So I guess Mr. Lieberman no longer has Joementum. Lamont made the war in Iraq THE issue, as Republican and conservative commentators have remarked over and over. But, since Lieberman voted 90 percent with Democrats, the war being his primary departure, and since those same Republicans and conservatives invested a lot in supporting him, it seems fair to say that the war was the issue for them, as well.
Which is as it should be. Anytime we're at war and that isn't the main issue, there's something wrong. As for how much this foreshadows what might happen in this year's elections, let alone the presidential one in 2008, I'm not so sure about that. Lieberman lost on the war by only four points in one of the bluest of the blue states. There is also the war on terror, and Democrats trying to seek an immediate end to the Iraq war have to be careful not to sound even more lackadaisical about national security than they already do. I say this issue poses as many problems for them as it does for Republicans.
