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The tyranny of triangulation: can Joe Lieberman lead? (Below The Beltway).

American Prospect, The,  May, 2002  by Confessore, Nicholas

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JOHN KERRY AND JOE LIEBERMAN have a lot in common. Both went to Yale. Both are senators from the Northeast. Both are prominent, well-liked members of the Democratic caucus. And both very much want to be president someday.

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But when top Republicans--notably Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott and House Minority Whip Tom Delay--smeared Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in March for mildly criticizing the war on terrorism, Kerry and Lieberman reacted in very different ways. Kerry stood up at a fundraiser the next day and blasted Daschle's attackers forcefully and by name. "Let ...

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