Call it Lieberman’s "Sister Fallujah" speech. Personally, I like this move on his part, though it may be political suicide in the nominating process. But to have any chance of winning at all, Lieberman simply has to stop the leftward march of Howard Dean and John Kerry. Instead of falling into line behind them and taking the pathetic "me-too" approach like Dick Gephardt last week in San Francisco, Lieberman stood up in the Senate and threw down the gauntlet. Good for him.

Lord knows Joe needed to do something, because despite his superior name recognition and the fact he continues to lead in the latest national polls, his campaign is slipping fast. He isn’t raising enough money and recently shook up his finance team. He’s losing ground in state polls. His Iowa state caucus director resigned on Friday.

If Lieberman isn’t able stop the bleeding and turn this thing around in the next few months, we’re all going to wake up one morning early next year and his campaign is going to look just like my cable modem did yesterday: no lights, no sounds. Gone.