Even to make a scoop, it's advisable to have two independent sources saying the same thing. (NewsTrust readers can recall a couple of other startling, and startlingly undersourced, stories in recent months that proved groundless.) Or a lot of supporting circumstantial evidence. This seems premature, and lacks the grace to admit it. We'll see.

I understand this is breaking news, but this piece seems a bit flimsy to me as a work of journalism. Not only is the only source an unnamed democratic official, but there is no corroborating evidence of any sort, no opposing viewpoint, just a "More soon" label. Essentially, we're still dealing with a rumor, not a fact.

he story is less a bout Liieberman than about the race in Connecticut, so from the get-go the first paragraph fails to conceptualize the central issue. Otherwise it should be in a gossip column.