courtesy HARTFORD COURANT
'MANCHESTER, N.H. — Joe Lieberman is back.
The longtime U.S. senator from Connecticut has faded from the spotlight since stepping away from Washington, D.C., nearly three years ago.
But he stepped back onto the political stage Monday as the co-chairman of No Labels, the group that promotes political bipartisanship to solve problems.
Lieberman helped run the all-day "Problem Solver Convention," which brought some of the biggest names in the presidential race to New Hampshire, including Republican front-runner Donald Trump, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham.
The agenda included five Republican presidential candidates and three Democrats — which organizers said was a remarkable feat in a nation so deeply divided that passionate campaigners are often not even in the same room together.
"New Hampshire, you're making history today," Lieberman told the crowd of nearly 2,000 in his opening remarks. "Nothing like this has ever happened before."
With more than 40 percent of New Hampshire voters registered as independents, the bipartisan convention at the downtown Radisson hotel was packed with voters of all philosophical and political stripes — ranging from supporters of a self-proclaimed socialist like Sanders to conservative Republicans with roots in red states.'
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