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Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman says while he's "strongly inclined" to vote to move Sen. Harry Reid's health care plan to the Senate floor for debate, he would ultimately oppose the measure because it includes a public option.
A spokesman for Alec Baldwin says the actor has no plans to challenge Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman in the 2012 election.
Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman has a message for actor Alec Baldwin, who is reportedly considering a move to Connecticut to challenge Lieberman in 2012: "Make my day."
Sen. Joe Lieberman riled Democrats last year by criticizing then-presidential candidate Barack Obama. Now the Connecticut independent is helping the president push for a bill to combat global warming.
Joe Lieberman predicted Tuesday that voters will re-elect his beleaguered fellow Connecticut senator, Christopher Dodd, for the same reasons he attributes to his own comeback victory.
Israeli police say they have questioned the country's new ultranationalist foreign minister for the third time since he took office.
Excerpts from speeches and statements by new Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the hawkish Yisrael Beitenu party:
An Israeli politician who based his election campaign on baiting the country's Arab minority, drawing accusations that he is a racist demagogue, now seems likely to become the Jewish state's top diplomat.
Sen. Joe Lieberman has changed his tune on Barack Obama. After campaigning across the country for Republican John McCain in 2008 and attacking Obama as naive, untested and unwilling to take on powerful special interests, Lieberman now showers praise on the popular new Democratic president.
One of the big winners of Israel's election Tuesday is its most divisive politician, an ultranationalist settler who owes his surging political fortunes to Israeli Jews' deepening distrust of the country's Arab minority.
Connecticut Democratic Party officials, after an hour of political soul searching, decided Wednesday to send Sen. Joe Lieberman a letter detailing their disappointment with his public support for Republican John McCain in the presidential race.
As the economy continues to careen, cash-strapped grocery shoppers are turning from highly burnished national product names to store brands to save money. In the process, they’re discovering that the cheaper, generic products they had thought to be inferior often taste just as good as their costlier counterparts.
Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman took another step Tuesday toward mending his relationship with Democrats, saying that Barack Obama's actions since winning the presidency have been "just about perfect."
- In a closed-door meeting that lasted nearly two hours, Senate Democrats decided, by a secret ballot Tuesday, to keep Sen. Joe Lieberman, the independent from Connecticut who’d harshly criticized Barack Obama during the campaign.
Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign.
Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman's chances of holding onto his committee chairmanship suffered a blow Friday when two key New England Democratic senators came out against him.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is talking to Connecticut independent Sen. Joe Lieberman about the possibility of Lieberman caucusing with the GOP.
Sen. Joe Lieberman's affiliation with Democrats was in question after a meeting Thursday with Majority Leader Harry Reid, steamed over the Connecticut independent's high-profile support of John McCain for president.
President-elect Obama has told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid he's not interested in seeing Democrats oust Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman from their ranks over his endorsement of Republican John McCain.
Sen. Joe Lieberman on Friday skirted a question on whether vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is ready from day one to be president, saying "thank God" she won't have to be.
- Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain tried to make the case in the final presidential debate Wednesday night that Americans still, after all these months, do not know Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama.
Connecticut Democrats are considering whether to ask Sen. Joe Lieberman to leave the party for speaking at the Republicans' convention and backing GOP presidential nominee John McCain.
Democrat-turned-independent Joe Lieberman skipped Senate Democrats' weekly caucus luncheon Tuesday and will not attend them for a while after angering many Democrats by criticizing their presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama.
Senate Democrats hinted at payback Thursday for Sen. Joe Lieberman, who called Barack Obama an untested candidate beholden to Democratic interest groups in a prime-time Republican National Convention address.
Nine Arrested Protesting Lieberman's Healthcare StanceNine protesters were arrested Thursday in a demonstration at the office of Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) to demand that he pledge to stop accepting from the health insurance industry.
Sen. Tom Harkin Hints at Penalties for Lieberman's DisloyaltySen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)--chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee is rare among senior Senate Democrats. Whereas many in the party view seniority as akin to tenure, Harkin thinks it should come with responsibility.
