[BlackElk]

The far less convoluted path to a better Senate outcome would be re-election of Conrad Burns in Minnesota, re-election of Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania, election of Tom Kean, Jr. in NJ (holding our collective nose all the way!), election of Congressman Kennedy to Dayton's vacant Senate seat in Minnesota, electing the challenger in Washington State over Cantwell, re-electing Jim Talent in Missouri, re-electing Mike DeWine in Ohio and similar races. If Orchulli or some GOP candidate were elected in Connecticut, he/she would likely be gone in 6 years. Jodi Rell may well be able to go to the Senate at some point but I feel sure she would be as thrilling as Susan Collins or Olympia Snowe. Nice lady but....

[Alter Kaker]

Which is more convoluted: supporting a liberal Democrat who votes left of Hillary (Lieberman) or finding an electable Republican (not Lieberman, not Schlesinger). I don't see how voting for Lieberman, in the hopes that he might vote more conservative out of gratitude is anything but the most convoluted pipe dream imagineable.