To save the war effort from the contemptibly defeatist and retreatist Reid-Pelosi gang, the task may fall on Joe Lieberman to change parties. He has hinted in the past that the option is not closed. The same leftists that tried to retire him last year are now fully in command of their party's leaders, as evidenced by the outrageous and cynical attempt to facilitate a defeat in Iraq by the majority Democrats in Congress. This must be offensive to Lieberman, who understands why we are fighting in Iraq, and the consequences of al-Qaeda being able to establish a complete foothold in Iraq were we to be forced by the Chamberlinian Democrats to retreat.

I believe that Joe Lieberman's threshold - his tripwire - for a potential change of party may very well have been reached. He just might make it official if Democrats insist on continuing to seriously push forth any kind of fund cutoff for the troops.