OH, WHAT TO DO?

Joe Lieberman has put the Democrats in a very uncomfortable position. They don’t like his well thought out, knee-jerkless(?) reaction to security and rejoiced in his defeat by cut-and-run Ned Lamont. Finally, they would be rid of him and have in his seat the kind of Senator they could work with in undermining the President’s power.

Then Lieberman stayed in the race as a Independent. Not usually a big deal, having an independent in a race in a solidly Democrat district is like having another Republican to beat. Unfortunately, in the rock-paper-scissors world of general election politics, Joe-Mentum beats Nedernaline any day and Lieberman leads Lamont by 12 points and is expected to win.

So, what do the Democrats do? Do they throw all of their support behind Lamont, attack Lieberman, strip him all power in the Senate and otherwise smear him and hope he loses? If they try this gambit and it fails, they have a loose canon in the Senate, one who was burned by the very party he says has slipped too far to the left. Or, do they do the unthinkable and support Lieberman, leaving their primary winner to swing in the wind? This makes the Democrats look like un-principled, power hungry madmen (which is much closer to the truth, but not something talked about in mixed company). Or, do they quietly support Lamont and stay heck out of Connecticut until after the election, giving them a weasle-ish, no controlling legal authority, plausible deniability, depending on what the meaning of “is” is defense to say they supported you all along, Mr.-Whoever you are who won.