The Seventeenth Summary 01-21-2011 AM

Should Senator Joe Lieberman Be Our Next Secretary of Defense?
Fox News (blog)
Senator Joe Lieberman announced today that he will not seek reelection in 2012. But he's a Man in Full -- at the top of his game -- whose ...

Lanny Davis remembers Joe Lieberman, the "model purple senator"
Salon By Alex Pareene
First of all, Davis calls Lieberman "the model purple senator," which is entirely accurate, if not quite in the sense Davis intends it to be ...

Vt. Sen. Sanders to publish book on filibuster
Washington Post
Bernie Sanders is publishing a book of a Senate filibuster he gave opposing the tax cut deal made by the White House and Congress. On Dec. ...

GOP gearing up for EPA fight in House and Senate
Hot Air
Most Senate Republicans think the sweeping repeal of EPA authority is the best approach, a Senate aide said, and they're confident they can get broad ...

McConnell Anticipates Senate Vote on Health Reform Repeal ...
By senatus
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he would "assure" a Senate vote on legislation to undo Democrats' healthcare reform law, despite Senate Democrats' opposition to holding such a vote. ...

Ex-senator ties Obama's race to abortion rights
By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY
Former senator Rick Santorum, who is thinking of running for the White House, invoked President Obama's race in an interview ...

Former Senator Invokes Monica Lewinsky to Rebuke Clinton Support for Rahm Emanuel
ABC News By DEVIN DWYER
Former President Bill Clinton's endorsement Tuesday of former aide Rahm Emanuel for mayor of Chicago has unleashed a fresh wave of criticism ...

Ted Kennedy's son may be eyeing Senator Joseph Lieberman's seat
Irish Central
The late US Senator Edward Kennedy's son, Ted Junior, is now among the names being considered as potential candidates for the Connecticut ...