another puffpiece

I just read David Broder's column in the Sunday edition of the Washington Post. It's a softball piece, pro Lieberman and dismissive of Ned Lamont. When will these inside the beltway guys get it. There is another world outside of DC and it's possible that some of the elected representatives, i.e. Joe Lieberman, can actually be not only out of touch with reality but also out of touch with the values and political sentiments of the majority of voters in their party. Lieberman is like the person who will kill his friends and family rather than be held accountable for his actions. He will kill his party to hold onto his perceived power in the Senate. His actions and statements are antithetical to the values that the democratic party stands for and he needs to be held accountable for his actions. He needs to answer to the voters, not only thru honest and open debates about his record and the issues of the day, but also for his actions in the Senate. Of particular interest to me and many others following this issue, Liebermans' continued undermining of party unity and desire to have it both ways on controversial issues, is enough to bounce him from office. I hope that in the days and weeks to come that the heat gets turned up on old Joe so he has to stand up and be accountable, not to the Washington press corps, or the entrenched corporate interests he is so close to, but to the voters of his state whom he has screwed time and time again. For Whom the Bell Tolls? It tolls for thee, Old Joe.