Democrats Throwing Lieberman Under The Bus

Joe Lieberman was the vice presidential candidate in 2000 alongside Al Gore. In only six short years, Democrats and the netroots have turned on Lieberman and are doing everything imaginable to force this loyal Democrat from the party. From supporting his opponent in the primary election to undercutting him at every turn, even Lieberman's supposed ally is suggesting that he run as an independent.

Why should Joe have to do any such thing? Oh wait, it's because the Democrats have moved fully to the far left of Lieberman and he's not tacking to the left with them. Lieberman supports the war in Iraq and the general war on terror, much to the chagrin of the anti-war left, and this is all part of their revenge. There is no big tent for Democrats - you either are an anti-war candidate, or you're going to suffer the consequences. Never mind that Lieberman has been to Iraq and has seen first hand teh reconstruction and hard work done by the US Armed Forces unlike say Rep. Murtha, and has supported the military time and time again, the anti-war types want him gone.

Well, this move may very well backfire on the Democrats, who instead of retaining a loyal party backer, will push him into the open arms of Republicans.

Oh, and for all this talk about how Lieberman is in trouble, the article waits until the 19th paragraph to state that Lieberman holds a 57-32 advantage over challenger Ned Lamont.

Smith said the poll is no reason for Lieberman to bolt the party. While his lead shrank, he still leads Lamont, 57 percent to 32 percent, among all Democrats and 55 percent to 40 percent among likely primary voters.

"Joe Lieberman has a 15- to 25-point lead over Ned Lamont with eight weeks to go," Smith said. "We're going to be the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate."

While this is a tougher road to reelection than usual, Lieberman will likely win the nomination handily. And the netroots who have been supporting Lamont will be left to cheer a moral victory of losing to a veteran politician by 15-20 points.