The heat is getting turned up:

U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (news, bio, voting record) should bow out of the November’s congressional race altogether after his defeat in Connecticut’s Democratic primary, a top Democrat said on Sunday.

Lieberman, a three-term senator and Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000, lost to political newcomer Ned Lamont in Connecticut on Tuesday and said he plans to run as an independent in the November election.

Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said Lieberman should support his party — and Lamont — rather than running against him to defeat the Republicans.

“I know how hard this is for Joe, and he is a good person, but the truth is I lost one of these races and I got behind my party’s nominee and I think that is what you have to do if you want to help this country,” Dean, former governor of Vermont, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Yes Joe – you should go. What kind of message are you sending the young people out there who we want to recruit into politics? “Beat an incumbent in a primary and face them as an independent in the general election”. That is not a good message and makes it look more like people should not try to enter politics. The longer you stay in this race, the worse you make it on America and democracy as a whole. Since the RNC is looking like they are going to back you then why not just change parties? Oh I forgot – your a coward.