the fact that most of the narrative in the traditional media supported Lieberman and discounted Lamont as "fringe," "left-wing," "single-issue," "extremist," "inexperienced," etc. A win like this with a large turnout is obviously going to force that narrative to change.

Lieberman may go ahead with his independent run just out of blind emotion, but I think reality will set in for him before too long. He needs both pressure from his peers to drop out and to be offered an attractive alternative that helps him let go and salves his ego.

I wrote that I think that this is a CLEAR mandate.

Lieberman outspent Lamont 3:1 and still lost to someone who had no name recognition six months ago.