Simply ‘Lieberman’: The independent and enigmatic politics of the late Connecticut Democrat [Video]

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As I write this, I’m befuddled as to how to identify the late Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman.

He died from a fall at age 82 in New York this week.

For writing purposes, do I stylize him as “Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn.?” Or do I write “Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn.?”

This subject vexed me for years. It became even more acute after Lieberman departed the Senate in early 2013. I’ve had the opportunity to mention him or write about the late senator in passing. But the conundrum as to “what” Lieberman “was” politically is an enigma. And it attests to his staunch independence, refusing to align himself too closely with one party or another.

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