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Barack Obama, Pragmatic, Compromise Prone, Moderate Democrat: Clear in 2009, Already Clear in 2007.

Myriam Miedzian | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Myriam Miedzian

While much of his voting record, especially in the Illinois legislature was very good, some of his actions were disturbingly contrary to the rhetoric and the idealistic image he conveyed.

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Bill Clinton To Speak To Democratic Senators About Health Bill

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year's end, pointedly telling sk...

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Interview: Hezbollah And Hamas on Obama, Netanyahu, Terrorism ... And Oprah

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Netanyahu, Al Qaeda, Mahmoud Abbas, Barak, Emir of Qatar, Islamists, Extremism, Ammar Mousawi, Peace Process, Bernard Kouchner, Palestine, Lebanon, Obama, Hezbollah, Hamas, Shiite, Lieberman, US State Department, Middle East, Usama Hamdan, Cairo, Oprah, Taliban, Khaled Meshaal, Israel, US President, Resistance, Abu Mazen, Hassan Nasrallah, Us, Terrorism, Sunni, World News
Sharmine Narwani

While both groups embrace Islamic values as their core ideology and driving principle, their political actions appear to be driven more by realpolitik than Quranic mandate.

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Weiner Takes Lieberman On For "Audacity" Of Filibuster (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) took on Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) on "Morning Joe" Monday, chastising the former Democrat for pledging to join a filib...

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Stupak Amendment Breaks Heart

Donna Schaper | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

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Donna Schaper

The Stupak amendment joins Joe Lieberman in breaking my heart. It is not a political matter for me. It is an insult, an affront, a stupidity, and a knife in my back.

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Huh?

Dave Hackel | Posted 11.03.2009 | Media

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Dave Hackel

Everyday the news is filled with statements that just don't make any sense. I write them down and then I study them later. Many still puzzle me. Maybe you can help me make sense of them.

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Putting the Power Back in the Hands of the People Against Rogue Democrats

Paul Loeb | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Baucus, Max Baucus, Filibuster, Lieberman, Joe Lieberman, MoveOn.Org, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
Paul Loeb

As the health care fight approaches its end game, there's now a way for us, as ordinary citizens, to exercise power, and create enough of a potential cost to deter conservatives standing in the way.

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Health Care's Next Big Fight: Tax the Rich or Slam Workers?

Art Levine | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Excise Taxes, So-Called-Cadillac-Plans, Obama, House, Unions, Senate, Lieberman, Politics News
Art Levine

Neither the House nor Senate versions of the health care bill could offer the extensive, affordable coverage that reformers are hoping for or that Democrats have been promoting.

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Lieberman: I'll Probably Back Some Republicans In 2010 (VIDEO)

Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) told ABC News on Friday that he would probably support some Republicans in the next election. "I expect I will support ...

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Jon Stewart Takes On Media, Lieberman Over Public Option (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 10.29.2009 | Comedy

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After much debate and speculation, after every cable news network declared it dead one point or another, Senator Harry Reid announced that a public op...

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Backpfeifengesicht = Lieberman

Norman Lear | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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Norman Lear

Google the meaning of backpfeifengesicht and see if it doesn't evoke Joe Lieberman! What is it about that face?

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Top 15 Lieberman Betrayals: Joe's Worst Double-Crosses

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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On Tuesday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) announced that he might join a filibuster against health care reform. It's not the first time he's betrayed D...

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How Lieberman Stole Reid's Candy and Drank Snowe's Milkshake

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Forty-eight hours ago, Snowe could have extracted almost anything from the Democratic leadership. Then 24 hours ago, Snowe became irrelevant -- and two hours ago, Lieberman seized his opportunity.

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Lieberman: I'd Filibuster Final Bill Over Public Option

Talking Points Memo | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) told reporters today that he would in fact filibuster any health care bill he doesn't agree with--and right now, he doesn't ...

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Grayson, Progressives Push Reid To Strong-Arm Lieberman, Conservative Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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UPDATE: Reid pushed back Wednesday afternoon against the consensus that health reform is on him -- after Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), laid the fate of...

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Fate of Healthcare Reform Is in Joe Lieberman's Hands

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Progressive observers may be forgetting that the 60 votes in the Senate necessary to invoke cloture, in most people's calculations, includes Joe Lieberman (I-Hartford Insurance).

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Avigdor Lieberman: No Chance For Israeli-Palestinian Peace Deal

AP | STEVE WEIZMAN | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — President Barack Obama's Mideast envoy finds himself increasingly hamstrung, with Israel's foreign minister on Thursday all but ruli...

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Lieberman: As Settler, Will Stay Out Of West Bank Negotiations

Haaretz | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

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Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday that he had deliberately chosen to avoid taking part in the debate over West Bank settlement, as his ow...

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Rachel Weiner

Lieberman: Public Option Not Good On Politics Or Substance (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

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Even with Al Franken finally seated, Democrats will have trouble getting their agenda through the Senate. Case in point: Connecticut Independent Joe L...

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Sarkozy To Netanyahu: Fire Avigdor Lieberman

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — French president Nicolas Sarkozy urged the Israeli prime minister to fire his foreign minister _ a hard-liner whose party tried to f...

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Avigdor Lieberman Blasts The West For Not Helping Iranian Protesters

TIME | Tim McGirk and Romesh Ratnesar / Jerusalem Thursday, Jun. 25, 2009 | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

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For a man who has a reputation for being blunt and confrontational, Avigdor Lieberman has kept uncharacteristically silent since taking over in March ...

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Avigdor Lieberman: Settlement Freeze Unacceptable

globalsecurity.org | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON, June 18 (RIA Novosti) - Israel cannot accept a U.S. proposal that it suspend the construction of new settlements in Palestinian territory,...

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Congress Sends Drug War South, Taxpayer Money to Defense Firms

Laura Carlsen | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

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Laura Carlsen

A little-known measure buried in the U.S. 2009 Supplemental Bill would provide millions of dollars to corrupt Mexican security forces engaged in an unwinnable drug war.

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Avigdor Lieberman Threatens Action Against Iran If No Progress In 3 Months

AP | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

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Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday told Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi that the West should give Iran three months to respond to ...

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Ahmadinejad Gives Another Victory to the Israeli Right

Rabbi Michael Lerner | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

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Rabbi Michael Lerner

One reason peace forces are unable to win majority support in Israel is that too many Arabs seek not a two-state solution but the total elimination of the State of Israel as a Jewish homeland.

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