The AP reported this afternoon that Joe Lieberman fired his top staffers and asked the rest to resign:

Lieberman said that he fired his campaign manager and spokesman, and asked for the resignations of his campaign staff.

"We did not answer, adequately answer, the distortions of my record on Iraq and my relationship with George Bush, that the Lamont campaign put out," said Lieberman, though he said he did not blame campaign workers.

Is Karl Rove going to suggest replacements? Maybe not, as Lieberman's campaign is now denying today's earlier report that Rove called to offer help.

Dan Gerstein called from the Lieberman campaign to say the above account from another Lieberman adviser is not accurate. While confirming that Rove called Lieberman, he added: "Rove made a personal call, no help was offered, and we are not interested regardless." A senior White House official also says that the account is "not accurate."

Update: The Carpetbagger Report says not all the departures were at the behest of Lieberman. Some of the staff decided to leave weeks ago if Lieberman lost to Lamont and left the Democratic party.