Blogging as a Lamont supporter, I have to say that this sounds good for Joe today, with his numbers hitting exactly where they needed to be once he lost the Democratic primary. In the same report, it might be argued that Joe has peaked and executed well, but if Lamont can get his message out there he can close this gap.

From the Hartford Courant article

But Lieberman, who stayed in the race as a petitioning candidate, enjoys a 57 percent approval rating and has managed to capture 67 percent of the Republican vote, while keeping 35 percent of Democrats in his camp. Unaffiliated voters prefer him over Lamont 45-37 percent.

Somehow the combination of Lieberman advantages have gotten Joe to his target. From my armchair I'd say they are: 18 year incumbency, favorable national news coverage, ready PAC and lobby donations, and lastly what I think is a packaged-to-sell message of anti-partisanship.

I take some comfort in Matt Stoller's analysis.

Lieberman's been up on the air a lot more than Lamont recently, so Lieberman's apparent bleeding of support lends some credence to the theory that he's peaked.

The race does seem to have a very large pool of uncommitted voters, bigger than anything I remember.

If I'm reading this correctly, there is a 38 point battlefield for undecided and open-to-change voters.

From the Courant again:

Lieberman leads Lamont among likely voters 48-40 percent, with 8 percent undecided and roughly 15 percent of both candidates' supporters saying they still could change their minds before Nov. 7.

Lamont still has the same two tasks he's had since the primary. He needs to educate voters on what he will do in office, and why having Lieberman in office at this time in his career is dangerous.

It is my humble opinion that Lieberman's particular anti-partisanship has only one course to run - lobby-driven voting rather than platform driven representation.

I already have faith in his GOTV. I certainly hope Lamont's ads get better and more numerous.