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...lieutenant governor of Massachusetts who lost her bid for the state’s top job last year; Nancy L. Johnson ’57, the 12-term Republican congresswoman from Connecticut who was ousted by a Democratic challenger two months ago; and Lamont, who defeated incumbent Senator Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., in an August primary before Lieberman stormed back to win the general election...
...criticizes McCain’s centrist credentials while ignoring some of Senator McCain’s most notable pieces of bi-partisan legislation that seek a middle ground: his immigration bill (co-sponsored with Senator Ted Kennedy) and his climate change bill (co-sponsored with Senator Joe Lieberman). Senator McCain’s record indicates an ability to work across the aisle when possible to do what is right for the country. While the op-ed makes the imaginative assertion that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is a “model conservative,” one need...
...ultimately recovers from the congenital blood disorder known as arteriovenous malformation, which required emergency surgery Wednesday night, it now looks highly unlikely that he will healthy by Jan. 4. With Johnson unable to vote, Democrats still have enough to prevail, with 50 votes (including the two independent Senators, Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Bernie Sanders of Vermont) to 49 for the Republicans. But Democrats now fear the real possibility that Republicans will filibuster that resolution. They could insist - just as the Democrats did after the 2000 election that left the chamber evenly split, with Vice President Dick Cheney...
...Baker and Hamilton also faced a grilling at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday, where Connecticut Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman and Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins questioned one of their key recommendations: to open a diplomatic dialogue with Iran. "I'm skeptical that it's realistic to think that Iran wants to help the United States succeed in Iraq," Lieberman said...
...control of Congress, its first step should be to get its own house in order and prevent tactless would-be politicians like Lamont from making anymore wasteful political grabs in the future. The Democratic leadership had ample opportunities to subdue the Lamont campaign and assert its support for Lieberman during and after the primary, yet it balked each time. Now, the leadership needs to assess the role it wants fringe activists to play in its party politics and recognize that however contentious the Iraq war may currently be, the Democrats cannot risk becoming a one-issue party. The time...