Lessons of the Lieberman saga
| The Democrats kept Sen. Joe Lieberman in the fold because politics is a game of addition and the magic number is 60: the number of senators needed to defeat a delaying motion or filibuster. 11/19/2008 00:44 (msnbc politics) Continue to read news >> |
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