The Connecticut Democrat throws in the towel, the TImes reports. (After six terms and a financial scandal, probably a good idea.)

His move opens the way for the state’s highly popular attorney general, Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat, to run. Democrats and Republicans said he would be a much stronger candidate in what is a Democratic state.

Connecticut’s not entirely a Democratic state, by the way. It’s had a Republican governor for a decade or so, as well as the occasional GOP congressman. Sigh—the state of journalism.

Will Joe Lieberman be next? Nah. He’s sitting back, relieved that Blumenthal won’t be running against him, dreaming of power.