A few years back Joe Lieberman was struggling for his political life. He was behind Ned Lamont in the polls and went on to lose the CT Democrat primary.. The pundits all predicted Lamont, who had spent a fortune of his own money had finished Lieberman off.

Lamont’s campaign went into overdrive when Lieberman announced he would run as an independent. Jane Hamsher (of Firedog Lake fame) went after Lieberman like a rabid dog, attacking him personally (at least one referring to him as a ‘pig”).

What was once a campaign about politics became a campaign about personalities.

Long story short, Lieberman won and left Lamont in the dust. People were disgusted. They were ready to let Lieberman go, but they weren’t quite ready to kick him to the curb.

Any way you slice it, Jane Hamsher was personally responsible for Joe Lieberman’s reelection.

As an aside, Hamsher also campaigned to have Haddassah Lieberman fired from the Susan Koman Foundation because she didn’t like the way her husband voted on some bills. Ms Lieberman had worked tirelessly for the Susan B Koman Foundation for years.

The foundation told Hamsher to piss off.

When you make politics personal, it can come back and blow up in your face.