Lieberman will run as independent if he loses Conn. Dem primary

Joe Lieberman's biggest problem as he runs for re-election this year is that he's a hawk on the Iraq war. Another stumbling block for him is that Republicans like me like Joe. Like Andrew Johnson during the Civil War, he's a War Democrat who finds himself outside the mainstream of his party.

Lieberman faces a tough primary challenge from Ned Lamont. If Lieberman loses to Lamont, he'll run anyway in November, in his words, as "a petitioning Democratic candidate on the November ballot." In other words, he'll run as an independent.

It could be a very interesting November.

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