OK, now you can begin to panic

Joe Lieberman this Sunday: "I hope that in the second Bush term that President Bush will develop a kind of consultative relationship, certainly with Democratic leaders like Harry Reid.

And I think that will help avoid the kinds of filibusters that really a lot of us moderate Democrats — and we talked about this just last week when we had a phone conference — don't want to be involved in."


If the Republicans can co-opt just a handful more wobbly Dems like Joe, we are off to hell in a handbasket.