Demagogue

For weeks, Connecticut businessman Ned Lamont has been testing the waters for a possible Democratic primary challenge against Senator Joe Lieberman, who has been one of Bush's leading defenders on the Iraq war.

Now, there are new signs that Lamont will announce his candidacy -- Tom Swann of Connecticut Citizen Action Group just recently resigned to serve as Lamont's campaign manager.

By all appearances, this would be a long shot for Lamont, but the best chance for taking out Lieberman probably rests in the party primary. I must admit that I'm half-tempted to contribute to Lamont's campaign if he makes a run for it. (I'd first want to learn a little more about Lamont.) Lieberman was (is) bad on the war, bad on church-state separation, and not so good on a few other issues I care about.