memeorandum: Iraqi divisions halfway there (Spc. Rick Rzepka/mnf-iraq.com)

2:50 PM ET, August 9, 2006

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Lamont Defeats Lieberman in Primary — Ned Lamont, left, celebrated after winning the Connecticut primary. Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, right, waved to supporters after conceding the race. More Photos > — Ned Lamont, a Connecticut millionaire whose candidacy for the United States Senate soared …

John McIntyre / Real Clear Politics:

Dems Move Closer to McGovern's Losing Formula — Democrats lost the 2004 presidential election over leadership on national security. Last night's win by anti-war Ned Lamont over pro-war Joe Lieberman, while joyous for the far-left netroots crowd, is a bad harbinger for future Democratic Party prospects nationally in 2008 and beyond.

Discussion: Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Unqualified Offerings, Confederate Yankee, PoliPundit.com, Clayton Cramer's BLOG, Scoobie Davis Online, The American Thinker and Dinocrat

New York Times:

Revenge of the Irate Moderates — The defeat of Senator Joseph Lieberman at the hands of a little-known Connecticut businessman is bound to send a message to politicians of both parties that voters are angry and frustrated over the war in Iraq. The primary upset was not, however …

Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ, Time, Washington Post, Obsidian Wings, SEIXON, The Carpetbagger Report, culturekitchen, The Heretik, All Spin Zone, It Shines For All, Outside The Beltway and Riehl World View

Adam Nagourney / New York Times:

A Referendum on Iraq Policy — The victory of Ned Lamont over Joseph I. Lieberman, a three-term senator and former vice presidential candidate, was a vivid demonstration of how the Iraq war is buffeting American politics and of the deep hostility toward President Bush among Democrats.

Discussion: Firedoglake, Daily Kos, Balloon Juice, Georgia Politics Unfiltered and Suburban Guerrilla

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:

Exit Poll Results — Political Wire obtained a copy of the exit poll last night done by CBS News and the New York Times that provides some interesting insight into the views of Connecticut Democrats who voted in the primary yesterday. — Key findings: — As expected, the war …

Discussion: Political Animal, Mystery Pollster and Outside The Beltway

Martin Peretz / The New Republic:
LAMONT'S UNSAVORY SUPPORTERS:

Discussion: TAPPED

Kos / Daily Kos:
CT-Sen: Winners and losers

Discussion: Associated Press, New York Times, JustOneMinute, Time, Captain's Quarters, The Glittering Eye, Outside The Beltway, Firedoglake, The Huffington Post, AMERICAblog, The Agonist, Redstate, The Empire Zone, Drumwaster's Rants, Don Surber, Sixers and Instapundit.com

Brendan Loy / The Irish Trojan's Blog:
Time for a divorce — Okay, I'm calling it. It's over.

Discussion: The Sundries Shack, Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, Say Anything, Flopping Aces, Cold Fury and alicublog

New York Post:
LIEBERMAN'S LOSS: JOE WILL RISE AGAIN

Discussion: Austin Bay Blog and Power Line

John / AMERICAblog:
Lieberman attacks Democratic party as full of "extremists" …

Discussion: U.S. Newswire, Sirotablog and The Huffington Post

New York Post: TUMBLE LETS THE NUTS IN

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Blogger Takes Aim At News Media and Makes a Direct Hit — Charles Johnson could tell there was something wrong with the news photo the minute he saw it. Something about the three plumes of black smoke rising over the buildings — smoke just doesn't curl that way, pirouetting in unison.

Discussion: Investor's Business Daily, JustOneMinute, Unclaimed Territory, BuzzMachine, TownHall Main Blog, The Horse's Mouth, Michelle Malkin and Blue Crab Boulevard

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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
House Incumbents McKinney, Schwarz Fall in Primaries

Discussion: New York Times, TAPPED, DownWithTyranny! and Outside The Beltway

Germanm / TheWorldNewser:

George Stephanopoulos: Can Karl help Joe? — According to a close Lieberman adviser, the President's political guru, Karl Rove, has reached out to the Lieberman camp with a message straight from the Oval Office: "The boss wants to help. Whatever we can do, we will do."

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report and Ace of Spades HQ

Fouad Siniora / Washington Post:

End This Tragedy Now — Israel Must Be Made to Respect International Law — A military solution to Israel's savage war on Lebanon and the Lebanese people is both morally unacceptable and totally unrealistic. We in Lebanon call upon the international community and citizens everywhere …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Liberty and Justice, Blue Crab Boulevard, PrairiePundit and Israel Matzav

CNN:

Poll: 60 percent of Americans oppose Iraq war — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sixty percent of Americans oppose the U.S. war in Iraq, the highest number since polling on the subject began with the commencement of the war in March 2003, according to poll results and trends released Wednesday.

Discussion: IntoxiNation and Say Anything

R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:

War Crimes Act Changes Would Reduce Threat Of Prosecution — The Bush administration has drafted amendments to a war crimes law that would eliminate the risk of prosecution for political appointees, CIA officers and former military personnel for humiliating or degrading war prisoners …

Discussion: Outside The Beltway, Hit and Run, Amygdala, INTEL DUMP, Whiskey Bar, Suburban Guerrilla, The Carpetbagger Report and Middle Earth Journal

Bernard Lewis / Opinion Journal:

Does Iran have something in store? — During the Cold War, both sides possessed weapons of mass destruction, but neither side used them, deterred by what was known as MAD, mutual assured destruction. Similar constraints have no doubt prevented their use in the confrontation between India and Pakistan.

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard, Liberty and Justice and Seraphic Secret