Marc Ambinder seems to think that Lieberman is a scold but otherwise not a real player in the Senate going forward, and that’s true – Lieberman will have no constituency other than Meet the Press and the rest of the Sabbath gasbags. That doesn’t mean he shouldn’t pay some price for his mendacity.
But then Ambinder wrote this:
It’s not even clear that [Lieberman] will run for re-election in 2012; he’d certainly face the same kind of primary fight in Connecticut as he did in ’06, with the added possibility of Chris Shays running a strong Republican campaign.
Um, Marc, the Connecticut for Lieberman party only has one elected member, and it’s not one who could challenge Joe Lieberman in a primary and still obey the laws of physics. Furthermore, Joe Lieberman will never, ever, run for anything as a Democrat again.
I live in Southern California, grew up in New York and Minneapolis, and have family scattered in three countries. I am a liberal, and woe be to anyone who says that with any sort of moronic disclaimer (i.e. “I’m a liberal but I’m not crazy” or “I’m a liberal but I still believe terrorism is bad”). I’m a liberal, OK? No apologies. However, I do think, when I hear the word uttered by some people, of Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
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