There is no recent precedent for a race such as this, so anything is possible.
we want it to be close - the closer it is, the uglier it will be. we don't want Lieberman to be way ahead, we want him to have to attack the McGovern style policies of LaMont, and de-facto the national Dems, in order to secure a victory.
Perhaps the voters have cut back on their drugs and sanity is returning. Liberalism is a mental disorder for cowards.