Jacob Weisberg

reminds us of the deja vu quality of the Lieberman/Lamont contest.

To which I say "no shit" to the echoes of the Vietnam War era.

The Democratic Party needs to ignore these nutroots dipshits who will come after anybody who doesn't fit into their notion of what a Democrat is.

These fools are the mirror image of the freepers, and they don't even realize it.

Yep:

Whether Democrats can avoid playing their Vietnam video to the end depends on their ability to project military and diplomatic toughness in place of the elitism and anti-war purity represented in 2004 by Howard Dean and now by Ned Lamont. Hillary Clinton, the Democratic front-runner for 2008, is trying to walk this difficult line, continuing to express support for the war in principle while becoming increasingly strident in her criticism of its execution. As the congressional elections approach, many Republican candidates are fleeing Bush's embrace because of his Iraq-induced unpopularity. But Lamont's victory points to a way in which Bush's disastrous war could turn into an even bigger liability for the Democrats.

The NYT peddles the "unity" bullshit simply because some Democrats have given lip service to Nutroots Ned.

Does any sane person think Reid and Schumer actually believe the shit in this press release?

Harry Reid of Nevada, the Senate Democratic leader, and Senator Charles Schumer of New York, the head of the Democratic committee for Senate candidates, described Mr. Lieberman’s loss as encouraging news for Democrats going into the fall elections.

“The perception was that he was too close to George Bush, and this election was, in many respects, a referendum on the president more than anything else,” Mr. Schumer and Mr. Reid said in a joint statement. “The results bode well for Democratic victories in November.”

Of course, they both know Joe will be caucusing with them once again when he cruises to victory in November.