John Kerry: Joe Lieberman is Dick Cheney

The run to the left fringe continues for failed presidential candidate John Kerry.  The Massachusetts liberal went full scale on the attack against Connecticut US Senator Joe Lieberman on Sunday when he appeared with ABC's George Stephanopoulos.

John Kerry: Joe Lieberman is Dick Cheney

According to a report on the ABC web site, Kerry accused the 2000 Democratic vice presidential candidate of "adopting the rhetoric of Dick Cheney," on the issue of Iraq.

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"Joe Lieberman is out of step with the people of Connecticut," Kerry added, insisting Lieberman's stance on Iraq, "shows you just why he got in trouble with the Democrats there."

Kerry called Lieberman's independent bid a "huge mistake" and applauded businessman turned politician Lamont as "courageous" for challenging Lieberman on the war.

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With Hillary Clinton all but declared as a 2008 presidential candidate and the Democratic presidential field getting very crowded with ordinary Senators (Robert Novak wrote in the National Ledger on Saturday that even Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut has moved from talking about a 2008 bid for the Democratic presidential nomination to actually planning his campaign) Kerry is now desperate to try anything to separate himself from the field of the mundane.

Kerry who just recently stated "If I was president, (the Israel-Hezbollah conflict) wouldn't have happened," while in Detroit gave everyone even more reasons to vote for him.

"I know that I would have handled the diplomacy," he told ABC. 

Good to know.

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Kerry is desperately trying to become the top anti-Hillary candidate from the left. 

When Stephanopoulos pointed out that Ms. Clinton was dominating the polls Kerry said, "George, you're talking to somebody who was once 30 points down," Kerry said. "My decision [to run] … will not be based on any poll. It will be based on my vision for the direction of the country."

Few doubt Kerry will sit out 2008, but his failed 2004 candidacy and the enormous baggage that he carries leave him little chance.

--Jim Roberts writes from Manhattan