Pundits, right and left, every time the host brings up the Lieberman - Lamont primary, call it a single issue election. Every time I find myself yelling back at the TV, "It's not about the fucking war!" While Lieberman's lockstep support of the President on that issue is one of reasons a lot of people dislike Joe, it is far from the only reason that people want him out of the Senate. Yet, the pundits and hosts (this morning it was Donna Brazile (would you trust her to run your campaign?), George Will and host George Stephanopoulos) say that the anger from the left is only focused on the war issue and that the netroots want lockstep agreement on that issue. The same theme was also on Olbermann following the debate. In this interparty dispute, they can't seem to wrap their head around the fact that Joe Lieberman is, on issues more than just the war, not a good Democrat.
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