More Election '06 briefs from around the country:

RI Sen: The question on everyone's mind is whether Republican Lincoln Chafee can survive Tuesday's primary vote against Steve Laffey. It's going to be close. The Providence Journal says Chafee and Laffey are pulling out all the stops in the final days. The New York Times and LA Times carry profiles on the primary and the resulting implications for Republicans maintaining control of the Senate.

Meanwhile, the New York Sun says Chafee's "dis" of UN Ambassador John Bolton earlier in the week may backfire on Tuesday. The polls in this contest are of no help, but you can see them, as well as more news stories on the RCP Election Page for this race.

VA Sen: New Mason-Dixon poll has George Allen nursing a 4-point lead over Democrat James Webb. That's a 12-point "macaca" drop from the last Mason-Dixon survey taken in July. This race is now within the margin of error with 9% undecided. Get all the latest Election 2006 polls here.

CT Sen: Well, this is a bit embarrassing. After Ned Lamont went out and slammed Joe Lieberman for creating a "media spectacle" in 1998 by condemning President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky, the Lieberman campaign released the text of an email, sent to Lieberman by one Ned Lamont right after the speech, which read:

"I supported your statement because Clinton's behavior was outrageous: a Democrat had to stand up and state as much, and I hoped that your statement was the beginning of the end."

Lamont says he stands by his statement - the most recent one attacking Joe Lieberman, that is. More news on this race, including a Hartford Courant article detailing Ned's lukewarm encounter with an Iraq war veteran at a recent picnic, can be found on the RCP Election Page for the CT Senate Race.

NJ Sen: If you're Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, these are not exactly the kind of quotes you want to see appearing in the paper less than sixty days before your election:

"It's not at the point where party leaders are saying to Bob, 'You gotta get out,' but it could get that way fast," one insider said by phone from a party conference in Atlantic City where Menendez called the subpoenas politically motivated.

"It's all the buzz down here: Are we going to go back to the switcheroo? Can we?" he said.

Oh, boy. Somebody probably has Bill Bradley on the phone right now. Stay on top of the twists and turns in this race here.

NC-11: Republican Charles Taylor is in a dogfight with former QB Heath Shuler. Dems have been hopeful of beating Taylor in the past, but they think this year might be the year they can unseat the 8-termer. More polls, news and info here.

Georgia 8 & 12: The Los Angeles Times has an interesting story on two overlooked House races in Georgia that could end up hurting the Democrats' chances of capturing control this November.

As always, there is much more on the RCP Politics & Elections Page. If you haven't bookmarked it yet, don't wait.