It's My Party and I'll Leave if I Want To

That could be Joe Lieberman's new theme song as he plans to file for an independent run for Senate, a race he should win. RealClearPolitics thinks the narrow Lamont win is the worst possible news for the Dems:

A more detailed analysis will follow in the morning, but if these numbers hold up (Lamont 52%, Lieberman 48%) it is just about the worst result possible for the Democratic Party. First, it almost guarantees that Lieberman will run as an independent and given the arc of the public polling it is very possible that Lamont peaked about two weeks ago. Lieberman's 48% makes him the clear favorite in the three-way. Republicans Chris Shays and Rob Simmons have received a boost in holding on in their vulnerable districts, two seats the Dems have to win if they hope to capture the House. And as much as mainstream Democrats may try to downplay this result as a Connecticut issue, the rejection of a three-term Senator who was the party's VP nominee only six years ago will have repercussions throughout the country and they don't help the Democratic Party.

I agree. That's why I endorsed Lamont.

Meanwhile at Lamont headquarters, the nutroots are partying with Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton (who both campaigned for Lamont). Good luck with that.

And while Sean Hannity was live on TV, one celebrant held up a sign which read "Hannity Sucks ***", only he didn't use ***. Nice people, these nutroots. (Here's a screenshot of the sign.)

From KLo at The Corner: From a Beltwayer: “I guess tonight's lesson is that you can be politically and ideologically insane and be a Dem candidate (Lamont) but not be personally insane (McKinney)”

UPDATE: The Kos Kids are already hard at work:

Here's what we all need to do the next few days:

1. Push Harry Reid to strip Lieberman of all committee assignments.

2. Let people know what a sore loser Lieberman is.

3. Get all Democrats — including Bill Clinton — to publicly back Ned Lamont.

4. Get the Democratic interest groups who backed Lieberman to switch allegiances in the general.

#1. Won't happen.
#2. This from the same crowd that wanted to contest both the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.
#3. If Lamont had won by 10 points that might have been possible. With barely 4 points, many Dems will not want any part of the Lamont campaign.
#4. Interest groups won't switch to back a loser, and Lamont is clearly seen as the loser in the general election.