The Nattering Nabob

You probably already heard that Joe Leibermann says that he'll run as an independent if he loses the primary to Ned Lamont. What a guy. Looks like the right-wingers may have had something there when they dubbed him "Sore Loserman."

This is on Ned Lamont's blog this morning:

In Other News

• England loses to Portugal on penalites in the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup, but coach Sven-Goran Eriksson pledges that his team will play France on Wednesday anyway as a "petitioning semifinalist."


• Andy Roddick loses in the third round at Wimbledon in straight sets to an upstart challenger, but reserves the right to play in the fourth round so that "all the Wimbledon fans can see him play."


• The Kansas City Royals, 28 games out of first place in the American League Central, announced today that they are "taking out an insurance policy" to ensure that they will be able to play in the World Series if they happen to miss the playoffs.

Heh.