New Haven Independent

Joe May Ditch Dems

by Christine Stuart | April 10, 2006 8:15 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Responding to a 17 year-old’s question, New Haven’s Joe Lieberman shocked a Democratic gathering and made his strongest hint to date that he may run for reelection to the U.S. Senate this fall as an independent if Democrats go with Ned Lamont, who’s mounting a strong challenge against him. Until now, Lieberman had ducked the question. Click here for Christine Stuart’s report. And click here to listen to Lieberman’s full answer about how “I’m not gonna rule out any other option,” and click here to read it, courtesy of CTBlogger. (Fox 61 got the story right — click here to watch it — but somehow the Courant buried the lede and still missed the significance.)

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