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Senator Joe Lieberman Helps Obama but Still Fights Dems
Late last year, the White House swallowed its pride and quietly asked Joe Lieberman for a favor. Obama was getting ready to deliver on his campaign promise to repeal the 1993 law barring openly gay members from serving in the military when aides asked the man who turned his back on the Democratic Party to take the lead on pushing for the new policy. In reply, Lieberman told Obamas chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, "Let us know what you want us to do." Emanuel replied with a laundry list: work up polling on the issue; start sounding out moderate Democrats and Republicans to see if they would sign on for the bill; most important, find a GOP co-sponsor.
People:Joe Lieberman Rahm Emanuel Sarah Palin Harry Reid Lindsey Graham John McCain
2010-03-02
Crist, McCain challengers woo conservatives
WASHINGTON - Marco Rubio and J.D. Hayworth have different styles and different backgrounds and they're from opposite sides of the country. But both are hoping to win Senate seats by tapping into the energy of conservatives to defeat big-name, establishment-backed Republicans.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John McCain Mike Huckabee Rush Limbaugh Karl Rove George W. Bush Source:(AP)
2010-02-19
Bayh the latest exit as moderates leave Congress
WASHINGTON - The moderate middle is disappearing from Congress. Evan Bayh is just the latest senator to forgo a re-election bid, joining a growing line of pragmatic, find-a-way politicians who are abandoning Washington. Still here: ever-more-polarized colleagues locked in gridlock - exactly what voters say they don't like about politics in the nation's capital.
Nations:U.S. People:Bill Clinton Barbara Boxer Evan Bayh Christopher Dodd Edward Kennedy Newt Gingrich Activities:111th Congress
2010-02-16
Hayworth to launch GOP primary challenge to McCain
PHOENIX - Former congressman J.D. Hayworth is kicking off a campaign challenging John McCain for his Senate seat - setting up a showdown between well-known Republicans that promises to be McCain's toughest re-election battle.
Nations:U.S. People:Sarah Palin John McCain Source:(AP)
2010-02-15
What's worse than health care overhaul? No changes
WASHINGTON - What could be worse than health care overhaul? No health care overhaul.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John McCain Activities:2009 US Health Reform
2010-02-13
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