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

3:10 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: NY Daily News, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Unqualified Offerings, Confederate Yankee, PoliPundit.com, Clayton Cramer's BLOG, The American Thinker, Scoobie Davis Online 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, Obsidian Wings, Washington Post, SEIXON, The Carpetbagger Report, culturekitchen, The Heretik, All Spin Zone, It Shines For All and Outside The Beltway

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

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, The Agonist and Suburban Guerrilla

Martin Peretz / The New Republic:

LAMONT'S UNSAVORY SUPPORTERS: — So Ned Lamont did defeat Joe Lieberman. But Lamont won by just under four percentage points, a far cry from the huge margins he'd captured in the polls just a week ago. Lieberman's concession speech was also a declaration of intent to run as an independent …

Discussion: TAPPED

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

Discussion: Associated Press, New York Times, 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 Times:
Lieberman Begins Race as Independent

Discussion: JustOneMinute, LamontBlog, Redstate and Daily Kos

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

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

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

Discussion: Austin Bay Blog and Power Line

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 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

Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Johnson basks in big victory over McKinney

Discussion: TownHall Main Blog, Political Animal, The Carpetbagger Report, On Deadline and Sister Toldjah

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, Say Anything and Think Progress

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

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, Suburban Guerrilla, Whiskey Bar, The Carpetbagger Report and Middle Earth Journal

Hotline On Call:

Where The Lattes Reign — If there was a way to obtain the per capita income and racial demographics of each Connecticut town, some politico cartographer wizard out there could have a field day portraying the economics and ethnicity of this race. Ned Lamont, scion of the Eastern Establishment …

Discussion: Political Arithmetik