Time magazine and other sources characterized Ned Lamont's win over Joe Lieberman in the Connecticut U. S. Senate Democratic primary Tuesday as the first time that the blogosphere has toppled an incumbent.
In an article in today's Washington Post, it is pointed out that the blogosphere should share credit with a traditional grass roots political campaign run by veteran operatives.
That combination, of itself, could revolultionize the way politics is conducted.
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Again, despite the presence of MoveOn.org and blogs, bloggers should NOT get the credit for defeating Joe Lieberman.
The simple fact is that polls show about 85% of Democrats are against the war in Iraq. Lieberman was for continuing the war.
So the vote for Lamont was really a referendum on the war President Bush started with Iraq. Today that war, despite the undeniable positive result of unseating Saddam Hussein and his sons, has removed Iran's major natural enemy, a country with which they were at war for six years.
Freed of Iraq, the Iranians are now free to build up their nuclear program, be on-site when the North Koreans test their missiles, and foment chaos by supporting Hezbollah in Lebanaon.
Blogs might have been a factor in spreading the word but blogs didn't unseat Lieberman. Joe Lieberman unseated himself.
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