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Buddy Roemer's 'Dream Team' dashed by Joe Lieberman's 'done that' demurral
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| Contributor | Miro |
| Last Edited | Miro Nov 29, 2011 11:34am |
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| Author | Jonathan Tilove, The Times-Picayune |
| Media | Newspaper - New Orleans Times-Picayune |
| News Date | Monday, November 28, 2011 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON - Presidential candidate Buddy Roemer may be lagging in the polls, but he has become first among his rivals to announce his choice for a running-mate - Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the Independent Democrat from Connecticut who was former Vice President Al Gore's running-mate in 2000.
"Joe and I both have the capacity to transcend partisanship, to put America first and to solve America's problems," said Roemer in a statement released by his campaign Sunday night. "I am asking independent-minded voters to imagine what we could accomplish with this ticket. Americans are justifiably frustrated with their politicians and parties. Joe and I could change that. To me, it's a dream team."
But by Monday morning, Roemer's dream had given way to Lieberman's polite demurral.
"The senator is grateful for the governor's gracious bipartisan gesture but he has been there, done that and has the T-shirt and the chad to prove it," Marshall Wittmann, Lieberman's communications director, said in a statement released by Lieberman's office. |
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