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The election added another kink to Joe Lieberman's relationship with the Democratic party.(The Week)(Brief article)

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The election added another kink to Joe Lieberman's relationship with the Democratic party. Rejected by Democratic voters in the 2006 primary for his support of the Iraq War and the surge, he had to win reelection as an independent. This year he backed John McCain for president in a prime-time speech at the GOP convention. Yet Lieberman caucused with the Democrats for the last two years, giving them their Senate majority, and on every issue save the war he is a dependable liberal. He also gave money to Democratic Senate candidates. Majority leader Harry Reid must now decide whether to strip Lieberman of his ...

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