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Via Kos, conservative host Joe Scarborough weighs in on the Lieberman-Lamont race. He's right - the conventional wisdom has entirely missed the point on this one. A Lamont win won't damage the Democratic Party. But it might, just might, revitalize it.

As for Kos' distinction between "moving left" and "being more partisan," I couldn't agree more. The problem with the Democratic Party isn't about left or right. It's about partisanship and principles. Having become the party of a vast collection of disparate, competing interest groups, each with their own checklist of "issues which must matter above all others," it lost sight of its core motivating beliefs. By standing for issues rather than beliefs, it ultimately stood for nothing, allowing disasters such as Lieberman to not just survive but thrive within the party.

Will today be the day that begins to change? Whether Lamont wins or loses, I think the change has in fact already begun. A man who in the last six years ran not one but two national campaigns, one for VP that ended within a hair's breadth of the White House, is in the political fight of his life. And true, while the war may be the core issue motivating voters in CT, it is Lieberman's enabling of the Republican agenda that has fueled this challenge. Lieberman may in fact win tonight. But the fact that he had to fight at all is a sign, and a very big one at that, of the change that is on the horizon.

Stay tuned...

UPDATED: It looks like parts of CT are reporting huge turnout. In one case, they're even exceeding numbers only seen in presidential primaries. That's unbelievable. Take a look.