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Thursday, July 10, 2008

07/10/08 "It is not appropriate for him to speak for the Democratic majority as chairman of Homeland Security,"



WASHINGTON -- Opponents of Sen. Joe Lieberman delivered 43,000 signatures Wednesday to Senate Democratic leaders, urging them to remove him as chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee after the November elections.

Matt Stoller, a liberal blogger who helped deliver the signatures to members of the Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee, blasted Lieberman as a turncoat for endorsing Republican presumptive presidential nominee John McCain...

... to push their agenda without fear of filibuster. In 2006, Lieberman lost a Democratic primary to Ned Lamont of Greenwich. During a primary debate, Lieberman stated that he wanted a Democrat to win the presidency in 2008 and argued that a Lamont ...

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