I REMEMBER thinking at the time that Schlesinger was in an unworkable position. The moderate-conservative vote was motivated by Fear of Lamont in making their choice in August polling.
If they became placated that Lamont could not win ... some would return to Schlesinger. At that point Lieberman would drop back close to Lamont and the fear again would force them back to Lieberman.
Schlesinger would have had to move into 2nd place by switching Lamont people over (and Alan played a war Hawk in the race). And if Lamont imploded to get rid of the fears of the conservatives ...
Alan or some theoretical candidate had to turn it into a 2-way race to beat Looserman. that was not possible as Lamont seemed to have a floor due to anti-war sentiment.
Most were convinced that the rumors about Casinos were leaks coming from the Bush administration that put the cabosh on him.
Looserman 50%
Lamont 40%
Alan 10%
it is a good model for beating Lefties in lefty areas. Which is why the Independent party in CT has much potential if they could get financing and also grow brains.