JOE’S GAME. I had missed this yesterday, but Greg offers a really sharp take on Joe Lieberman‘s real prospects for switching parties (they’re dim), as compared with the leverage he gains by playing up the threat via a willing press. Check it out (and note the Tom Friedman-style “memo to x” framing for a little bonus Times-bashing).

–Sam Rosenfeld

Sam Rosenfeld, a former web editor for the Prospect, is visiting assistant professor of government at Wesleyan University, beginning in September.