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3:47 PM, Apr 17, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENRetiring Connecticut senator Joseph Lieberman, an independent Democrat, did not rule out supporting his friend from across the aisle, former Republican congressman Chris Shays, in the Senate race to replace himself.
"I don’t have any current plans to be involved, but Chris Shays and I have a very special, longtime relationship," said Lieberman in the Capitol Tuesday afternoon. "I have the greatest admiration for him. He’s a personal friend. So we’ll watch and see what happens." Shays is facing the GOP's 2010 Senate candidate, Linda McMahon, in the primary. Democratic congressman Chris Murphy currently leads in his primary race.
Buddy offers Lieberman VP. But Joe says no.8:14 AM, Nov 28, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPERLast night, the tail end of Thanksgiving weekend, Republican presidential candidate Buddy Roemer made a major announcement. “Senator Joe Lieberman’s reputation as a reformer and a man of integrity is unrivaled in American politics,” Roemer said in a press release sent out by his campaign. “He is unequivocally my first choice for a Vice Presidential running mate.”
Read more... 6:03 PM, Nov 9, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPERIndependent Democrat Joe Lieberman blasted President Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy for a "totally unacceptable, totally offensive" conversation about Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On Sean Hannity's radio show this afternoon, Lieberman said "it was very troubling."
Lieberman continued:
Read more... 1:51 PM, Nov 4, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPERIndependent Democratic senator Joe Lieberman recently visited the Heritage Foundation to talk about the Asia-Pacific:
Read more... 12:14 PM, Oct 26, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPERFrom a Roll Call report on Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman:
"At this point, it's safe to say many in the Democratic caucus see Sen. Lieberman as a mosquito," said Jimmy Williams, a former aide to Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). "The bad news is he has sucked enough blood from both sides of the aisle. The good news is winter is coming, meaning his time in the Senate will thankfully come to an end."
Read more... 11:22 AM, Oct 24, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPERFormer Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman blasted President Obama’s Iraq drawdown over the weekend, saying that the president’s “statement [was] of failure, not success.”
Read more... 3:14 PM, Oct 12, 2011 • By MICHAEL WARRENLast night, two Democratic senators helped block a motion to debate and vote on the president's jobs bill. That hasn't stopped Barack Obama from arguing that it was Republicans in the Senate who are solely responsible for holding up his bill's movement.
Read more... 1:55 PM, Jun 21, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER
Senator Joe Lieberman spoke last night at a Hudson Institute event, where he urged both political parties not to “retreat from the world.”
Read more... 1:23 PM, May 18, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPERAfter hundreds of deaths of protesters at the hands of Bashar al-Assad's forces in Syria, the U.S. "will impose sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad for human rights abuses on Wednesday," Reuters reports.
Read more... 2:26 PM, May 12, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPERA bipartisan group of senators joined together yesterday to discuss a proposed Senate resolution on Syria, which would condemn the rogue regime and urge the Obama administration to act decisively.
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