memeorandum: Does Iran have something in store? (Bernard Lewis/Opinion Journal)

1:10 PM ET, August 9, 2006

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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, Georgia Politics Unfiltered and The Agonist

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: PoliPundit.com, Clayton Cramer's BLOG and The American Thinker

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: The New Republic, Time, Ace of Spades HQ, Obsidian Wings, The Carpetbagger Report, culturekitchen, The Heretik, All Spin Zone and It Shines For All

Kos / Daily Kos:

CT-Sen: Winners and losers — Winner: — Ned Lamont. The guy has it all — a great job, a great family, a great home, and very cute, if lazy, dog. Yet he tossed that aside for a quixotic run, dumping in millions of his own money in what was really, at first, a statement race.

Discussion: Associated Press, New York Times, Captain's Quarters, The Glittering Eye, Drumwaster's Rants, AMERICAblog, The Agonist, Redstate, Don Surber, The Empire Zone and Sixers

Hartford Courant:
Lamont Leads Senate Race In Early Returns

Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, The Moderate Voice, PoliBlog, Captain's Quarters, Burnt Orange Report, Classical Values, Outside The Beltway, Redstate, Liberty and Justice, The Irish Trojan's Blog, GOP Bloggers, Pajamas Media, Tammy Bruce, The Reaction and SEIXON

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Exit Poll Results

Discussion: Political Animal and Outside The Beltway

Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Lieberman Concedes Connecticut Primary to Lamont

Discussion: Hotline On Call, The Raw Story, Sirotablog, The Huffington Post and Demagogue

Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Lamont Relied On Net Roots — And Grass Roots

Discussion: Associated Press, DownWithTyranny! and Dinocrat

Kos / Daily Kos:
CT-Sen: Lieberman to go indy

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, Rantingprofs, Unclaimed Territory, JustOneMinute, BuzzMachine, TownHall Main Blog, The Horse's Mouth, Blue Crab Boulevard and Liberty and Justice

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Johnson declares victory over McKinney

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
McKinney's machine breaks down

Discussion: CQPolitics.com

michaelmoore.com:

It's All About Who You Sleep With ... a Cautionary Note from Michael Moore — Let the resounding defeat of Senator Joe Lieberman send a cold shiver down the spine of every Democrat who supported the invasion of Iraq and who continues to support, in any way, this senseless, immoral, unwinnable war.

Discussion: Redstate, The RCP Blog, Blogs for Bush, Stop The ACLU and PoliPundit.com

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, Sic Semper Tyrannis 2006, Israel Matzav and PrairiePundit

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, Whiskey Bar, Amygdala, Suburban Guerrilla and The Carpetbagger Report

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: Liberty and Justice, Blue Crab Boulevard and Seraphic Secret

Steven Erlanger / New York Times:

Left or Right, Israelis Are Pro-War — As Israel's war with Hezbollah finishes a fourth difficult week, domestic criticism of its prosecution is growing. Yet there is a paradoxical effect as well: the harder the war has been, the more the public wants it to proceed.

Discussion: USS Neverdock, Captain's Quarters, ShrinkWrapped, A Blog For All, Dohiyi Mir and Liberty and Justice