Joseph Lieberman

Jeff Muskus

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.

Sam Stein

Lieberman Goes After Bush Administration (Finally)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics


Fresh off his successful effort to keep his seat atop the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee -- in which he was often accused of bei...

Sam Stein

Evasive Lieberman Discusses Regrets On "Meet The Press"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics


A semi-repentant Joe Lieberman took to the set of "Meet the Press" on Sunday, tasked with explaining his conduct on the campaign trail, his attacks on...

Sam Stein

How Joe Lieberman Kept His Post

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics


On Tuesday, the Democratic Senate caucus decided to let Joe Lieberman retain his chairmanship atop the Homeland Security committee. But by the time th...

Nico Pitney and Sam Stein

Dean: Keeping Lieberman As Chairman Is Shrewd Move

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney and Sam Stein | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics


DNC Chair Howard Dean welcomed the decision to keep Senator Joseph Lieberman as head of the Homeland Security Committee and, consequently, in the Demo...

Remove Lieberman from all Domestic Security and National Security Roles

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics


Steve Clemons

Lieberman is dangerous on so many levels and hasn't offered any explanation that should make Americans feel comfortable with him as Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security.

The Reason Lieberman Must Go

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


Jeffrey Feldman

The Republican Party falsely accused Obama of hastening the genocide of the Jewish people -- while Sen. Lieberman gave this strategy his seal of approval by campaigning for McCain.

Sam Stein

Joe Lieberman To Be Stripped Of Committee Chair?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will meet with Joe Lieberman on Thursday to discuss how the disaffected, controversial Connecticut Democrat-Independ...

Sam Stein

Obama And Democrats Call McCain's Bluff

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


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

Sam Stein

Lieberman Goes To Bat For Palin

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics


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...

John McCain Channels Reagan: Both the Good and the Troubling

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics


Steve Clemons

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.

Sam Stein

McCain Advisers Try To Dispel His Hawkish Image

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics


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...

Sam Stein

Reid Reconsidering Lieberman's Position In The Party

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics


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

Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics


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

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

Mitchell Bard | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

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.

Not a Good Sunday for Women

Adele Stan | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics


Adele Stan

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.

Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


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

A Grassroots Victory: Lieberman Must Go!

ZP Heller | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics


ZP Heller

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.

Lieberman Must Go!

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

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...