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Lieberman: 'It's Hard to Forget'

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Sen. Joe Lieberman said he values his friendships with Democrats, but it’s hard to forget how some of them turned against him in the 2006 elections.

Many Democrats – including Sens. Chris Dodd, John Kerry and Hillary Clinton – supported the winner of the 2006 Democratic primary in Connecticut, Ned Lamont, even after Lieberman launched a campaign as an independent candidate for the Senate. Lieberman went on to defeat Lamont in the general election.

Lieberman, speaking on MSNBC’s "Imus in the Morning” program Friday, spoke directly about his fractured friendship with Dodd, now a candidate for president in 2008.

"It was a tough time for us, but Chris and I are friends,” Lieberman said. "I don’t want to conceal the fact that I was disappointed, but life goes on. We’re working hard to put the friendship back together.”

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Imus asked Lieberman if he is a vengeful person and felt any animosity toward Dodd and his fellow members of the Democratic Party that Lieberman represented for so long.

"There’s a little of that in me,” Lieberman said. "It is very hard to forget, but you try to and you go on because you have a job to do. Chris is a good guy, he’s a credible candidate for president and I wish him well.”

As for the 2008 race, Lieberman said his new role as an independent puts him in a great position to survey the field without political commitment.

"This has all liberated me to truly be the independent that I was elected as and that’s not bad,” Lieberman said. "I’ll sit back in the presidential [campaign] and see what the field is like as we get toward the end and decide who I think can be the best president regardless of party. It’s a pleasure to sit back and watch the others go at it.”

Lieberman said he was particularly grateful that Sen. Joe Biden did not campaign against him.

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