The Democratic Party has lost its SOULLLLLLL!
Joe, who? Nothing to see here, move along....
Okay, we're talking about a relatively unknown moderate Republican from Michigan and a former Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate who gets more Sunday morning face time than the leadership of his own Party ( which now I guess is truly "his own" Party) but pretty much the same story: two incumbent politicians out of step with their constituents and Party who get booted. Ned Lamont doesn't have to apologize for knocking off Joe Lieberman any more than Al D'Amato did for ending Jacob Javits career or Lloyd Bentsen did for ending Ralph Yarborough's career...yes, this sort of thing has happened before even the "netroots" and somehow the Republic, as well as the Republican and Democratic Parties, did survive.
(Updated 8/9/06:12:21pm)