Looking at the results last night and thinking forward to the vote in November a critical element to bring this home for Lamont is convincing Joementum's blue collar support that he's no longer worthy of their support. Their loyalty, while in my view misguided, is an admirable ethic of union-minded people, who have a long history valuing solidarity in mutual support.
However, with his petulant non-concession and determination to continue as an independent Lieberman has crossed the line. Joe Lieberman is now nothing more than a scab. A person who put his own interests above the interests of the party, the union of Democrats. So my question is will blue collar, rank and file Democrats treat Lieberman with the shunning and scorn worthy of a scab?
It's worth noting that while Reid, Schumer, Clinton et al have endorsed Lamont they have not yet shunned Lieberman. None have called on him to stop his independent run. This "half a loaf" positioning is not good enough. They need to publically call for scab Lieberman to stop "crossing the line."