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Lieberman says Obama never pressed him on public option
By Michael J.W. StickingsAs HuffPo's Ryan Grim is reporting, Lieberman now says that Obama and the White House never pressed him on the public option:Well, no. I think I got pressure from the president to be for health care reform. I'd have to think ...
So, for McCain, was it senility or hypocrisy, or what?
By Michael J.W. StickingsSo you know how Al Franken refused to give Joe Lieberman any extra time to speak on Thursday, once his allotted ten minutes were up, prompting John McCain to rush to the defence of his pal, saying he'd never seen anything lik...
Ben Nelson, reform killer
By Michael J.W. StickingsSo. No Joe Lieberman, or not yet. And no Ben Nelson, so far.Democrats have caved in to Lieberman, giving up not just the public option but the Medicare buy-in, and that still might not be enough, and now it's Nelson who's con...
Shutting up Lieberman
By Michael J.W. StickingsTPM:[Joe] Lieberman was giving a ten-minute speech on health care reform. [Al] Franken, who was presiding over the Senate, cut him off when his ten minutes were up. When Lieberman requested unanimous consent for an extra few ...
NYT: Liberal Revolt on Health Care Stings White House
By CreatureWhen I read that NYT headline, my first thought was "good." I hate that this is where I'm at. What did they think would happen when capitulation came so quick? President Lieberman opens his mouth and within 24 hours he got everything he ...
Person? Of the year?
By CarlBen Bernanke?A bald man with a gray beard and tired eyes is sitting in his oversize Washington office, talking about the economy. He doesn't have a commanding presence. He isn't a mesmerizing speaker. He has none of the look-at-me swagger or l...
Stop being so stupid, Michael Moore
By Michael J.W. StickingsI don't like Joe Lieberman either, but calling for a boycott of the state of Connecticut is just stupid:People of Connecticut: What have u done 2 this country? We hold u responsible. Start recall of Lieberman 2day or we'll bo...
Cutting a deal with Lieberman
By Michael J.W. StickingsFollowing up on Creature's post from earlier this evening...The White House is apparently behind the move to scrap the Medicare buy-in, pushing Reid et al. to cut a deal with Lieberman. Specifically, and not surprisingly, it'...
Medicare buy-in dead
By CreatureBacktracking, capitulating, bastards. You knew it was too good to be true. This bill is now the Lieberman bill and all the suck must be attributed to him. ...
Holding health-care reform hostage: Lieberman and Nelson
By Michael J.W. StickingsI'm with Josh Marshall:It's starting to seem like it may just be better for Dems to try to make a deal with Olympia Snowe, kick Joe Lieberman out of the party and be done with it. The leadership in the senate thought that Lie...
Lieberman to side with the GOP and filibuster healthcare reform
By CreatureReally, what's left to be said about Joe? He's willing to kill people overseas to satisfy his neo-con instincts and he's willing to kill at home to satisfy his health industry base. He's a sad, bitter man. ...
There\'s no pleasing Joe Lieberman
By Michael J.W. StickingsUh-oh. It looks like Joe Lieberman's against both a public option trigger and, like Olympia Snowe (another of the centrists who are hijacking the whole health-care reform process), a Medicare buy-in.(Without Snowe and Susan C...
Klein contra Lieberman
By Michael J.W. StickingsEzra Klein:Every analysis of the public option I've seen has concluded that it will reduce federal, and consumer, spending. Indeed, the stronger the public option is, the more it reduces the deficit. The Congressional Budget ...
Lieberman: No reform is better than reform with a public option
By Michael J.W. StickingsLieberman on Face the Nation yesterday:SCHIEFFER: But is what you're also saying is that nothing is better than a government health insurance, or a health insurance reform that includes a public option? Nothing is better than...
Joe Lieberman feels "relevant" again. But does he have to act like a Republican obstructionist?
By Michael J.W. StickingsA lot of thought has gone into trying to figure out what drives Joe Lieberman.Is he driven by old grudges and resentments, angry at his party for rejecting him in '04 and for turning against him during and after his battle wi...
Truth in Comics
By CreatureIf it's Sunday, it's Truth in Comics....
For Democrats, time to cut ties with Lieberman
By Michael J.W. StickingsSo Joe Lieberman was against the filibuster before he was for it, eh?Surprise... surprise... surprise.Back in his more Democratic days, back when he was genuinely a member of the party, and presumably happy to be so, he argue...
Lieberman to support public option filibuster
By Michael J.W. StickingsWell, you knew it was coming, and you may have heard about it already, but non-Democrat Joe Lieberman, a Democrat in occasional name only when it suits him, has announced that he will likely support an expected Republican fil...
At loggerheads
By CarlThere's an interesting dynamic at work in a nation where nearly 8 in 10 people agree on something: a public healthcare option.It may not even come to a vote, despite the fact that it has more than enough votes for it to pass.You know, that stu...
