We have much reason to celebrate today. Lamont's victory will have widespread repercussions throughout our society. His win transcends Connecticut politics. Lieberman was a problem, not only for anti-war democrats, but also for the nation as a whole, since Lieberman provided the Bush Administration with the political cover that it needed to carry out a wide range of anti-democratic practices. With Lieberman out of the way, the Democratic Party can once again assert its proper role as the loyal opposition. Now, the Democrats can rediscover their true underlying principles and work for the freedom of the common everyday people of the United States. Lieberman's defeat is likely to harken a wave of anti-incumbent victories all around America. Whether or not the Dems retake the House and Senate in November, which they may now be able to do with this fresh wind in their sails, we can be more confident now
that America will stop moving toward the brink of fascism which we have come so perilously close to during the Bush Administration. America can now reestablish a thriving two-party system, and human rights, civil rights, voting rights can be re-established. We can move away from policies such as pre-emptive attacks and political torture, which were either embraced or tacitly sanctioned by the neoconservative movement. We can save America from its descent into quasi-fascism. True Democrats of all ideological persuasions should cheer the victory of Ned Lamont, because it signals a shift toward the ideological center. If Dems can reclaim the center, politically, we can move toward the kind of peace and prosperity and international cooperation that we saw during the Clinton years. There is much to celebrate! Lots of hard work ahead, but we can win in 2006, and in 2008! Hopefully, the Democratic Party as a whole will get the message, as Hillary finally seems to be starting to show some glimmer of comprehending.