Via the Hotline:

LIEBERMAN: Making Your Way In The World Today Takes Everything You Got
Ollie’s Cafe “usually” doesn’t open until 3 pm on Fridays, “when karaoke is the regular attraction.” But “two dozen patrons waited inside the dark, tiny bar at noon” 2/2 “for a long-awaited beer” with Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT). Lieberman went “to deliver on a promise to share in a celebratory beer.” Lieberman: “I am full of gratitude, I really am, to people who stuck with me last year and gave me the chance to continue to serve.” Bill Battle and Lieberman “threw their arms around each other inside the bar, which erupted in cheers.” The view at Ollie’s “is that America cannot afford to lose in Iraq.” Lieberman “accepted a Samuel Adams winter lager in a frosted glass, then circled his way around the bar, pausing for photos and good wishes.” He “fell into a happy conversation by the door with Battle.” His driver “reminded him of an interview he promised” with NPR. He sipped a beer. “Smiling, he shook his head and told his aide”: “NPR will have to wait” (Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 2/5).