Winning by Losing

Good news this week for Joe Lieberman - he lost the Connecticut Democratic primary.

Here's what happens next. He runs and wins as an independent. Then the Republicans eye him seriously as a vice-presidential candidate. It would advertise the proposition that the Democrats are veering off further left. That there is no more room for moderates in the Democratic Party. And that Democrats unhappy with this are welcome in the Republican party.

And Lieberman's reputation for honesty makes this even better: boosts the Republican "values" argument that he was rejected by the Democrats.

Lieberman also gets brownıe points from his new party if this happens for taking a seat from the Democrats.

I think the Democrats of Connecticut just shot themselves in the head.