Connecticut voters rejected Joe Lieberman’s re-election bid last night, as expected. And also as expected, Lieberman insisted he will continue running as an Independent. The Associated Press quotes his spokesman as saying “This is bigger than the party now”, referring, one assumes, to the candidate’s ego. 

Although postal unions supported Lieberman, it’s worth noting that the vast majority of Lieberman’s financial support came from corporate interests, and eighty percent of it came from outside Connecticut, according to opensecrets.org.

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