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News Alleged Slur Casts Spotlight On Senator’s (Jewish?) Roots
When Senator George Allen of Virginia used a racial slur for dark-skinned North Africans, “macaca,” during a recent encounter with a young Indian American cameraman from his opponent’s campaign, many wondered where he had learned the word. Macaca means “monkey,” but Allen’s campaign insisted that the word was made up, an inside joke on the…
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News Longtime Lieberman Aide Has Joe Punching Back in Connecticut Race
If Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman pulls out a win in November’s general election, the turning point of his campaign may well have been July 31 — the day Dan Gerstein showed up to volunteer in Hartford. In the days before Lieberman lost in the Democratic primary last week, Gerstein, age 39, emerged as one of…
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News Feingold Boost Seen After Lamont Win
With an eye toward the 2008 presidential primaries, Democratic Party insiders are predicting that Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin could get a major boost from anti-war challenger Ned Lamont’s victory in Connecticut last week over Senator Joseph Lieberman. Feingold is the only likely Democratic presidential candidate to vote against the Senate’s 2002 resolution approving the…
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News Democrats Drop Joe, GOP Paints Vote as Anti-Israel
Following the narrow but bruising defeat of Senator Joseph Lieberman in Connecticut’s Democratic primary Tuesday, the former vice presidential candidate appears to be receiving limited support from fellow Jewish lawmakers in his bid to carry on as an independent. Jewish Republicans, meanwhile, are rushing to paint Lieberman’s defeat as a victory for anti-Israel forces in…
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Opinion Drawing Lines
As the national media focus on Connecticut and on Senator Joseph Lieberman’s defeat in the Democratic primary Tuesday, another important political drama is unfolding in Tennessee’s ninth congressional district. State Senator Steve Cohen beat out a crowded Democratic primary field last week to secure the party’s nomination in the race to replace Rep. Harold Ford…
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