Connecticut: Lieberman's Waterloo and the netroots

From TPM Cafe: Yes, a lot of nationally prominent liberal bloggers are enthusiastic about the Lamont challenge..... So let’s credit the netroots for what they do well - generate enthusiasm, force the big questions onto the agenda, generate a new definition of what it means to be a Democrat.

From Talk/Talk: Salit: The Lieberman/Lamont race is also a story about the so-called net-roots, the ability of this newly emerged constituency within the Democratic Party, to flex their political muscle. Newman: I think they do have a capacity to wield enormous influence, and certainly to get press coverage. Do they have the capacity to win anything of significance inside the Democratic Party? I don’t know that history is on their side, in that regard.