Good Take on Lamont/Lieberman

From the Washington Post, of all places. E. J. Dionne Jr. gives us this in his op-ed piece today:

The opposition to Lieberman is motivated by an effort to reverse the trend to the right. It's true that Lamont's campaign has been energized by widespread opposition to the Iraq war and the fact that Lieberman has been one of the most loyal Democratic defenders of President Bush's Middle East policies.

But Lieberman's troubles are, even more, about a new aggressiveness in the Democratic Party called forth by disgust with the Bush presidency -- an energy comparable to the vigor that a loathing for liberalism brought to the Republican right in the 1970s and '80s.

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Lieberman's core problem was not even his support for the Iraq war. It was his eagerness to challenge the legitimacy of fellow Democrats who have called attention to the administration's mistakes.

Well, the media can't entirely abandon the 'anti-war' candidate narrative, but at least Dionne correctly identifies Lamont's opposition to the war as an outgrowth of the ideological root from which his opposition comes.

Kos at DailyKos has a diary looking at the nitty-gritty of Joe's campaign. Regardless of your feelings about DKos, go read it.

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