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As a resident of Connecticut, this is no surprise to me. Lieberman has been an enthusiastic supporter of President Bush and has been dismissed by his own party in the 2006 elections. So much so that they threw him out in a primary election that had registered 15,000 new voters and 15,000 people who switched their affiliation to vote in the primary. These statistics are available through the Secretary of State's office in Hartford, CT. The numbers are rough. It is no surprise that Lieberman is a Republican is Democratic clothing. Had the Republican party been "alive" in CT with a viable Senatorial candidate, Lieberman would not be where he is today. The 2006 Senatorial election was the only election where he really had an opponent. CT voters and Democrats in particular, are not going to forget his actions as a spoiler and will not welcome him back into the fold. He may have to run as an Independent again, if he runs in 2012. His stance on the war is wearing very thing in his own home state. He has also lost a great amount of respect among Democratic leaders over his support of the Iraq war.
