Lieberman is better ideologically, and more honorable, than Hillary. Lamont is probably worse than Feingold. Whatever Republican Hillary runs against will have at least a chance of winning the White House. Schlesinger, the GOP candidate in CT, has no chance of winning the Senate seat.
So your analogy is krap.
I'm glad you don't live in CT or "matter in this race."
If you live in California like your screen name implys, then I'm glad you're irrelevent in this race also. The last thing the republican party needs are more people willing to sell out their principles for "the lesser of two evils."