I think Lieberman will hang in for awhile, until it is obvious to him the money isn't flowing to him, and the party is running away from him.

I think the truth of the matter is, this was Democratic primary, not a general election. Despite 30,000 new Democrats registering (whom I believe are most likely anti-Bush and anti-war independent voters, not non-voters suddenly joining the process), this is really a referendum on the Democratic Leadership Council's grip on the party.

Same thing happened with St Paul Mayor Randy Kelly, a pro-big biz Bush Democrat, who lost the election last November to an equally conservative, pro-big biz Democrat, who exploited the anti-Bush sentiment and "party betrayal" by Kelly.

So in other words, this is a year in which Democratic incumbents who have supported Bush, will be spanked by Democratic party loyalists at the polls.

That matters little in the general election, where I expect we will see nothing earth shattering happen, even if control of one or both houses of Congress changes hands. The tipping of the scale to a few more Dems than Repubs simply won't matter that much. Bush will still be president, and he has two more years to save the party.

Well, let the Repub party hacks with intelligence and marketing savvy try and save the party from the Bush administration's excesses, anyway.

Which isn't very likely either. Hitler could run as the Dem nominee in 2008 and get elected at this point.