Obamma is coming to CT in March for the JJB, so here is hoping Joe backs up Obama, cause McCain is being a tool.

As a DINO, don't expect Lieberman to come to the defense of Sen. Obama.  Especially, since McCain is the presumptive GOP frontrunner in 2008, and Joementum doesn't want to burn any bridges.

I thought Ben Nelson was there, too?

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Well, I think Maine Dems should be paying close attention as well. Collins has been coasting on her "moderate" slot the same way as Stowe and Chaffee. This is a good point for the folks in maine to start pushing her to be honest, or start prepping a warchest against her.

That doesn't mean Lieberman is off the hook. His silence to date is just another good reason to hop on the Lamont bandwagon.

It should also be noted that the two biggest stories regarding the Bush admin. have been Bush's lackluster SOTU address, and the domestic spying program.

A McCain-Obama fight is a great way to get everyone to take their minds off those two sore points.

And the fact that McCain is such a knowing and willing tool jives with McCain falling into line after Rove's recent threat to GOP senators.

This tiff seems to be serving numerous purposes. Classic Rovian offensive.

I just came over from the Hotline Site, usually straight shooters, and their take is that Obama was working with McCain, then turned around and made some insinuations about him after being read the riot act by Harry Reid on party disipline and the "culture of corruption" meme.

Interesting that Russ Feingold, the Senate's leading Dem on election reform was not part of the meeting.

Also, it's worth noting that the front page of Lieberman's web site has a photo of him standing next to Obama with a link to a press release dated Feb 1.

Personally, I think McCain came unglued over the fact that Obama made a public statement that the Democrats will not accept marking up the election reform legislation outside of the normal committee process.  

As DemocraticAvenger pointed out, Lieberman has invited Obama to the CT JJB dinner in March (THE CT Democratic social/fundraising event of the year).  What will be interesting is to see if Joe shows up, and how he's received by the Dems.  He was not there last year, and apparently was pissed at his lukewarm reception the year before.  It will be very embarrassing for Joe if he attends this year and gets a cold shoulder from the all Dem audience.

I put no faith in Mark Pryor.  Mark will uphold the Pryor tradition:

(1)  Tell Arkansas whatever is needed to get elected;

(2)  Go to Washington and sell out;

(3)  Repeat as necessary.

Just like his Old Man.

I am so old that I remember when Arkansas sent real Democrats to Congress.  Fulbright, McClellan, Mills, and Clinton are just a few examples.

With the political culture of Arkansas the way it is, you should be thankful you send ANY Democrats to congress. In fact Arkansas may be a good model for how Dems can succeed in red states, since Arkansas is conservative But still maintains a vibrant Democratic party.

"Good post, but you called Lieberman a "moderate Democrat."  Uh-huh."

Is he not a 'moderate Democrat'?

Clock is ticking, and Joementum has said nothing.

When can I donate to Lamont?

Looks like McCain is too angry to run for president. People don't like to vote for angry people.

As all good scientists will tell you:

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF SUCTION.

This calculated smear bears the mark of Rove's personal signature. Rove believes it is most bewildering to the object of a smear and the most injurous to the reputation at stake when one attacks the adversary on his publically acknowledged strengths, in this case, Obama's reputation for sincerity and forthrightness.  

John Kerry was blindsided by the Swiftboaters because he believed too long that no one would take the swiftboat attacks seriously - let's hope that Obama is a quicker study on this.  

Lieberman will be useless - we need to get Howard Dean to weigh in - Dean's takedown of Blitzer when Blitzer regurgitated the Republican talking point about Abramoff being a bipartisan scandal was blunt and relentless. It's also the way every winger slur needs to confronted.

Plain and simple.  I'm sorry to say it, but it is true.  I've heard a lot of whining by Dems, and I find it rather pathetic.

Let's look at how Josh Marshall puts it: "It's the roll-out of the slime Obama campaign."

Sorry, but that is a load of crap.  Suggesting that McCain had an illegitimate black baby was sliming.  Claiming that Kerry faked his war record was sliming.  Suggesting that Obama is acting to gain political advantage is not sliming.  It is garden variety politics.  And Democrats can go f--- themselves if they can't learn to play the game.

Marshall does have one thing right.  McCain is laying the foundation for future attacks.  As well he should.  McCain is a smart politician.  Instead of crying into their beers about McCain, Democrats should be asking themselves how they can prepare for 2008.

They could do worse than to start by attacking McCain's image as a straight-shooting, centrist "maverick".  But what was Obama's response to McCain?

"The fact that you have now questioned my sincerity and my desire to put aside politics for the public interest is regrettable but does not in any way diminish my deep respect for you nor my willingness to find a bipartisan solution to this problem.

Good Lord!  McCain kicks him in the teeth and Obama responds by reiterating his "deep respect" for McCain?!?  

How will Democrats respond? We will talk about McCain's anger management problem... after all what sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.