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The Spectacle Blog
Sen. Joe Lieberman will not seek reelection, the New York Times reports.
Speculation had been swirling all day since he scheduled a news conference for tomorrow.
Liebermanfound himself in an increasingly precarious position. Liberals never forgave him for running as an independent in 2006 after losing the primary to Ned Lamont. He has been a repeated thorn on their side on national security issues and raised their anger further by opposing a public option. At the same time, his support for Obama’s key domestic priorities — including the economic stimulus package and ObamaCare — erroded whatever remained of the tacit support he had built up with Republicans, who helped elect him in 2006.
It’s hard to see what his constituency would be if he were to run in 2012.
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Martin| 1.18.11 @ 6:35PM
Hopefully the revolting Lisa Murkowski will leave as quietly as this in January 2015.
matthew s harrison| 1.18.11 @ 7:55PM
he is a con-artist who never made a real stand on anything in his career! could it be that the announcement of the coming 2000 or so Americans with tax-evading swiss numbered accounts has him frightened and he is circling his wagons early? I think we will see a lot of this over the coming weeks as this assange character helps us further weed out the scum floating at the bottom of the cesspool that is the capitol building's legislative chambers.........stay tuned!
JmsA| 1.18.11 @ 10:37PM
If it would only come true.
Clint| 1.18.11 @ 11:13PM
Lieberman can join Arlen Specter & Mike Castle at "The Seniors Ex-Ruling Elite Retirement Village."
Spicy Joker| 1.19.11 @ 12:43AM
Go, Joe! No, really.
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 1.19.11 @ 8:21AM
In the context of history he will be remembered as another Big Gov soldier. If these people got what they deserved they would only be elected once.
Unfortunately the public is full of gullible idiots who only skim the surface of the news, not realizing that it's the submarine full of lies below the surface that torpedoes them.
Derek Leaberry| 1.19.11 @ 8:40AM
The scoundrel was one of the leaders in homosexualizing the military. Any conservative who could have supported such a cretin is a frauds as a conservative.
Joshua Norman| 1.19.11 @ 10:59AM
It looks like Lieberman's career has run out of Joe-Mentum
Richard Baker| 1.19.11 @ 11:31AM
He won't be missed. He and Specter are definitely two peas in a pod, aren't they? Good Riddance.