Lieberman Has “Superdelegate” Status Stripped Because of McCain Endorsement

Lieberman Has “Superdelegate” Status Stripped Because of McCain Endorsement
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"Thanks to Zell Miller, there is a rule to deal with Joe Lieberman.

Lieberman's endorsement of Republican John McCain disqualifies him as a super-delegate to the Democratic National Convention under what is informally known as the Zell Miller rule, according to Democratic State Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo."

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Boston Globe - Independents may lift mccain, not Obama, in NH

Boston Globe - Independents may lift mccain, not Obama, in NH

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"But a poll this month has shown significantly more undeclared voters taking an interest in the Republican primary, which could hurt Obama and help Republican John McCain, who made a direct pitch yesterday to independents with the nation's most fa mous independent, Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, at his side."
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/12/18/independents_may_lift_mccain_not_obama_in_nh/

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GOP official: Lieberman to support mccain for president

GOP official: Lieberman to support mccain for president

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""Let's put the United States first again, and John McCain is the man as president who will help us do that," he said.

Lieberman, the Democrats' vice presidential nominee in 2000, said the next president needs to "break through the reflexive partisanship that is poisoning our politics today and stopping us from getting anything done in Washington."
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/17/mccain.endorsements/

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By John McCain and Joe Lieberman - Listening to Petraeus - The President had the courage to change course on Iraq. Does Congress?

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"Today, Gen. David Petraeus--commander of our forces in Iraq--returns to Washington to report on the war in Iraq and the new counterinsurgency strategy he has been implementing there. We hope that opponents of the war in Congress will listen carefully to the evidence that the U.S. military is at last making real and significant progress in its offensive against al Qaeda in Iraq."

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110010585

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