Campaign against Lieberman should start now

Daily Kos reviews Lieberman's current approval ratings in Connecticut. His approval ratings are high (63% approve, 31% dissaprove). Remarkably, even among liberals, his numbers are still good (52% approve-41% disapprove). Of course, he is doing great among republicans (69% approve-24% disapprove).

So, why is that? How does Lieberman still have such high approval ratings in a democratic state like CT? After all, he is essentially the only democrat that so strongly and openly supports the disastrous war in Iraq and one of the most incompetent republican administrations in the history of the country (Bush administration). There are 2 reasons:

1. He has name recognition as he run for VP in the past.
2. People simply dont follow carefully the news and dont know his positions.

I think, Lieberman must be defeated in his re-election bid for the senate by either Weicker if he runs as an independent, or by a democratic challenger in the primaries. I believe that this would be critical for defining the identity of the democratic party of the future and it is worth a lot of resources and support.

MoveOn is considering financing an opponent to Lieberman and I think they will. However, they should start as soon as possible by generating TV ads that describe the positions of Lieberman and the implications of his disastrous choices. Defeating Lieberman will not be easy. It will take a lot of effort and a protracted campaign. Thats why such a campaign should start now.