Lieberman Must Go
Brave New Films : Democratic Party
After his repeated attacks at Democrats and support for Republicans it's time for Lieberman to switch sides already.

Brave New Films : Democratic Party
After his repeated attacks at Democrats and support for Republicans it's time for Lieberman to switch sides already.
Eric Alterman : Journalists & Journalism
Take a look at the qualities right-wing pundits so admire about dove-turned-hawk, Dem-turned-Republican Joe Lieberman.
What would have happened if, by some twist of fate, Sen. Joe Lieberman had ended up in the White House instead of George W. Bush?
According to Lieberman, the sight of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis chanting anti-American slogans at a protest in Najaf is proof that the surge is working.
Ari Melber : Electoral Politics
The fall and rise of Joe Lieberman was one of the major political events of 2006. But in 2007, Beltway and netroots pundits agree, he will be as irrelevant as George W. Bush.
Joe Lieberman won an idiosyncratic victory. He holds his seat despite his relentless support for Iraq, rather than because of it.
Lamont now lags behind Lieberman, but the Connecticut electorate is so volatile that the outcome is far from certain.
Robert Scheer : Hillary Clinton
Democrats should take a page from the GOP playbook and back candidates willing to stand up for their values, rather than wasting their money, time and votes on those who won't.
Evidence is mounting that Connecticut Democrats are dismayed by Senator Joseph Lieberman's support of President Bush and the Iraq War, giving impetus to assertions that voters are ready to dump him.
Robert L. Borosage : Democratic Party
The demise of Lieberman's campaign should represent the end of the line for the DLC.
Al Gore and Joe Lieberman have told the entertainment industry that it has six months to clean up its act.


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