Sen. Joe Lieberman faces no easy road to victory in 2012.
Connecticut political players on both sides of the aisle — including a key Lieberman ally — said the Independent who caucuses with Democrats cannot win another three-way race, as in 2006 after he lost the Nutmeg State’s Democratic primary. There is also consensus that Lieberman would struggle to win a contested primary for either party’s nomination should he ultimately decide to abandon his Independent label.
A spokeswoman for the four-term Senator last week declined to answer specific questions about her boss’s plans, saying that he is focused on the legislative work ahead and not on an election two years down the road.
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