Lamont's main job is now to make it clear that Lieberman is no longer

[Guaranteed]

a Democrat.

Tonight, Senator Joe Lieberman betrayed our party. The Democratic voters of Connecticut made a clear choice in this primary as to who they wanted to represent them in the Senate- that man, that choice, was Ned Lamont. But that made no difference to old Joe. By deciding to enter the GE as an Independent, Lieberman has disrespected the choice of those Democratic voters and unilaterally declared his own ego more important than both the party and the country.

Make no mistake: The CT Democratic voters did not kick Senator Lieberman out of the Democratic Party today by choosing Ned Lamont to represent them as their Senator. Lieberman could have accepted that decision, bowed out graciously and been just as much of a Democrat as he ever was. But he did not.

In deciding to run as an Independent, Lieberman made the choice to turn his back on this party. He was and is unwilling to play by the rules and has stepped across the line- entirely of his own accord. He is a traitor to the party and can no longer call himself a Democrat.

To retain our Senate seat, this is the message that Lamont must get across to our voters.