Lieberman Losing Support Among Elected Democrats

The imploding of the Joe Lieberman campaign in Connecticut may have just started. After Russ Feingold who made crystal-clear that he does not support Lieberman in the primary against Lamont, Jack Murtha also indicated that he would not support Joe Lieberman in his re-election bid, unless he changes his position on the Iraq war.

I hope that Hillary and Obama will also reverse their support for Lieberman and soon. Supporting someone like Lieberman will hurt them politically in the future, as it shows that they only care about making sure that their buddies in the senate get re-elected and not for the real issues. Of course, Hillary can argue that she is also pro-Iraq war like Lieberman is, but Obama can not. Obama's positions are much closer to Ned Lamont's, and his endorsement of Lieberman in the past does not speak well about him at all. I hope that he will realize his error quickly and he will retract his support for Lieberman soon.

It is now clear that Lieberman will lose that race and his senate seat. The only question is who else will be hurt politically in the process.