“Ned Lamont’s victory,” gushes Eli Pariser of MoveOn, “is great news for Democrats.” According to Pariser, the Democratic Party should emulate Lamont’s “principled progressivism” and jettison what The New York Times labels a “warped version of bipartisanship” — the sort of bipartisan cooperation characterized by Sen. Joe Lieberman’s stance on Iraq and other fronts in the wider war on terror.
Whether or not the Democratic Party will follow Lamont’s example to victory remains to be seen. What is abundantly clear, however, is how far MoveOn has strayed from its first principles.
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