Lieberman's Real Problem
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/11/AR2006071101204.html
By Harold Meyerson
Wednesday, July 12, 2006; Page A15
I am about to become a traitor to my class. Among my estimable
colleagues in the Washington commentariat, the idea that Connecticut
Sen. Joe Lieberman is facing a serious challenge from a fellow Democrat
over Lieberman's support for the Iraq war seems to evoke incredulity
and exasperation. On the op-ed pages of leading newspapers, we read
that Lieberman is "the most kind-hearted and well-intentioned of men"
(that's from the New York Times' David Brooks), a judgment that cannot
credibly be disputed -- though if ever a road to hell was paved with
good intentions, it would start with the anti-Saddam Hussein
interventionism of pro-democracy advocates and end in downtown Baghdad
today.
My colleagues also finger those crazy lefty bloggers as the culprits
behind the drive to purge Lieberman from Democratic ranks. (The New
Republic's Jonathan Chait recently wrote that in the Los Angeles
Times.) They see a self-destructive urge for party purification
sweeping over Democratic liberals, to the detriment of Democratic
prospects.
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