Dick Morris says in The Hill that Joe Lieberman “can’t win" the primary "and shoultn’t [sic] try.” He says that losing the primary will only weaken Lieberman, whereas polls show he has a very good chance of winning as a third-party candidate. A Rasmussen poll from June 19 backs Morris up, although Lamont’s take in a three-way race went up nine points from April to June.

GOP candidate Alan Schlesinger wants a three-way race too, as he told party members at the Prescott Bush Awards Dinner last night. If Lieberman and Lamont split the Democratic vote, he might actually have a chance of winning. "If [Gov.] Jodi Rell receives 60 percent of the vote on Nov. 7, am I asking too much for you to give me 37 percent?" Schlesinger asked the guests.