In this week’s (9/4/06) New Republic, a correspondent named William C. Danvers writes to defend Joe Lieberman from any suggestion that Lieberman has “gone national” and forgotten the people of Connecticut. According to Danvers, “Joe Lieberman just does what he thinks is right.” Etc.

What Danvers, who lives in Arlington, VA, doesn’t say in his letter—and the New Republic apparently doesn’t bother to ask—is that he happens to be a political consultant who used to work for Lieberman in the Senate.

Relevant information, wouldn’t you think? It took me exactly six seconds (I’m not boasting, it’s just typing) to find that out on Google. You’d think the editors of a political magazine might check. And if they weren’t so deeply in the tank for Joe Lieberman, they probably would.

By the way, remember how Lieberman used to accuse Lamont of trying to buy the election? Lieberman has now raised almost $7 million in 2006 alone. How much of that money is in-state? Not much, I’ll bet. But he has outspent Ned Lamont by almost $3 million.

If he wins, Lieberman is going to have a lot of debts to repay.

The corruption of a senator continues….