All the same, just days into the campaign she is already wary of appearing too pious. I'm not suggesting it has to be through God. I'm saying that's what works for us. And we'll share that with the whole country. If Lieberman is elected, his observance of the Sabbath would not have to interfere with government duties.
Jewish law permits exceptions in some cases.
He is prohibited from riding in cars on that day, and there are many stories of his walking long distances in Washington to cast important Senate votes on a Saturday. But there's no dispensation for purely political events, so Sabbath campaign appearances are out. Lieberman was not present when Connecticut's state Democratic Party met on a Saturday in 1982 to nominate him for attorney general. His observance of the Sabbath may have cost him four years earlier, when he failed to attend the party convention, then lost in a contest to be nominated as lieutenant governor, a loss some say was due in part to his absence from the hall. The prize went to William O'Neill, who went on not only to be elected but also to assume the governorship when Ella Grasso died in office.