Independent Joe

On Tuesday, Joe Lieberman lost the Democratic Primary for the Nomination of his Party to serve another term as a Senator. The final result was 52% to 48% against Lieberman. The Democratic Nominee for the Democrats is Ned Lamont; Lieberman has decided to run as an Independent. It has to be admitted that the Liberal Bloggers have had their first victory. The question that has to be asked after that is it a shallow victory, is this another shift to the left by the Democratic Party and will it force Hillary R. Clinton, the Junior Senator to move to the left if she wants the Democratic Nomination for President in 2008. It has been argued that the Senator can win the Nomination but if she moves to the left she would be defeated in the general election as she would be seen as Liberal and weak on National Security.

As for Joe Lieberman he has announced he will run as an Independent, Dick Morris, President Clinton's old political strategist states the following, “ Lieberman has lost a battle, but he can still win the war running as an independent. “ Morris argues that that Lieberman can attract beyond the Democratic base in Connecticut and that he has a record he can run on. It should be remembered that a often bit of data used on the airwaves is the fact that Lieberman has voted with his fellow Democrats 90% of the time. Thus the blue state voters of Connecticut can vote for Lieberman and be sure he will still vote with the Democratic caucus on most issues just not Iraq.