Joseph Lieberman Loses,but will run as an Independent in the Fall

Not to worry folks. Joey will run and win in November.
I HOPE. What happened to him is a disgrace to all democrats. They should be ashamed. Joey is a good and decent man. I wish him all the luck in the world in November. I am not a democrat but all democrats should be a fine a person as he is. Too bad they have all gone to the dogs.














Lieberman Concedes Defeat In Senate Race
11:22 PM EDT, August 8, 2006
By JON LENDER, ELIZABETH HAMILTON And DAVID OWENS, The Hartford Courant U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman conceded defeat just after 11 p.m. in the bitter Connecticut primary.

But Lieberman pledged to continue his candidacy as an independent in the general election in November.

Incidentally, we are gonna go, Lieberman told supporters shortly after stepping to a podium at the Hartford Hilton Tuesday night.

Challenger Ned Lamont appears to have defeated Lieberman by more than 10,000 votes, according to unofficial vote returns. With 95 percent of the precincts reporting, Lamont led Lieberman 51.9 percent to 48.1 percent. The vote tally was 139,496 to 129,271. Forty two percent of registered Democrats voted in the hotly contested primary, which many considered a referendum on the Iraq war.

Lieberman told supports that he'd called Lamont to congratulate him, then he took a few swipes at his rival.

Of course I am disappointed by the results, but I am not discouraged, Lieberman said.

The old politics of partisan polarization won today, Lieberman said. For the sake of our state, our country and my party, I cannot and will not let that result stand.

Tomorrow morning our campaign will file the necessary petitions … so that we can continue this campaign for a new politics of unity and purpose.