The following is making the rounds of the corporate online press:

STATEMENT FROM SENATORS REID & SCHUMER ON THE CONNECTICUT SENATE RACE

Democratic Leader Harry Reid and DSCC Chair Chuck Schumer issued the following joint statement today on the Connecticut Senate race:

“The Democratic voters of Connecticut have spoken and chosen Ned Lamont as their nominee. Both we and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) fully support Mr. Lamont’s candidacy. Congratulations to Ned on his victory and on a race well run.

“Joe Lieberman has been an effective Democratic Senator for Connecticut and for America. But the perception was that he was too close to George Bush and this election was, in many respects, a referendum on the President more than anything else. The results bode well for Democratic victories in November and our efforts to take the country in a new direction.”

We now know what the Senior Senator from NY feels about the Lamont win, or at least what he is publicly saying. My question is where does the Junior Senator from NY have to say about the Lamont win, considering that Joe Lieberman called in a very large favor in getting President Clinton to campaign on his behalf.

But more interesting than that, with Connecticut voters largely rejecting the Lieberman/Bush position on Iraq, is Hillary Clinton still a viable candidate for the 2008 Democratic Presidental Nomination given that she holds the same position? Mrs. Clinton will surely have a lot to think about over the coming weeks. There’s no doubt she’ll be re-elected Senator of NY, as she has more adequately represented NY voter interests than Lieberman has represented Connecticut’s, but she’s likely reconfiguring her talking points on the Iraq occupation as I write this.