When I decided to run for Senate, I did so because I deeply believed that the citizens of Connecticut were yearning to see fundamental changes in our politics - changes that would make government work for them again.
Today, with our Presidential primary in Connecticut less than a month away, I am announcing my support of Barack Obama for President because I am convinced that his forward-looking, progressive vision provides the best chance to enact meaningful reforms in the way Washington works.
We expect to see a great deal of movement to Obama from superdelegates in the coming days, seriously eroding the Clintons' existing advantage in this universe.
I don't think that has happened yet. In fact, to seriously erode or even erase Clinton's 100-vote lead in this category, Obama will need pretty much every day between now and February 5th to be like the last two days. That would be impressive, but I also have to wonder if, at some point, a campaign can have too many endorsements. The more establishment endorsements a campaign gets, the more establishment that campaign appears. Given that Obama is running as an outsider to Clinton's insider, too many endorsements might actually hurt him. Not to mention that endorsements actually take the spotlight off the candidate, and focus them on the person making the endorsement.
Of course, Ned Lamont is neither a super delegate nor much of an insider. This is a targeted endorsement that could help Obama with the progressive, activist base.
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