That's the ticket that will win in 08. Ned-n-Bong.

George Orwell used to say that pacifists were objectively profascist if they refused to resist fascism, because not to resist fascism was the same as aiding fascism.

Now if Lieberman is running for the Senate against the Democratic candidate he is objectively pro-Republican, because such an action can only help to promote the Republican agenda.

The Democratic Party should immediately expel him and withdraw all and any benefits and support that he gets from the party.

My favorite bit from this article:

"The Democratic Party left me this evening," Russo said. "The Democratic Party does not represent the ideals that it has stood for [for] generations. Joe Lieberman does. I will be supporting him right through November ... The voters of Connecticut [were] easily misled. They don't pay attention to the issues, they didn't think things through, and this is the result."

The Democrats are wrong, the voters of Connecticut were wrong. I guess it's Joe against the world.

I appreciate the debate in these letters. Personally, I have been rooting for Lamont and agree with the writer who stated it is time to "do what's right." However, I also think what is right (creating a party with a strong backbone, a party that is not so easily compared to a piece of overcooked pasta) is also being strategic. Hence Lamont's victory.

But he will need our help. Right now the Democrats need to hear from voters throughout the country -- if those of us who support Lamont (or who just want a Democratic victory) email or write to the party and to our senators, perhaps they will fully support him.

I may be naive, but I don't want to give up on the Democrats yet. And it felt pretty good to email my senators and the party itself. It was too easy to be called real political action, but hey, it is a start.

Lanny Davis is a Montgomery County, MD resident. And as an active member of the Montgomery County Democratic Party all I have to say is, "We don't like him either." So, honestly, no one cares what Lanny Davis thinks. Hell, for some of us, Lanny Davis's support is the kiss of death.

For the last two weeks, Lieberman and his supporters have been screaming that Lamont and his supporters have falsely painted Lieberman as "not a real Democrat."

Hasn't he just proved that they were right?

I feel so much better after reading all the above posts. I woke up this morning so mad at what lieberman did last night but in the media I saw no one calling him for what he really was. Thank goodness for the internet!

I must say I have never been as mad after an election. I've been disappointed, depressed and upset at many elections. In 2000 I felt mostly fear as the recount went on, hoping our guy won, but always a little unsure if we really had all the votes.

But last night--we actually WON. Clearly. Convincingly. For real. But where do we stand this morning?? I feel like Lieberman spit in my face. Literally. I have put my sweat equity in a number of campaigns but have never contributed money. Today I donated to Lamont's campaign. I encourage everyone here to do the same.

Heh.

Losing by four points to an unknown who was down 50 points not 6 months constitutes a "victory"?

Wow, that is the most delusional thing I've heard since whatever Dick Cheney said last week.

I don't. I think the blogs are an echochamber now just like they were 2 and 4 and 6 years ago. You become so impressed with your anger and brilliance that you forgot that whole huge slices of the electorate don't dial in to the virtual world. I mean other than people who want to be or fuck Marcos, who the hell knows what a Daily Kos is?

If you want to see something truly vomit-inducing (assuming you're into emetics), watch Joementum on the PBS newshour today. A more smarmy, self-serving, egocentric ten minutes of blather you're unlikely to see, unless you watch other republikans. Joementum is not calling himself "an Independent Democrat", which is Lieberspeak for republikan. He shows nothing but contempt for the voters of Connecticut and for the party he purportedly represents. Disgusting. It brings flashbacks of the Cheney "debate" in '00 when Joementum whimpered and peed on himself like a mongrel puppy. Now, watch Hillary squirm her way to the left on the war issue, even though she's basically been Joementum in drag for the past three years. She will never get my vote. E. V. E. R.

The trouble with history is that it always repeats itself, and you know that he who disdains it may be destroyed by it.

Lieberman may be Javits redux. Remember? Javits lost the Republican nomination for another term. He elected to run on a third party ticket, the Liberal Party, that chose him rather than run the Democratic candidate.

Result? Javits lost, as did the Democrat, Elizabeth Holzman, and the State of New York and the country were instead treated to Alphonse D'Amato.

I can't speak for or of the State of Connecticut, it's their choice, but as an American and a Democrat we urgently need that vote on our side of the aisle next year.

Irwin Moss, LA

the Faustian bargain is Joementum's. It is indeed true that he may fracture the Democratic vote and elect a fascist vote for the Senate. We need to support, via Demcoracy for America, or whatever means suits you, every Democrat in a close race. I've said this before, so pardon my repetition: this is the most important election since 1860. With one house of congress, and the power of subpoena and the right to call and hold hearings, we can unmask these fascist bastards before they do any more damage. Enough is enough. Lieberman once showed signs of an acutal conscience. May that inner voice tell him how very wrong his running as an "independent Democrat" (whatever the hell that is) really is 50-49-1, republikan, in the Senate is a world, a literal world, away from the reverse, Democrat. For the want of a nail, etc. Think of your country, Senator Lieberman, and not of yourself. withdraw.