Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut vowed this week to run as an Independent in November, after his stunning loss in the Democratic primary to a novice politician who battered Lieberman over his support for the war in Iraq. In a state where disapproval of the war runs high, challenger Ned Lamont, a cable-television executive, portrayed the three-term incumbent and former vice presidential nominee as a lackey of the Bush administration. 'œNo more 'stay the course,'' Lamont told his cheering supporters. 'œStay the course is not a winning strategy in Iraq, and it's not a winning strategy in America.'
Lieberman, who captured 48 percent of the vote to Lamont's 52 percent, said he would remain in the race 'œfor the sake of our state, our country, and my party.' But top Democrats in Washington, D.C., and Connecticut rallied to Lamont, and insiders said pressure on Lieberman to withdraw would be intense.
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