Joe Lieberman may be Democrats' last hope at regaining White House

Joe Lieberman is not a friend of the Bush administration. He may, however, remain the Democratic Party's last hope of recapturing the White House.

The senator from Connecticut is one of the last hawkish Democrats in a political party that has fallen under the spell of anti-war "cut-and-run" liberals who want America to withdraw from Iraq. As a result, he is falsely accused of being a blind supporter of the administration. But that shouldn't surprise many Democrats who support the war.

Ever since the liberation of Iraq, the party's leadership has taken a virulent anti-war position and isolated its members who support the war, even when they remain loyal to core Democratic values. For those Democrats who long for the days of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Franklin D. Roosevelt, when being liberal meant having enough heart to engage in national liberation, Mr. Lieberman is a candidate who can attract the moderate voters the party needs to win back Congress and the White House.