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Rove’s Friend
Karl Rove on Joe Lieberman: “He’s a personal friend.”
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Political Footballs
Here is Joe Lieberman’s latest on the dangers of partisanship in wartime: “We are at war with a brutal enemy,” Lieberman said. “How the heck can we be in a battle in which we are fighting as Democrats and Republicans against each other when these terrorists certainly don’t distinguish based on party affiliation? They want…
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Dems: Don’t Run GOP Ad
Here is the National Jewish Democratic Council’s statement asking newspapers not to run a Republican ad that paints Joe Lieberman’s primary defeat as a slap against Israel: “Newspapers have a responsibility to provide their readers with information that is both factually accurate and proper in taste. Jewish newspapers will do a disservice to their readers…
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Feingold Speaks Up
Senator Russ Feingold is backing Ned Lamont with wordsand money. The Wisconsin lawmaker is also calling on the Bush administrator to appoint a special envoy. He suggest James Baker, Colin Powell or George Mitchell.
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Joe Loses Israel
Rep. Steve Israel, in charge of raising money from Jews for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, has previously told the Forward that a Lieberman loss would be bad for the party. But now that the voters have spoken in CT, here’s what he has to say: “I consider Senator Joe Lieberman a friend and always…
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Democrats: GOP Hates Joe
The Republican Jewish Coalition is putting out an ad hailing Joe Lieberman as a friend of Israel and accusing the Democrats of silencing him. But the National Jewish Democratic Council has issued this statement, reminding readers about the RJC’s frequent attacks on Lieberman.
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Boxer to Joe: Get Out!
Senator Barbara Boxer of California put in a call to Joe Lieberman last night, and left a voicemail to let him know that she “would be supporting Mr. Lamont and to express her hope that Senator Lieberman would not run as an independent,” according to spokesperson Natalie Ravitz. She also called the “Lamont campaign to…
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Joe: Show Me The Money
The New Republic has an article up on its Web site claiming that Joe Lieberman has only just begun to fight (a little late, no?). A key to a November victory, one Lieberman aide said, would be Jewish and pro-Israel money: “There’s going to be a lot of people around the country who heard that…
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GOP: We Love Lieberman
You may recall E.J. Kessler’s piece on the possibility that a Lieberman defeat could hurt Democrats in other states with hawkish voters. Well, the Republican Jewish Coalition isn’t wasting any time. Here’s the ad its putting out: “Joe Lieberman Was A Voice Of Support For Israel: That voice has been silenced by the Democratic Party.”…
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Defeated: Liebrman, McKinney
Inetersting night. You could argue that Democratic Party’s most vocal supporter of the war (Joe Lieberman) and its most vocal critic of the war (Cynthia McKinney) both lost.
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McKinney Down
With 39% of the vote to Hank Johnson’s 61%, with 35% of precincts reporting…
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