Former Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman won his seat in the Senate as an indepenent - after losing his party's nomination.The incumbent lost the Dem primary, with many unhappy at the Lieberman's support of the war in Iraq. But if proof were needed of the value of name recognition and campaign funds, this victory is that proof.
Lieberman will sit as an independent, although he is a membef of the Connecticut for Lieberman party. He will vote with the Dems, as will the other independent senator, Bernie Sanders.
Sanders, who has been in Congressman since 1991, becomes the first ever socialist to sit in the US Senate.
