Democrats Alienating Supporters

They continue to push away Scoop Jackson Democrats who were so vital in winning the Cold War, according to Pejman Yousefzadeh:

...it is more than a little puzzling that they would make their job even more difficult by alienating anew Reagan Democrats and Democrats who identified with the foreign policy views of Scoop Jackson by seeking to ostracize Joe Lieberman. As this poll shows, Lieberman leads Ned Lamont and Republican Senatorial candidate Alan Schlesinger by 12 points in the most recent poll.
The Reagan/Scoop Jackson Democrats continue to be a force in politics. If Democrats could attract them back to their party, they could end any hopes of a popular political realignment in favor of Republicans. But instead of trying to ensure that Joe Lieberman and the people who support him are comfortable in something resembling a Democratic big tent, Democrats appear determined to ensure that the Reagan/Scoop Jackson Democrats remain alienated from the party of Truman and JFK.

Though all this bodes well for Republicans in the upcoming elections, it will doubtless be a dirty fight.

Plus, sounds like William S. Smith is doing some wishful thinking.