Lamont Concedes.

[berni_mccoy]

Just on CNN.

[stop the bleeding]

1. BOOOOOOOO n/t

[shadowknows69]

3. With like 21% of the vote in?

that sucks

[Art_from_Ark]

5. Damn

[WritingIsMyReligion]

2. Booo, you bastard Lieberman!

Fuck that piece of "independent" shit.

[Nickster]

4. damn! n/t

[sproutster]

Boo! Repub in Dems clothing ... independent my ass

[LynzM]

6. With none of the big cities in!?

WTF!?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

8. I would imagine the big cities have been in for quite a while

hence the projections

[OctOct1]

7. WHY????

Not even 20% counted???
What if he pulls ahead???

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

If New Haven and Hartford are in there arent enough votes

to change the outcome

[msongs]

9. IF he concedes before all the votes are counted...IF...then... nt

[SocratesInSpirit]

10. This is insane!

Only 21% of precincts are reporting! :mad:

[Canuckistanian]

18. Those 21% may have 80% of the population

I'm sure Lamont knows the numbers.

[SocratesInSpirit]

38. Ok, that would explain it

But it still really, really sucks. :(

Well, at least Schlesinger didn't win.

[Robeysays]

11. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!111

NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURENDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lonestarnot]

12. WTF?!!!

:shrug:

[blm]

13. It was closer than the polls that Schumer used to NOT SEND MONEY to Lamont.

And the big name Dems who refused to stand with the Democratic Party and Lamont can go fock themselves - this ain't over.

[never_get_over_it]

24. And the reason these Dems didn't stand up for Lamont

is because they are all incumbents and they didn't like those upity CT Dem voters voting out an incumbent in a primary....they all make me sick.....

[MonkeyFunk]

14. that's a damn shame

but not unexpected. But I REALLY had wished to see Lieberman lose.

[msongs]

15. nothing on msnbc nt

[kentuck]

16. Why did he do that?

He beleives everything he hears on the corporate media??

[izzybeans]

29. Here is my guess

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2618756&mesg_id=2619354

[Mugsy]

17. Why is Lamont conceeding?

A 2.5% vote shift between him and Joe makes it a tie, with 10% going to the (R) candidate. That has "run off" written all over it.

[AtomicKitten]

19. shit - crap - f*ck - damn

not happy

[in_cog_ni_to]

20. Damn.

:(

[Jack Rabbit]

21. I was really hoping for a Democratic pickup in Connecticut.

But that was not to be.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

25. Well technically it couldn't have been a pickup

The seat was technically held by a Dem. Though obviously Joe was not a true Dem

[Fleshdancer]

22. so now what? Will Lieberman stay an Independent or change to Democratic?

Does anyone know his plans?

[LiviaOlivia]

26. He'll be shunned by the Dems

and then take a job with BushCo. The repuke gov. will then appoint a repuke Senate replacement.

[ShaneGR]

27. He will caucus Dems...

I touched on this in another thread. Despite his support for the war he still votes around 80% progressive. Particularly on choice concerning abortion and labor issues. He will lose his seniority if he switches parties.

[LoZoccolo]

32. He is already a Democrat.

He did not use the Democrats' ballot line is all.

[Pithy Cherub]

35. Make every media outlet identify him as CFL

and may all of his money dry up for any future runs. Establishment Dem's should strip him of seniority making it harder for him to gain any funding because this is the last time he'll be funded by republicans unless he switches parties officially.

[ShaneGR]

23. Ran a great primary campaign, terrible general...

Note to Senate Candidates, don't ever take a vacation from Jan 1 to first weekend in November.

[adamuu]

33. he didn't expect to be in double jeopardy

Lieberman did not respect the democratic process.
He had a responsibility to concede and direct his constituency to vote for the winner of the primary. That's the point of the @#$%! primary.
So, Lamont deserves no blame.

[izzybeans]

28. Exit poll for this race

Predicts a 10 point difference

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/CT/S/01/epolls.0.html

Lieberman is getting about 66% of the conservative vote.

I can't find where the margin of error is in this poll.

[ronnykmarshall]

30. Love you Ned!

:cry:

[Cleita]

31. Noooooooooooooooooo!

We can't have early concedes in this election.

[haymark]

34. this is no surprise

All along the polls were not in Lamont's favor.

[MzNov]

36. oh no

I am so sad.

Lamont for President?

[brainshrub]

37. This is a victory for Progressives.

The lesson: Mainstream Dems are not loyal to the party, so you don't need to vote for them just because they have a "D" after their name.

Plus, between Bernie Sanders in Vermont and Lieberman - no one can now seriously believe that Senate seats can't be won by 3rd party candidates.