The uneasy relationship between Joe Lieberman and the some Connecticut Democrats continues. State Rep Tim O’Brien D-New Britain has introduced a bill that would require a special election to fill a Senate vacancy should one occur. This bill matches the one for filling a U.S. House of Representatives vacancy, which on the surface makes sense. But, 42 states have laws that grant the power to appoint a replacement with the Governor. While State Rep O’Brien claims that he has timed his legislation when a vacancy appointment was unlikely, it seems that it’s not Dodd’s presidential announcement that has Dems worried about what happens if Lieberman decides to leave the senate before his term ends.