It would have been better if Lamont had won. It would have radicalized the Dems more and gave greater power to moveon.org, etc. The "Prez" position on the war seems to be changing. He is turning it over to the Baker-Hamiliton commission.
I disagree. Liebermann is going to be an irritation to dems on Iraq war. Baker-Hamiliton commission is the name media calls it - but it is NOT Prez's creation but Congress created it with the name "Iraq Study Group" . Prez already announced that he will not rubber stamp it's recommendations.
Also, there is a mis-conception that the the Sec.Def nominee is anti-Cheney person. Untrue again - both Cheney & Hadley worked with him earlier.
"It would have been better if Lamont had won. It would have radicalized the Dems more and gave greater power to moveon.org, etc."
I Don't think it's going to matter wrt radicalizeing the Dims that Lamont lost. First, Lieberman said today that he's going to try to support all his constituents and be independent. And, moveon, ACLU, et al are expecting payback for their assistance in the Dims win:
Liberal groups expect postelection results
Los Angeles Times ^ | 12 November 2006 | Peter Wallsten and Janet Hook,
Posted on 11/12/2006 4:20:41 AM PST by shrinkermd
WASHINGTON — After toppling the long-dominant Republicans in a hard-fought election, the Democratic Party's incoming congressional leaders have immediately found themselves in another difficult struggle — with their own supporters...
...Lobbyists for the American Civil Liberties Union, for example, are all but counting on Democrats to repeal the most controversial provisions of the Patriot Act, the anti-terrorist law pushed by the White House that some critics call unconstitutional. They also want to end President Bush's domestic wiretapping program...
...Similar vows are coming from lobbyists for abortion rights, who want to expand family-planning options for poor women and scale back Bush's focus on abstinence education, and from gun-control advocates, who hope to revive a lapsed ban on assault weapons. Labor unions, a core Democratic constituency, are demanding universal healthcare and laws discouraging corporations from seeking inexpensive labor overseas....
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