In a blow to Lieberman's pursuit of an independent candidacy, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., head of the party's Senate campaign committee, issued a joint statement backing Democratic primary winner Ned Lamont.
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., the party's 2004 presidential nominee, also called on all Democrats to back Lamont.
"The Democratic voters of Connecticut have spoken and chosen Ned Lamont as their nominee," said Reid and Schumer, who said they "fully support" Lamont's candidacy and congratulated him on the victory and a "race well run."
Hillary Clinton has also endorsed Lamont. It almost looks like the Dems decided to do a full court press for Lamont on Day 1 of the general election campaign in hopes of driving Lieberman out of the race. It's not going to work.
I remember the scene in 2000 when Joe Lieberman returned to the Senate following the bruising recount battle in Florida. Lieberman was treated as a wounded, but not broken, war hero by his fellow Dems, and was clearly welcomed back with great affection.
How awkward is it going to be in the Senate for the next few months as Lieberman returns to the Senate as an independent candidate for his current seat? He still has to work with this guys. Joe's already feeling the pain:
Lieberman said he will move ahead despite the loss of support from some Democratic colleagues.The first statewide polls should be interesting. I "endorsed" Lamont because I knew it would create some serious chaos for the Dems, and it looks like that's going to be the case.
"When I see some of my friends in the Senate turning to Lamont, I can't conceal the fact that it hurts personally," Lieberman told FOX News. "The primary is over, the endorsements are over. We're gonna have a lot of support among political leaders, Republicans and Democrats, but most of all, we're gonna get support from the people of Connecticut."
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