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[brooklynite]

I attended a DSCC lunch today, which included a preview of the 2012 races. Bottom line, we have a lot of seats to protect and, for the moment, not a lot of strong prospects for pickups (Ensign was the only name mentioned).

One question asked was whether DSCC would provide support for the Independents (Sanders and Lieberman) who caucus with the Dems, to which the answer was "Yes, if they need it." Based on the discussion, I'm inclined to think there's not likely to be a strong CT Democratic candidate running which DSCC would have to support in opposition to Lieberman.

I know get a lot of hostility here, a good deal of it deserved (note though: Lieberman voted with us on DADT, the START treaty and the Dream Act), but if you're hoping for someone different you'd better be working now on finding a serious candidate with deep pockets.