Lieberman and his apologists believe that having Bill Clinton do a single campaign event for him will somehow convince Connecticut voters that Lieberman has delivered for them the past 18 years. I doubt it will be successful, any more than Dean's parade of high-profile endorsement helped him in 2004.
People vote for the candidate, not the candidate's friends, especially in a case like this where the candidate is so well known and opinions are so clearly defined. Lieberman's poor constituent services, his years-long absence from the state, and his lack of fit with voters is more determinate of how voters will vote on August 8th than anything any blogger or even Bill Clinton can say.
Connecticut voters don't need outsiders to tell them how to think about their senators.
The cynic might say that Bill Clinton is going to Connecticut, despite being trashed by Lieberman during the impeachment saga, to protect a fellow member of the elitist establishment's insider's club. They may say that the DLC called in the biggest favor it can offer Lieberman (its patron saint) -- a visit by a former popular president. They may try to find a tortured explanation of why this helps Hillary.
B. Clinton's visit may have been arranged by the DLC (didn't they have some sort of "annual conference" this past weekend? Did anyone care?), but what it tells me is that Bill is a far bigger man than Lieberman ever was or can be.
Despite being on the withering receiving end of Lieberman's sanctimonious public screeds during the impeachment saga, on the floor of the Senate AND in television studios all over the place, Clinton is willing to come to the senator's aid. He could've held a grudge and none would think less of him.
Instead, he repays Lieberman's backstabbing with kindness.
So I actually respect Bill for doing this one event for Lieberman. In a funny way it makes Lieberman look even smaller, pettier, and pathetic than he already does.
On the other hand, Sen. Barbara Boxer, who is sneaking into Connecticut today for a Lieberman fundraiser, hoping that Clinton's visit overshadows hers and no one notices she's in town, is suddenly a profile in cowardice.
Funny how things work out in politics.