Lieberman, The New Republican

You can't help but look at this any other way. When Cheney, the RNC Chairman and a Republican from the state of Washington give their support to Lieberman, it's hard to think anything else.

(MSNBC)Vice President Dick Cheney grieved over Lieberman’s loss, calling it “an unfortunate and significant development,” and fretting about “the direction the (Democratic) party appears to be heading in when they, in effect, purge a man like Joe Lieberman.”

In an interview with Hardball’s Chris Matthews Wednesday, Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman pointedly refused to say whether GOP donors should give money to the official Republican candidate in Connecticut, Alan Schlesinger, or to Lieberman.

“Let the Republican in Connecticut decide this important question,” Mehlman said.

Republican Mike McGavick, running against Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell in the state of Washington, while denouncing “fringe candidate Ned Lamont” and denouncing Cantwell for endorsing him said, “In support of Sen. Lieberman's campaign for civility, I wish him the best, and Gaelynn and I plan on contributing to his campaign.”

How is there still any debate that Lieberman is better than Lamont for today's Democratic party [in CT]? After all, nothing says Democrat like Dick Cheney!