls on t...

Lieberman, Dodd In Danger Of Losing Reelection

New York Observer | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics


Both of Connecticut's U.S. senators were greeted with ominous new poll numbers on Tuesday. The new Quinnipiac University survey showed Chris Dodd, a s...

Ryan Grim

Senators' Conference Plans Conflicted With Stimulus Vote [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics


The Senate is prepared for one of its most important votes in decades this weekend, whether to approve President Obama's economic stimulus package. Re...

Sam Stein

Lieberman Heaps Praise On Obama For Afghan Policy, Al-Arabiya Interview

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics


Barack Obama received heavy praise for his policy on Afghanistan and approach to the Middle East from a somewhat unlikely source: the Senator who once...

A Blessing for Barack (A Jewish Prayer for All Obama-ites)

Michael L. Millenson | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics


Michael L. Millenson

There is a Jewish prayer that captures the sense of relief, gratitude, and joy that so many of us feel as Barack Obama becomes the 44th president of the United States. It is called the Shehechiyanu.