Sanders - National Dem Support but Vermont Dems Say Wait a Sec

The Carpetbagger Report also tells us something of which I don't think I was fully aware: specifically:

A fairly serious “difference of opinion” between national Dems and Vermont Dems has emerged over how best to deal with Bernie Sanders’ Senate campaign. National Dems, anxious to keep Jim Jeffords’ seat in the caucus’ hands, quickly and publicly embraced Sanders, despite the fact that he’s running as an independent. Vermont Dems, however, are emphasizing the fact that Sanders isn’t a Dem, and before the state party backs him, he should at least agree to work with Dems statewide — including support for other Dem candidates. (Vermont has an active “Progressive” party that helps elect Republicans by splitting the left in a Nader-like fashion.) For what it’s worth DNC Chairman Howard Dean isn’t helping his Vermont friends’ position — he keeps endorsing Sanders.

OK, so where's the great Dem rival for Sanders in this?

So far, I haven't always been impressed with the Vermont Dem Party. For example, I've tried to contact them a few times with ideas and gotten no response. But that's just one point.

Vermont's GOP may worry me mightily, but at least they seem to be on the same page with many things, and probably nowhere near as scary as say, the Texas GOP.

Oh, and on a sidenote, The CBR also tells us Bill O'Reilly is hemorrhaging viewers (ha!) and that Rick Santorum, as an incumbent Senate candidate in PA in 2006, is doing pretty poorly in polls. Can't happen to two worse fellows.