"Connecticut voters certainly aren't supporting terrorists," Reid said. "Joe has to play on the field of Connecticut; this is Connecticut politics. The people of this country and the people of Connecticut want a change in direction."

I’m sorry, but this is just a deranged, or at best deeply confused and manic, thing to say. It shows a lack of perspective and reality and responsibility, even in its lack of clarity about what exactly the threat is and how to defeat it. Why does anyone accept that this kind of blather can be considered taking the threat more "seriously"? It’s not. It’s hugely unserious in its trivialization of the great moral challenges of the Twentieth Century and it’s bald politicization of the current challenge.

Chris Murphy, who is running against Republican Rep. Nancy L. Johnson in the Hartford area, said that while he once feared that Lamont's candidacy would distract from his own race, he now views it as an ideal complement. "I've come 180 degrees," Murphy said.

Turns out, that “single minded focus” thing might not have been so true after all. Imagine that.

Looks like they were cutting post-primary campaign ads and creating the theme/talking points for the go-it-alone general election challenge. “A politics of unity.” He even used the phrase 15 seconds after his concession speech when cornered by Mark Davis.

"All of a sudden the same elected officials say, 'Oh, he's no longer the best guy. He shouldn't be elected. You can't vote for him. You should vote for the guy that a week ago I was saying was not the best guy,'" Bloomberg said.