Ezra KLien weighs in on Lieberman - Bill Kristol Donates

Klien has a post up on the Lieberman debate

It's Not About Lieberman

That's what's so stunned me about this debate. I had it out the other night with a very pro-Lieberman writer who, it came clear to me, believed the entire concept of a primary challenge against Lieberman a simply illegitimate form of opposition. Lieberman, as a Democratic incumbent, had a claim on his party's nomination and his Senate seat that couldn't be challenged by a bunch of bloggers and a cable television executive named Ned. It was the impudence of the whole thing that so offended.

I've really been saddened, in fact, by how often, when I drill down into anti-Lamonter motivations, I find their ideological and electoral motivations, mere sandrock obscuring a core rage at this affront to tradition and orderly succession. I didn't believe this even a few months ago, but I've been forced to conclude that what scares folks about Lamont is that he represents an assault on privilege -- Joe Lieberman's, to be sure, but also theirs, no matter what sector of politics they currently represent.

Over at TMP Rachel Weiner reports a Bill Kristol (The Warrior) donation to Joe's campaign

CT-SEN: Neocon Bill Kristol Donates to Lieberman
By Rachel Weiner | bio

This news won't make Joe Lieberman's foes any happier with their nemesis. It turns out that Lieberman got a $500 contribution from Bill Kristol, the Iraq-war-supporting neoconservative editor of the Weekly Standard.

It appears to be Kristol's first donation of over $200 since 1998, and all his other contributions have been to Republicans. Also interesting: Over 80 percent of Lieberman's donations in May and June came from out of state.

We already know that Lieberman agrees with Kristol on Iraq. What about Kristol's calls for war with Iran?