Lieberman As An Independent Lieberman. I didn't like you when you ran with Gore. I ain't fond of you now. I've always been the kind of person who thought if you agreed to run in a primary for your party, that you dealt with gracefully I might add, the results of the primary election. Got two guys incumbents in west Tennessee who didn't win (Obion County's Gaylon Long and Weakley County's Ron Gifford) who didn't win the party nomination who decided to do a write-in campaign. I don't agree with that either. So, in an effort to distance himself from the fact that Lieberman's constiuents don't dig him and like Ned Lamont better, he is panicking in a big way.

U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman sought to distance himself from the Bush administration during a televised debate with his upstart Democratic primary challenger Thursday, telling him: "I'm not George Bush." Lieberman's opponent, political newcomer Ned Lamont, has gained in statewide polls by accusing Lieberman of straying from his Democratic roots. Just six years after being his party's nominee for the vice presidency, Lieberman has fallen into disfavor among some Democrats for his perceived closeness to President Bush and support for the war in Iraq. snip

Lieberman announced Monday he would begin collecting signatures to petition his way onto the November ballot as an independent candidate should he lose the primary.

Polls by Quinnipiac University have shown Lamont's support among registered Democrats increasing from 19 percent in May to 32 percent in June. Lieberman's support in the same period fell from 65 percent to 57 percent.

No, Joe, you aren't George Bush, but you are no better. You are so used to the lifestyle of being a senator that you forgot about the people who voted for you. John Farmer discussed this earlier today regarding his very own party. These guys that lose primaries and then run to jump as an independent candidate make me cringe. The Liebermann watusi continues as he starts to scramble.  ¶ 7/07/2006 07:44:00 PM