I wonder how much the recent conflict in Lebanon hurt Lieberman??
There are currently thirty seven Jewish members of Congress. 34 of them are Democrats and 3 are Republicans(Specter(PA) and Coleman(MN) in the Senate and Cantor(VA) in the House).
Another Jewish Indepedent (democratic socialist), Bernie Sanders has 27 or 31 point lead on his likely Republican opponents for the open Vermont Senate seat of retiring "jumpin'" Jim Jeffords.