TIME has just released an article saying the Lamont victory signals the rise of the netroots as a power in Democratic politics.
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As much as it was a repudiation of his support for the Iraq War, Joe Lieberman's loss Tuesday in the Senate primary also signaled the ascendancy of a legitimate new power center in the Democratic party, the Netroots.
The much-hyped Internet activists of the Howard Dean presidential campaign, liberal blogs like Daily Kos and activist groups like MoveOn.org had generated lots of buzz, but few results at the ballot box until now. But in Tuesday's Senate Democratic primary in Connecticut, the bloggers didn't just get a win, but a victory no one could have expected even four months ago. Joe Lieberman wasn't just a three-term Connecticut Senator, he was only a few thousand votes from being the vice-president in a Democratic administration six years ago. And despite almost the entire Democratic establishment supporting his run against a virtually unknown businessman named Ned Lamont, including former President Clinton campaigning for him in Connecticut, the bloggers and Connecticut voters have for all intents and purposes kicked Joe Lieberman out of the Democratic Party.
It is now up to us to continue to make this happen. We are tired of moral victories, and this (along with Tester and Webb) is one of our few recent real ones. If we can continue this momentum into November, we can take back the party.
The Green Party is not the right solution, as this primary proved. Like it or not, we are stuck with a two-party system, and we should make our party what we want it to be. This is a hell of a step in the right direction. We can make this our party like the religious right did with the Republican Party. Keep crashing the gate!
Update:Fixed the blockquote tags.
