It's The War, Stupid

So, ol Jomentum lost his primary. The conventional wisdom will tell you that the overwhelming power of the big, bad bloggers did Joe Lieberman in. Why the blogsphere got behind another multimillionaire businessman senator is beyond me, but they did. Bloggers helped Lamont get some early seed money -- as if he needed it -- and some early volunteers and organizing, that's about it. The rest of the noise made very little difference in a local race in a small, one-party state.

Republicans may rejoice that Democrats have gone back to doing what Democrats do best; beating the living crap out of each other. I wouldn't sweat that too much either. Joe Lieberman's position was always somewhat like that of the Ne'er-do-well, gold-digging son-in-law who married the pretty, if not too bright daughter of the loved and respected founder of the company. Dad built the business with his own hands and knows the first name of every man on the floor. Dad never knew what to do with the dweeby college kid; long on mouth and short on common sense. But he made guy a shift Foreman for his daughter's sake and to keep the little twit where he could keep an eye on him. Dad's dead now -- keeled over from a massive coronary at his desk -- and his wife's pretty young eyes have turned to a new hunk. It didn't take long for the union guys on the shop floor to turn on Joe.

Here is the takeaway from CT: It's the War(s), Stupid. And: The Democratic Base is mad as hell.

P.S.:Joe is going to run as an independent.Bad enough that he had his "progressive" nose that far up the President's butt. But, to turn your back on the party that just three years ago you wanted to lead... Well then, Joe deserves every bit of the massive beatdown he is about to receive. The Union Thugs on the shop floor never liked that kid anyway.