Regular readers know the Tauscher primary catapulted a month ago, but the very conservative US News and World Report has just caught on:

Likewise, perhaps instead of labeling Sen. Joe Lieberman as the Most Disliked Democrat by the liberal blogosphere-no one else in Congress is probably even close-perhaps there should be a Joe Lieberman Award given to the second-most-disliked Democrat by the so-called net roots.

A strong nominee for that award would be Rep. Ellen Tauscher from California’s Bay Area. Tauscher has been sarcastically labeled the “most popular Democratic congresswoman” on the popular Daily Kos site and identified as worthy of replacement by a more “progressive” Democrat. The National Journal has called her “the net-roots No. 1 target for ’08’s primary season.”

Not surprisingly, James Pethokoukis doesn’t point out the fact that Joe Lieberman isn’t a Democrat after he was rejected for re-nomination in Connecticut.

It is good to see that the conservatives are worried about losing their lap dog. But I’m glad even the fringe realizes Tauscher=Lieberman.