MICHAEL MOORE plays Robespierre. Nobody’s pure enough for him, especially Hillary.
UPDATE: Blogometer isn’t very optimistic about Dems’ hopes for talking Joe Lieberman out of running as an independent:
It’s just hard to picture Lieberman accepting defeat at the hands of a movement that calls him “rape gurney Joe.” Thus at the very moment bloggers ought to be celebrating their biggest accomplishment to date, they’re instead heading straight on into a train wreck.
We’ll see. Stay tuned.
ANOTHER UPDATE: InstaPunk offers helpful advice for the Democrats. Well, advice, anyway.
And reader Kevin Pedraja emails:
As a Democrat and a staunch opponent of the decision to go to war in Iraq, I must say I have mixed feelings about the Lamont victory and the resulting triumphalism of the Liberal netroots. I think it’s a mistake to generalize this result (in a fairly moderate to liberal state) as a harbinger of things to come in the 2008 national elections. Kos’ comment about Jesse Jackson being on stage with Lamont during his victory speech is particularly worrisome (a feeling that only grew when I read that not only Jackson but Al Sharpton flanked Lamont). How can any Democrat with a brain think that our chances of regaining control of either house of Congress or the White House go up if we’re “united” behind the tired hucksterism of Jackson and his ilk?
There’s no question that Lieberman’s unwavering support of Bush hurt him with activist Democratic voters (who tend to vote more often in primaries), but he also ran a comically inept campaign, inflicting almost as many wounds on himself as those delivered by his opponent. Should this surprise anyone? After all, this is the guy who thought “Joementum” would be well-received.
The fact is, opposition to Bush and the war is largely visceral in the Northeast corridor. And while dissatisfaction with the president and the war seems to be growing elsewhere in the country, it’s a far more nuanced issue than (as some like Kos would have us believe) “yer either fer us or agin us.” In any event, it seems incredibly premature to start buying the champagne before it’s remotely clear who the respective standard bearers of either party will be.
To me, this seems like a building debacle for the Democratic Party, and a reprise of 1972. But I could be wrong.