Inside Baseball Played By Keystone Kops

From Josh Marshall, a little inside baseball from a Dem Senate staffer chief:

I don't pretend to know Joe Lieberman's motivation, but it's working to perfection if his goal is to divide Party leaders (Obama, Reid, etc.) from the Democratic progressive base. I don't remember seeing this level of outrage from movement progressives before, and I wonder if the only possible way to quell it is to secure Snowe's vote for reform and then remove Lieberman from his chairmanship. I'm not necessarily advocating that, but many people (including many on the Hill) believe that he is playing us for chumps (not waiting for the CBO score of the Medicare buy-in, opposing something he advocated a couple of months ago), and there need to be consequences. It's not an easy decision, though, and I don't envy Reid.

Yeah.

Hey brilliant wunderkind staffer guy?  Two points.

You know how Joe F'ckin Lieberman earned the sobriquet from this blog back when he was openly campaigning for John McCain?  You might have thought that would be the first clue that he might be out to screw you guys over, and that he didn't give a damn about anyone other than Joe F'ckin Lieberman?  This makes me think you've not been paying attention.

Second point.  You didn't think progressives would be pissed when you caved to Joe F'ckin Lieberman on the public option and you let him get away with it?  This makes me know you've not been paying attention.

Hey, Captain Politics, you're getting played like chumps because you are chumps.  Period.  Only this time, it's going to cost a couple hundred thousand lives of people who will die due to being rationed by the free market right out of the ability to afford health care because there's no public option.  All over one guy's petty revenge you still refuse to call him out on.

Douchebags.