According to Joe Lieberman's spokesman, Dan Gerstein, the model for the future of politics is the campaign of the very person Gerstein so frequently derides: Ned Lamont. Gerstein, speaking on a panel at Quinnipiac University, had high praise for his opponent's campaign:

Gerstein said the Lamont crew "did a brilliant job of using technology to build a support base and organize a campaign"; in the primary. [...]

"Ten years from now it will probably be looked at as a model for how campaigns will be run," Gerstein predicted.