Lieberman told The Hartford Courant on Friday that his decision on whether to vote for Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell or Democratic New Haven Mayor John DeStefano will remain private....

Lieberman also declined to comment Friday on whether he thinks the nation would be better off with the Democrats in control of the House of Representatives. “I haven't thought about that enough to give an answer,” Lieberman told The Courant.

WHY DOESN’T LIEBERMAN THINK A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS WOULD BE BETTER FOR CONNECTICUT?: ...After 6 years of total Republican rule in Washington that’s put the nation on a historically dangerous course, Lieberman’s answer should have been instinctive and clear. But, with Dick Cheney campaigning for Lieberman last week, and his series of Republican fundraisers throughout the last month, this makes you wonder whether Joe is putting Joe’s interests ahead of Connecticut's...

WHY DID LIEBERMAN TRY TO HIDE HIS TERM LIMITS PLEDGE?: Senator Lieberman has yet to answer why he tried to hide the fact that in 1988 he pledged not to run for more than 3 terms in the U.S. Senate. Unlike Sen. Paul Wellstone who voluntarily explained why he was breaking his two-term pledge and was recruited for another term by the Democratic party, Lieberman never came forward to admit he made this pledge, instead hoping voters would not remember.

WHY DID LIEBERMAN BREAK HIS PROMISE NOT TO SKIP 300 VOTES OR HAVE ONE OF THE WORST ATTENDANCE RECORDS?: Senator Lieberman has yet to answer why in 1988 he went on statewide television to promise voters he would not miss more than 300 votes and would not have one of the worst attendance records in the Senate – and then broke both promises.

"Sen. Lieberman only thinks it's a negative attack when his job is on the line," Dupont-Diehl said. "He made the pledge to not serve more than three terms as part of his campaign - to win votes. Rather than honestly acknowledging that he was breaking a promise, he tried to hide it from the voters of Connecticut."

Lamont raised nearly $4.9 million in the quarter ending Sept. 30, with nearly $1.1 million from individual contributors and $3.75 million from his own pocket. From the start of his campaign through Sept. 30, Lamont contributed $6.25 million.

Dupont-Diehl said Lamont's personal funds have been necessary to match Lieberman's record-breaking quarterly take of $6.1 million. Lieberman disclosed a summary of his quarterly fundraising Friday.

"It's no surprise he is out-raising us," Dupont-Diehl said.

Two options under consideration would represent reversals of U.S. policy: withdrawing American troops in phases, and bringing neighboring Iran and Syria into a joint effort to stop the fighting.

While it weighs alternatives, the 10-member commission headed by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III has agreed on one principle.

"It's not going to be 'stay the course,' " one participant said. "The bottom line is, [current U.S. policy] isn't working…. There's got to be another way."