CONNECTICUT: Joe the Forgiver? Joe Lieberman is backing Chris Dodd for Senate despite Dodd backing Ned Lamont in 2006.

FLORIDA: The Hill looks at the congressional race to replace Kendrick Meek, who's running for the Senate.

LOUISIANA: "The Transportation Security Administration is examining Sen. David Vitter's much-reported decision to open the closed gateway door to his plane -- even though he was warned against it by an airline worker."

NEW YORK: "A small but vocal core of New York House Democrats still doesn't think very highly of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). The question now is whether any of these detractors has the moxie to launch a 2010 primary challenge against the state's recently appointed junior senator," Politico reports.