Is Lieberman a better Republican than DeWine?

Who comes to mind when you read things like this?

At a time when [the Democratic] party can ill afford to alienate centrist constituencies across the country, it is doing just that with Lieberman, and some senior Republicans are wondering whether they shouldn't get into the fight to help Lieberman despite the fact that a weakened Lieberman could mean a win for their expected nominee in the state, Alan Schlesinger.

"Lieberman has been a more loyal American and a real leader for our nation than some of the men we have on our side of the aisle in the Senate," says a Republican fundraiser. "I don't want to see Lieberman lose to a leftist nut like Ned Lamont."

Senator Not-Sherrod-Brown is lucky that Republicans seem to be more tolerant of moderates right now than the liberals are. When you consider that Lieberman is now toying with the idea of leaving the Democratic Party and running as an independent, that tolerance may be what keeps us in control of the Senate.