Ed Schultz Attacks Joe Lieberman's Lobbyist Wife: 'Does the Word Whore Apply?'How angry are ultraliberal talk show hosts over Joe Lieberman's opposition to a government "competitor" in the health insurance system, the so-called "public option"? Ed Schultz was mad enough Wednesday to get very personal with Hadassah Lieberman, the senator's wife, who has …
Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman Says He'll Back Republicans in 2010 Congressional Races - ABC NewsSounding more like an independent than a Democrat, Sen.
Centrist Democrats = Corporate Sellouts Every time I hear about Joe Lieberman's latest apostasy, I think, Oy vey! There he goes again. More Joementum.
Islamist Extremism & The Murder of Daniel PearlThe reason that Daniel Pearl died so young is not because of a tragic accident, a sudden illness, or a natural disaster. It is not because of a random act of violence, or common criminality. It is not because of a misunderstanding or a miscommunication.
Sen. Lieberman rejects 'public option'A senator whose vote will be crucial to passing health care legislation said Tuesday he cannot support government-run insurance, creating an early roadblock to plans unveiled this week by Democratic leaders.
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Somebody Buy Joe Lieberman a PuppyIf he supports the GOP filibuster here, it is time to strip him of any Democratic Party Chairmanships and kick his butt out of the party.
The Weekly Standard Lieberman Public-Option Push-Back Brings Out Snowe and Lincoln & Susan Collins
Sen. Lieberman May Try to Stop Public Option By Joining With GOP Filibuster | Health and Wellness | AlterNetIt's hard to remember this sometimes: Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, the former vice presidential candidate, was once a standard bearer for the Democratic Party.
Joe Lieberman: I'll filibuster Harry Reid's planSen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday that he'd back a GOP filibuster of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's health care reform bill.
Lieberman Says He'll Filibuster Health Care Reform If Public Option Remains Earlier this month, when blogger-activist Mike Stark asked Sen.
The Adoption of the Goldstone ReportThe endorsement of the UN Human Rights Council of the report of South African Justice Richard Goldstone on the war on Gaza, despite American and British criticism, Washington's repeated objections to the report, Israeli threats, the delays and different interpretations of the rep …
I see some articles posted on here from Newsmax. Newsmax is just another Right Wing spin outlet akin to FOX news, It is not credible journalism, it is Political Opinion.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Turkish TV series angers IsraelIsrael's foreign minister has ordered Turkey's ambassador to be summoned over a Turkish TV series that portrays Israeli soldiers killing children. Avigdor Lieberman said the programme, whose first episode was broadcast on Tuesday, incited hatred against Israel.
Obama's Nobel Peace Prize - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.comGlenn Greenwald gives his critical view on Obama winning Nobel Peace Prize. Personally I have mixed feelings. Warning: Some brutal pictures
Here's the premise : The Democrats are not doing good, it's the Republicans that are doing bad... extremely bad!
Lamont On Lieberman: He's Echoing GOP's Health Care Talking PointsNine months after the Democratic leadership voted to allow Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) to retain his chairmanship of a key committee and continue caucusing with the party, the Connecticut Independent continues to rankle progressives.
Lieberman Suggests Health Care Reform May Have to WaitWait until the economy is out of recession, before tackling the biggest health reform issues, he says.
Will a Police Probe Take Down Israel's Foreign Minister?So accustomed is Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to being under police investigation that he is known to constantly switch phone numbers and to remove the battery from his cell phone during private meetings.
I don't often post articles but this is an important point that is easily lost. If you want to know who attempted to waste nearly $2 billion dollars the official list can be found below
Ghajar leaders: Let Us Stay in Israel!Leaders of the village of Ghajar visited the Knesset on Tuesday and told Deputy Minister for the Development of the Negev and Galilee Ayoub Kara that dividing their hometown would be "a death penalty" for them.
"If the Gang of Six really does kill [healthcare] reform, remember their names; they will bear the responsibility for vast, unnecessary suffering over the years to come."Will the destructive center kill health care reform? It looks all too possible.
A Fascist Odor of the New Coalition: Racists for Democracy A declaration of loyalty to the state and its laws –– But loyalty to the "Zionist" state? Zionism is an ideology, and in a democratic state the ideology can change from time to time.
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