Not so surprising. He won the Senate seat against Republican liberal Lowell Weicker by running to Weicker's right. He's always been a conservative who took some liberal positions to get elected.

And I thought he was more Dominionist than Rethuglican. Oh, wait, they're interchangeable.

Connecticut voters are simply stating the obvious.

Frankly, I'm wondering why 30% of DEMs would still support him. That is about what he had during the General Election in '06. I thought his numbers in that group would have dropped more. Perhaps, like GWB's 30% ish number, there are some who support him no matter what.

Hartford Courant Opinion piece by George Jepson, former DEM State Chr.

Whatever Lieberman Is, It Isn't Loyal

...Sen. Lieberman's behavior makes sense only in the context of 2012 re-election politics. He has burned too many bridges to run as a Democrat. To switch and run as a Republican, while possible, is tricky. True Republican conservatives would object and create roadblocks to a Lieberman nomination. He would also diminish his chance of building a strong bipartisan vote. The more likely route is to run again as an independent and retain more control of the process.

Either way, the goal is to recreate Sen. Lieberman's 2006 coalition in the general election, when he won 50 percent against Lamont's 40 percent by gathering roughly 35 percent of the Democrats, 55 percent of independents and 66 percent of Republicans.

It won't be easy, as he has lost ground with Democrats and independents, the two largest voting blocs. The key first step is to rebuild his ties to Republican voters and to reinvigorate his image as someone above partisan politics. Both of these he accomplishes by campaigning for Republicans and by supporting the GOP health care filibuster. Look to him to tack right during the next several years on other issues as well, and to have high-profile collaborations with Republican senators. (For example, expect nuclear power, long a Republican priority, to figure prominently in Lieberman's climate change legislation.) If the image buffing works, and, if the Republicans nominate Lieberman or field a weak candidate as they did in 2006, he could be back within striking distance.

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