Good judgment

I've been worried that we were losing some Nedrenaline as he vacationed in Maine, but it looks like he's back on the hustings.

Good judgment is an essential part of good governance. But we're bogged down in Iraq, and hamstrung in the war against terror, by leaders who lacked judgment, historical perspective, openness to other cultures and plain old common sense. We offer something different.

But in the final analysis, the results of this election say less about me, and more about the people of Connecticut. They turned out in record numbers; they spoke every day with a simple eloquence and urgency about the country we love. They oppose the war and the fiscal nightmare crafted by President Bush and his allies. But their vote, finally, was one based on pragmatism and reality, on optimism and hope. And it is to these ideals and values that we plan to address my campaign in the months until November.

The whole thing's worth a read. Focusing on Lieberman's loss of judgment as he makes clear he's to the hawkish right of Dick Cheney is a great focal point for the campaign.

John Kerry has some words for ol' Joe, as do other leaders in the party.

And yes, Dear Reader, I realize linking to Josh Marshall and Duncan Black is hardly providing you with the fresh, the obscure, the rarely seen alleyways of the Internets, but it's been a tough day in a tougher week. And they've been approved by Kommander Kos, I think.