A Whole New Ballgame

With 86% of precints reporting in Connecticut, it looks like the impossible has happened. Lamont did it. He beat Lieberman and set an example for how to win in '06 and '08. Here it is folks, plain and simple: Be a real Democrat and stop apologizing for Bush's war in Iraq.

It's a whole new ballgame now. Look for Jack Murtha and Harry Reid to start getting more respect. Look for Hillary, who's already called the war a huge mistake, to continue her 11th-hour conversion. Look for the press to start paying more attention to antiwar Presidential hopefuls like Kucinich and Feingold. And look for Democrats to start planning photo ops Crawford Texas where antiwar mom Cindy Sheehan has bought land nearby W's ranch with money from her son's death.

I'm thrilled. I'm ecstatic. And I'm hoping Harold Ford, Jr, the next Senator from Tennessee, will have a change of heart on the war.