Why Lieberman Will Replace Rumsfeld

The Donks are coming out hard against Senator Joe Lieberman because he did nothing more than state the truth:

Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) is troubled by Lieberman's comments, Reid's aides said. "I've talked to Senator Lieberman, and unfortunately he is at a different place on Iraq than the majority of the American people," Reid said yesterday.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters this week that "I completely disagree" with Lieberman. She added: "I believe that we have a responsibility to speak out if we think that the course of action that our country is on is not making the American people safer, making our military stronger and making the region more stable."

Liberal political groups, including Democracy for America and MoveOn.org, are considering ways to retaliate, including backing a challenge to Lieberman in next year's Democratic primary. Former senator and Connecticut governor Lowell P. Weicker Jr., an opponent of the war, has vowed to run as an independent, absent a strong Democratic or Republican challenge to Lieberman.

This is a microcosm of the Democratic party; anyone in their party (even a high ranking, respected member) who goes against the talking points they've set is an outcast and immediately shunned.

Sad, really.

There's been backlash against Senator McCain, but nothing compared to what we're hearing against Lieberman.