The Cook Political Report - one of the most highly respected, non-partisan national analyses - is now saying that the U.S. Senate race in Connecticut is a toss-up.
The change for the report comes on the day that The New York Times published a front-page story and released a video that shows that Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said that he served in Vietnam when he did not. The change in the rating for the race is a major turnaround from the conventional wisdom, which placed Blumenthal far ahead of all challengers.
Blumenthal is seeking the Democratic nomination on Friday night at the state party convention in Hartford, and challenger Merrick Alpert would need 15 percent of the delegates to force a primary in August.
Politico is reporting at http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37440.html that Alpert now has a new lease on life.