Barack Obama backtracking on his statement on Tuesday that Jersualem “must remain undivided” in the face of pressure from Palestinians shows that he probably won’t fare well with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, writes Soren Dayton. The defeat of Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) in a 2006 Democratic primary for Senate continues to pay dividends for Republicans, as he’s now heading up an effort to get Hillary Clinton supporters to back John McCain, writes Moe Lane. Lieberman’s most fierce critics, the Netroots, shouldn’t expect too much from Democrats, who have talked about stripping him of his committee chairmanship but have yet to follow through, the blogger writes.