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Rami Sarafa ’07, an Arab-American Harvard student grilled Connecticut Senator Joseph I. Lieberman on his vote in favor of the PATRIOT...
...consensus on free trade—has returned glaringly to the fore. A New York Times columnist recently pointed out that most of the Democratic hopefuls have shifted toward Dick Gephardt’s protectionist stance. Dennis Kucinich is calling for the outright repeal of NAFTA. And Joe Lieberman is stuck in the lonely role of defending Clinton’s laissez faire trade philosophy...
...much to ask that politics be put aside on this one issue of transcendent importance, where lives are literally at stake? Happily, Joe Lieberman and Dick Gephardt did the right thing last week. "I will support the $87 billion," Gephardt said, "because it is the only responsible course of action. We must not send an ambiguous message to our troops, and we must not send an uncertain message to our friends and enemies in Iraq." This will not help Gephardt in Iowa, but it was an act of courage--Lieberman has made a habit of such acts in this campaign...
Allison King, a political reporter for New England Cable News, said that the Democrats need a candidate who is liberal enough to win the primaries and moderate enough to win the general election. She said the most centrist candidate so far, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn., is “floundering,” while the more liberal former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean has been gaining momentum...
...convinced that John Edwards did not become the boy wonder of the Democratic South by being boring; surely there’s more to him than we have yet seen, beginning with some kind of taste in film. And surely, surely Joe Lieberman has something resembling a personality under that thick skin. Hopeless though his candidacy may be, Al Sharpton will probably charm the crowd tonight. And Dean is certainly charming New Hampshire—largely because voters think he isn’t hesitating to let his personality (some would say anger) show through. If the Democratic establishment wants...