Good Analysis from Hugh Hewitt

Hugh Hewitt zeros in on the real state of politics for the Democrats and of the destructive influence of the far left:

The "resounding defeat" was a four point win, 52% to 48%, and "payback" has run into the problem of a double digit Lieberman lead in polls of all Connecticut voters. The Lord of the Flies dance that broke out among the followers of Kosputin hasn't slowed, though, and if anything, their anger against Lieberman and the mainstream of Connecticut voters is mounting. The force of their fury will not help Lamont, of course, but will further disfigure his message and repulse the mainstream. Had the campaign run another week, the effects of the Great Snarl that is the hard left would have given Lieberman a majority. There is little evidence that voters in the general election will rally to the Lamont banner and join in the purge. Like Dean in Iowa, the fury of the left in Connecticut is its own worst enemy.

A Lamont defeat will have far ranging effects on the Democratic left, though they may not recognize the nature of the loss for some time. Lamont's primary win may be their Pickett's Charge, a high water mark which will remain their greatest day. The anger and hate which drives much of their movement is simply incapable of assembling majorities in general elections, and Connecticut may be the school in which that lesson is impressed upon the center of the Democratic Party, a necessary education if the party of FDR, Truman and JFK is to recover its balance on issues of national security.

Truman and JFK believed in a strong military (bear any burden, etc.) and it cannot be said enough that tax cuts were a JFK innovation (rising tides lifting all boats, etc.). If the Democratic Party got back to its Truman and JFK roots - they would sweep all the 2006 and 2008 elections. The far left Kos-sacks keep dragging the party to the left though and from returning to those roots and that addiction to far-left primary stances will be (and has been) the downfall of the Democratic Party.