Happy Joe Posted by Shadi Hamid

Happy Joe, indeed. I was in Italy, of all places. Yesterday, in between the Sistine Chapel and some damn good pizza, I flipped on the TV in my hotel room to CNN International. Wow, I thought, there's Joe. More to my surprise, however, I saw him smiling - beaming, actually - and then pumping his fist to spirited cheers from what appeared an excitable audience. Look at that, I thought, Lieberman beats out Lamont after all, despite trailing in most recent polls. Then I glanced down to the bottom of the screen and saw the headline: Lieberman loses to Lamont (or something like that). For a second - and not more - I was confused. Then a moment of clarity. That does make sense.

I have never seen someone so happy to lose a Democratic party primary.

Comments

[Craig]

"I have never seen someone so happy to lose a Democratic party primary." Ouch. That line may be Lieberman's political epitaph.

It's embarrassing that Lieberman is unable to distinguish anymore between very partisan Republican right wingers who clearly are dominating Washington and the few classic conservatives remaining who at least live in the same universe the rest of us live in and have ethics we can respect. Lieberman has failed to open his eyes for a very long time.

He's not a bad man, but I hope he has the wisdom to step aside and accept the clear verdict of the voters. It's time for the Democrats to move on.