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...Lieberman was elected to the Connecticut State Senate, lost a 1980 bid for a seat in the U.S. Congress, and took over the post of state attorney general in 1982. He won a seat in the U.S. Senate in 1988, defeating a three-term Democrat whose liberal voting record provided Lieberman with plenty of ammunition...
...Gore counterpunched the Cheney choice? Lieberman is fresher than the "old guard" (read Cheney) picks like George Mitchell or even Bob Graham, more moderate than ideological (read Cheney) picks like Kerry or Gephardt, and yet doesn't leave Gore too alone at the top with a neophyte like Bayh or recent contender Edwards.Dick Cheney doesn't seriously out-heft Lieberman. Qualifications-wise, that is. He exudes ethics more than charisma, and isn't an oratorical superstar. He's from the Northeast, one of the few regions Gore can be confident of winning. He has no particular constituency, no ideological sweet...
...Moreover, Lieberman's seriousness about religion - he's an Orthodox Jew, which is serious business - gives him a greater aura as a moral leader than just an ethnic one. You'll probably be seeing Gore in a yarmulke more often than before, and not just at fund-raisers or United Jewish Appeal dinners...
...Joseph Lieberman was born in Stamford, Conn., in 1942. After spending his formative years in Connecticut public schools, he earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Connecticut's least-public school (otherwise known as Yale University...
...Since his election to the Senate, Lieberman has maintained a moderate stance, except when confronted with social issues: He supports abortion rights and gun control but was in favor of the Gulf War, capital gains tax cuts and free trade with China. After the Monica Lewinsky revelation, Lieberman was the first Democratic senator to defy party lines and publicly rebuke President Clinton, calling the President's behavior "inappropriate, immoral and harmful...