This time, its Senator Hillary Clinton who is twisting the knife into him:
ALBANY, N.Y., July 4 — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), a longtime supporter of Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, said Tuesday that she will not back the Connecticut Democrat’s bid for reelection if he loses their party’s primary.
“I’ve known Joe Lieberman for more than 30 years. I have been pleased to support him in his campaign for reelection, and hope that he is our party’s nominee,” the former first lady said in a statement issued by aides.
“But I want to be clear that I will support the nominee chosen by Connecticut Democrats in their primary,” Clinton added. “I believe in the Democratic Party, and I believe we must honor the decisions made by Democratic primary voters.”
Clearly, Hillary, supposedly a pro-war Democrat, is concerned more with proving her loyalty to the Democratic Party, and her bona fides to the Kos crowd, than with supporting one of the few pro-war Democrats in the Senate other than herself.
Meanwhile, McQ makes this observation about Lieberman’s opponents within the Democratic Party:
The intent among those who oppose Lieberman seems to be to exclude him completely. The big tent has a “no dogs or Liebermans” sign hanging on the door. Because of what he considers a principled stand on the war in Iraq, Lieberman is out. No tolerance for a principled difference of opinion. You are required to say “I was misled and therefore I was wrong about my vote for the war in Iraq” ala Kerry or you are not longer worthy to be a Democrat.
For some reason, visions of lock-stepped marchers come unbidden to my mind.
I seem to remember something similar happening to Pennsylvania Governor Bob Casey not too long ago
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