Hotline, National Journal‘s blog, reports some interesting buzz.  Apparently the GOP is so inured to the war and so desperate to find allies who support it that, in the event of a Lieberman loss, they will encourage Connecticut Republicans to support an independent Lieberman bid.  Perhaps they hope that they can throw enough support Joe’s way to convince him to vote with the GOP to organise, a la Jeffords, and help them keep the majority?  In any event, it is worth noting just how unhinged the GOP is becoming: they will throw their weight behind a candidate who opposes them on everything except one issue just so that they will not have to suffer the ignominy of having their war repudiated in a statewide election.