“Sen. Joseph Lieberman will be a featured speaker on the opening night of the Republican National Convention, capping an extraordinary political journey for a man who could have been this year’s Democratic nominee for president had history taken a different turn. Lieberman, the 2000 Democratic nominee for vice president under Al Gore — a ticket that lost to George W. Bush by 537 votes in Florida and by a 5-4 vote in the U.S. Supreme Court — will get a prime-time slot Sept. 1 at the Republican convention in St. Paul, party officials announced Wednesday. The speaking role is the result of the four-term Connecticut senator’s loyalty to Republican presidential candidate John McCain.” (08/21/08)