Reply #34: Lieberman won because Republicans did not support their nominee and neither did Democrats.

[No Elephants]

And Lieberman had brought home the bacon for many years and shaken a lot of hands, etc. Also, national Democrats (Obama, Hillary, Schumer, etc., had damaged Lamont during the primary, then left him to twist in the wind during the general.

Although anti-war, he probably would never have been liberal, but he probably would have been better than Lieberman, voting with Democrats and not campaigining for McPalin.