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independent stories: 8 news summaries
Interview

 Lieberman: I'll Back 
 Republicans 
 in 2010 

Sort-of Democrat says he'll 'call them as I see them'

Oct 30, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Lieberman says he “probably will support some Republicans in 2010” and may not seek the Democratic nomination in his own 2012 reelection campaign. “I’m going to call them as I see them,” he tells ABC News , saying he’s weary of “partisan, passionate, hardcore”... More »

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Republican • Joe Lieberman • Connecticut • Chris Dodd • independent • Election 2012 • Election 2010 • 2010

Lieberman Threatens Filibuster Over Public Option

Independent's warning is bad news for Harry Reid

Oct 27, 09 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Lieberman doesn't want a public option, and he warned today that he would join a Republican filibuster to try to prevent one from becoming law. The statement by the Democrat-turned-independent is bad news for Harry Reid's prospects of getting 60 votes in the Senate. Lieberman said he told Reid... More »

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Congress • Senate • Joe Lieberman • filibuster • health care reform • independent • public option

Independents Threaten Dems in 2010

Gubernatorial races
will be 3-way tangos
in half-dozen states

Sep 28, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Independent candidates figure to play a major role in at least six states next year, threatening Democrats in an election where they already must defend 21 of their 28 governorships. In New Jersey, for example, independent Chris Daggett is trailing well behind Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine and Republican Tom Kean,... More »

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New Jersey • Vermont • Massachusetts • Maine • Minnesota • Rhode Island • independents • independent • third party candidacy • independent bid • gubernatorial races • Election 2010

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin has no plans to challenge Joe Lieberman for his Senate seat in 2012, USA Today reports. The actor’s spokesman says he wants the Connecticut independent to retain his position because of the paucity of moderate Republicans in the Senate. In a recent Playboy interview, Baldwin... More »

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entertainment • Senate • Alec Baldwin • Joe Lieberman • Connecticut • 30 Rock • actor • independent • Election 2012

Lieberman Will Speak at
GOP Convention

Former Democrat a strong prospect for McCain VP

Aug 20, 08 11:11 AM CDT
(AP) - Joe Lieberman will speak at the Republican National Convention after all, a party official tells the AP. The former Democratic VP candidate who's become one of John McCain's most avid supporters (and is reputed to be the person he'd really like to have as his own VP) will deliver a... More »

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John McCain • GOP • Joe Lieberman • Democrat • independent • McCain 2008 • Republican National Convention

 Lieberman a Sore
 Subject With Dems 

Stumping for McCain moves onetime veep nominee further from former party

Jul 14, 08 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Lieberman, long at odds with his party over his outspoken support for the war in Iraq, has become so estranged from his Democratic colleagues since he began campaigning for John McCain that the New York Times wonders if the strained relationship is heading for a divorce. While, for example,... More »

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Congress • John McCain • Senate • independent • Joseph Lieberman • Democratic Senators

OPINION

Nader Still Buffering ... Buffering ...

Seeing Internet as 'a snare and a delusion' surely won't help independent's candidacy

Feb 28, 08 2:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Ralph Nader might seem like just the crusader to milk the Internet for all its movement-building potential, but, Andrew Rasiej and Micah L. Sifry write in Politico, his “self-defeating attitude” toward the web is likely to keep him on the sidelines. The third-party presidential hopeful claims his “Internet-literate... More »

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social networking • Internet • Facebook • Ralph Nader • online activism • independent • 21st century • presidential bid

OPINION

'Indie' Bloomberg Leans Left

NYC mayor's policies place him squarely in the Democratic corner

Jan 6, 08 1:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Michael Bloomberg may brand himself an independent, but his liberal stances align him with the Democrats, reports the New York Times. Bloomberg supports gay marriage, abortion rights, and stricter gun control laws, levies taxes on the rich and is against deporting illegal immigrants. But supporters say his idea for nonpartisan... More »

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Democrats • New York City • Michael Bloomberg • billionaire • independent • special interests • Election 2008

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