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But then there was not that much to report. The candidate was introduced by the president of the senior class of the high school, an urbane young African-American who advised the assembly that he was greeting Mr. Lieberman as “one president to another president.” The crowd howled, because young Joe Lieberman had been president of his class. Much later in the program, answering a question from a reporter, Sen. Lieberman reminisced that “in my campaign in 1960—” he was stopped by laughter—“I mean, in 2000. In 1960 I was campaigning for president of my class.”

Joe Lieberman has been campaigning for many years, for state senator, for state attorney general, for U.S. senator, for vice president, and now for president. His speech at Stamford High School was a stumpish stump speech. He spoke of the meaning for America that he himself should have risen to his high standing from modest auspices as a Jewish schoolboy, headed for Yale, the Yale Law School, and now with visions of the White House in 2005.

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But then there was not that much to report. The candidate was introduced by the president of the senior class of the high school, an urbane young African-American who advised the assembly that he was greeting Mr. Lieberman as “one president to another president.” The crowd howled, because young Joe Lieberman had been president of his class. Much later in the program, answering a question from a reporter, Sen. Lieberman reminisced that “in my campaign in 1960—” he was stopped by laughter—“I mean, in 2000. In 1960 I was campaigning for president of my class.”

Joe Lieberman has been campaigning for many years, for state senator, for state attorney general, for U.S. senator, for vice president, and now for president. His speech at Stamford High School was a stumpish stump speech. He spoke of the meaning for America that he himself should have risen to his high standing from modest auspices as a Jewish schoolboy, headed for Yale, the Yale Law School, and now with visions of the White House in 2005.