Joseph Lieberman

Obama And Democrats Call McCain's Bluff

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama rejected the proposal -- put forward by John McCain today -- that the two presidential candidates leave the campaign trail, delay Friday'...

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Lieberman Goes To Bat For Palin

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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When Joe Lieberman first started stumping on behalf of John McCain, he said it was driven primarily by a shared vision for the Iraq war and a personal...

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John McCain Channels Reagan: Both the Good and the Troubling

Steve Clemons | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

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Tonight, McCain gave us a big dose of Reagan's national greatness flourish in a dignified, genteel and pleasant manner. His speaking style was reminiscent of Reagan -- without the memorable lines.

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McCain Advisers Try To Dispel His Hawkish Image

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

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There is a growing effort on behalf of McCain surrogates here in Minneapolis to paint the Arizona Republican as far less hawkish on foreign policy tha...

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Reid Reconsidering Lieberman's Position In The Party

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

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Senator Joseph Lieberman's decision to speak at the upcoming Republican National Convention is being met with deep consternation among Democrats and i...

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McCain: "In The 21st Century Nations Don't Invade Other Nations"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

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Speaking to reporters about the situation in Georgia, Sen. John McCain denounced the aggressive posture of Russia by claiming that:"in the 21st centur...

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Battle of the Surrogates: Should We Be Picking a President This Way?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

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The Obama campaign has to be more selective in choosing its spokespeople, using more strong, smart advocates like Sen. Biden and Sen. Webb, and keeping Pelosi and Kerry as far away from the media as possible.

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Not a Good Sunday for Women

Adele Stan | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics

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I'll be surprised if McCain doesn't pick a woman. I've long speculated before that such a move would make good sense as McCain seeks to appeal to swing voters.

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Are There Some Terrorists that are OK by Lieberman? A Call for Senator Lieberman to Recant

Steve Clemons | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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Lieberman agreed to carry to Bush a "pardon request" for a convict that the FBI sent to prison for terror activities aimed against Cuba.

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Lieberman Rips Obama: His Lack Of Conviction Puts Nation In Peril

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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Despite rumblings that his advocacy for John McCain could lead to his ouster from the Democratic Party, Joseph Lieberman continued on Tuesday to take ...

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A Grassroots Victory: Lieberman Must Go!

ZP Heller | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

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It's highly problematic for someone as hawkish and conservative as Lieberman, who has publicly endorsed John McCain and backs the Bush-McCain war in Iraq, to hold a high ranking seat in the Democratic caucus.

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Lieberman Must Go!

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

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Yesterday, the New York Times sniffed at a new web site, LiebermanMustGo.com, writing that it "catalogues Mr. Lieberman's perceived sins," as if the t...

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Pastor Hagee's Media Supression Scandal Threatens To Splash Embattled Lieberman

Bruce Wilson | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Hagee, Cufi, War With Iran, Joseph Lieberman, Anti-Semitism, Israel, Jewish Lobby, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News

This latest round of scandal comes just as a coalition of progress activists has delivered a 43,000-plus signature petition calling to strip Lieberman of his chairmanship and rank in the caucus.

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Joe Lieberman Responds To 'Lieberman Must Go' Campaign

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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This week, Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films launched LiebermanMustGo.com, a website petitioning Senate Democrats to strip Sen. Joseph Lieberman of...

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Brave New Films Launches Dump Lieberman Campaign

Brave New Films | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

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Demand the Steering Committee remove Joe Lieberman's position within the Democratic Caucus. 1,296 signers We CANNOT tolerate a leader of the Senate D...

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Ambinder: Time To Vet The VP Candidates

National Journal | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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Just after twilight on July 1, 2004, John Kerry slipped through the garden in the back of his Georgetown town house. Accompanied by a single aide and ...

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Pastor Hagee Still Sells Controversial 2005 'God Sent Hitler' Sermon, Apologizes To ADL For Wrong Sermon

Bruce Wilson | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

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Despite Pastor John Hagee's claims to the contrary, his "God sent Hitler" sermon was anything but 'historic'. It was shockingly contemporary.

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Lieberman Irks Democrats By Criticizing Obama

AP | ANDREW MIGA | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Joe Lieberman is fast becoming the Democrats' public enemy No. 1. The four-term Connecticut senator, who came tantalizingly close ...

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Hagee Mass-Marketed Hitler's Favorite Conspiracy Theory

Bruce Wilson | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

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The man Lieberman had likened to Moses has profited from a product promoting one of the most notorious anti-Jewish conspiracy theories -- one of Hitler's favorite 'justifications' for the Holocaust.

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Details on the Night Obama Backed Lieberman in 2006

Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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In case you have any doubts about an earlier Huff Post link today about Barack Obama being asked by (a now) ungrateful Joe Lieberman's team in 2006 to...

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Lieberman, Graham Leave Anti-Obama Group Vets For Freedom

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

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The Huffington Post broke the news last week that two of Sen. John McCain's top campaign chairmen were serving on the board of an independent organiza...

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Google Tells Lieberman: Thanks For The Input But You're Wrong

Google Public Policy Blog | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

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Last week, Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) contacted us to voice his concerns about seeing videos from several Islamic terrorist organizations on YouTube...

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Russ Feingold Pushes the Bolton Button

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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At the beginning of the battle to stop John Bolton's confirmation as US Ambassador to the United Nations, Senators Russ Feingold and Barack Obama were...

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The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act

Philip Giraldi | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

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One would have thought that the systematic dismantling of the Constitution would have been enough to satisfy even the most Jacobin neoconservative.

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Lieberman Will Now Examine Some Contractors

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 10.15.2007 | Politics

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Joe Lieberman (I-CT), who chairs the Senate committee responsible for government oversight, apparently still has no plans to investigate Blackwater an...

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