Reagan's cottails took control of the Senate in 1980, Tommy Thompson's cottails nearly ousted Feingold in 1998, Gore's cottails most likely contributed to the ousting of the Republican senators in Washington, Michigan, Delaware, Minnesota, and Florida. Similarly, we're counting on Janet Napolitano's cottails to aid Pederson to his ousting of Kyl. Any conventional wisdom will tell you that a Dem. that expects to get ~70% of the vote will undeniably help you in nearly 50-50 districts as uneducated voters, voting for Lieberman, may cast their vote for the next D on the list - for Representative.