[Non-Sequitur]

If the RNC is so concerned with keeping control of the senate that it's willing to sink big money into the Chaffee campaign then why is the president talking up the Democrat in neighboring Connecticut? And let's drop the nonsense about Lieberman being an independent. He's a Democrat, he'll caucus with the Democrats, and if he wins he'll be back in the DNC fold in a matter of months. Yet the President refuses to endorse the Republican candidate or campaign for him or offer any support. Sheer lunacy.

[oceanview]

the republican in CT is unelectable.

what the CT race can do for the republicans, with a Lieberman win, is to marginalize the part of their base that tossed him out of their party in the primary. that's the best we can accomplish in the CT race, so we might as well take what we can get.

[EternalVigilance]

Yet the President refuses to endorse the Republican candidate or campaign for him or offer any support. Sheer lunacy.

This has always been Karl Rove's modus operandi.

First, back the liberal in the primary. If the liberal wins, back him to the hilt. If the conservative wins, only back him if the conventional wisdom in Washington is that "he can win."

The problem is, in most cases, their predictions become self-fulfilling prophecies...since they're the ones with the resources.