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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:00 AM

Has there been too much bipartisanship or too little?

The reward Joe Lieberman will receive today is justified by the claimed need for more bipartisanship harmony. Is it even possible to have more than we have now?
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Tuesday, November 18, 2008 09:54 AM

    Reuters spin - - Senate "yields" to Obama's Wishes

    Reuters is spinning the Lieberman story as a story of the Senate Dems "yielding" to Obama.

    But this spin is ridiculous, when there's there's no evidence whatsoever that Obama had to twist any arms.

    The evidence is that Obama asked the Senate Dems to do . . . what the Senate Dems were inevitably gonna do anyway.

    The Senate Dems didn't "yield" - - but this story certainly makes them sound like wimps:

    Reuters:

    http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4AG7MC20081118

    Lieberman keeps Senate chairmanship
    Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:55am EST

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats on Tuesday yielded to the wishes of President-elect Barack Obama and allowed Joe Lieberman to keep his committee chairmanship [...]

    - - Reuters

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