At the liberal site Taegan Goddard's Political Wire, they suspect RNC Chairman Mehlman's refusal to endorse the Republican Senate nominee, good ol' whatisname, is designed to help hold the House:
The Hartford Courant: "Suddenly the Democrats' nightmare scenario becomes plausible: They are a seat or two from gaining a House majority in November, but so many Connecticut Republicans go to the polls to vote for Joe Lieberman that the state's three vulnerable GOP incumbents win re-election."
In fact, "less than an hour after Lieberman announced he'd run as an independent, Rep. Rob Simmons (R-CT) rushed out a statement praising the senator; Reps. Christopher Shays (R-CT) and Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-CT) later followed suit."
Other experts don't think it will help, though - read the whole post HERE.
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