"I care too much about democracy to respect the outcome of a fair election, and I have too much regard for the people of Connecticut to pay attention to what they actually think."

My friend Val wished at lunch today that Lieberman would have put up one-tenth as much fuss as the VP candidate in the Florida mess of 2000.

"So now I will continue to run against a candidate who has already beaten me, against a party I expect to remain a member of."

Of course, that wasn’t the end of his career, but possibly the beginning, raising the possibility of a presidential run in 2004.  This here, if handled gracefully, would probably be the end.

Ick.