Joe Lieberman: Still a Douchebag
Joe Lieberman continues his douchiness. In 2000 he simultaneously ran for Senate and Vice-President. While it meant that the election was a no-lose situation for him, it was bad for his party; if he and Gore took the White House it meant that the Republican governor would have picked his replacement in the Senate. Douchy.

So today Connecticut Democrats told him that they'd rather be represented by Lamont. So what's he doing? Running as an independent. In doing so Lieberman proves that he has zero sense of duty to his party. While I respect a politician willing to buck his party when he believes it to be wrong, to try and have it both ways, to be a Democrat until they say no, then independent, that's just weasely. Furthermore Lieberman has to know that he is going to split the Democratic vote, perhaps enough to allow Lamont's Republican challenger to win. Lieberman apparently feels that the Republicans are just as good as the Democrats. He's free to believe that, but as an ex-Democrat it reinforces how fickle his allegiance is; a Democrat until it's inconvient.

Lieberman can suck it.

All that said, as I predicted the results were razor thin: 52 to 48. Any pundit claiming that this represents a major sea change remains an idiot.