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To: alanrs who wrote (19255)	12/9/2003 11:54:52 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793651

Leiberman learns about loyalty. Lieberman Is Hit Hardest by Decision By DIANE CARDWELL New York Times l Gore's decision to endorse Howard Dean for the Democratic presidential nomination caught Dr. Dean's competitors by surprise. But it was not as much of a blow for the others as it was for Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, Mr. Gore's running mate in 2000. Mr. Lieberman, a centrist from Connecticut who made history as the first Jewish vice presidential nominee of a major party, delayed announcing that he was entering the 2004 presidential race until last January, when he was certain Mr. Gore was not running again. Since then, Mr. Lieberman has been struggling to break out of the middle of the pack despite his name recognition. His aides say he was hampered by waiting to organize and raise money until Mr. Gore dropped out. "I was surprised," Mr. Lieberman said of Mr. Gore's decision as he arrived at a fund-raiser on West 22nd Street in Manhattan last night with his wife, Hadassah. Mr. Lieberman went on to assert that he was staying in the race, and he took a swipe at Dr. Dean, saying, "But I am more determined than ever to continue to fight for what's right for my party and my country and to move both my party and my country forward, not backward." Pressed by reporters on whether Mr. Gore's endorsement mattered, he chuckled and said, "More tomorrow." In a written statement earlier in the day, Mr. Lieberman pointedly noted how he had remained loyal to Mr. Gore. "I have a lot of respect for Al Gore," he said. "That is why I kept my promise not to run if he did." Even after Mr. Gore's intentions had spread through news reports early yesterday evening, Jano Cabrera, Mr. Lieberman's chief spokesman, said that Mr. Gore had not called his onetime running mate to alert him. But Mr. Lieberman's aides said the campaign was not caught completely by surprise because officials had been hearing rumors of an endorsement of Dr. Dean for days. Mr. Lieberman and his aides said he would not change his strategy, which is to try to place third or better in the first primary state of New Hampshire and then go on to win a significant number of states on Feb. 3, when the primaries move to the South and the West. Still, there were signs the Lieberman campaign was scrambling. His aides decided to keep the fund-raiser closed to the news media last night, after considering opening it for coverage, and canceled a campaign event planned for this afternoon before a Democratic debate in New Hampshire. On Sunday, Mr. Lieberman was in Florida remembering the bitter 36-day recount there when the contested presidential election of 2000 stood in the balance. He reminded a crowd of Democrats how close it had been until a 5-to-4 decision of the Supreme Court sealed George W. Bush's victory. "We got mad, didn't we?" he said. "Now let's get even." nytimes.com