Sore Loserman

So, the netroots got itself a premier scalp tonight when Joe Lieberman conceded to primary challenger Ned Lamont. Lieberman has already vowed to run as an Independent, and that will surely cause havok this fall during the mid-terms. The New Republic must feel especially blue tonight. The magazine was especially hawkish on the war in Iraq (though a few of its writers, Peter Beinart among them, have at least admitted they were wrong on that score) and it has also been unwavering in its defense of Joe Lieberman. TNR has pulled no punches in attacking progressive bloggers who have backed Lamont in his primary challenge. To that end, New Republic editor Marty Peretz offered up this utterly ridiculous post-mortem on Liberman’s loss. He even manages to somehow blame Bill Clinton for Joe’s loss! Occam’s Razor generally states the the simplest explanation is the correct one. Couldn’t Joe’s loss be easily be attributed to his fealty to George Bush and his staunch support of an unpopular war? Nah, that couldn’t be it at all.