The very intricate dance continues on Capital Hill. There's no reason for Senate Democrats to distance themselves from Joe Lieberman, at least as long as he has a double digit lead in the polls. The expectation that the incumbent would fade after losing the primary has obviously not happened, and whining about his decision to take a mulligan and fight it out again in the general election will not make the problem go away. Party primaries are not, by law, single elimination semi-finals, and treating them as such effectively disenfranchises independents and moderates in the general election. If Lamont wants to earn his position, he must go before the entire electorate in Connecticut(even Republicans), and build his case. Expecting entrenched incumbents in Washington to kowtow to the "netroots" ain't gonna happen unless you first win elections in November.