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.

Sen. Obama has the tone and temperament to bring out the best in our people and our nation, and to bring new coalitions together in support of the progressive policies we all want to see enacted. His campaign has already reflected this, not only by bringing hundreds of thousands of new voters of all ages to the polls, but by inspiring so many who are new to politics to become activists as well.

This fall, Congress will likely be voting on legislation which will determine our future military role in Iraq. The American people spoke loud and clear last November - they want an end to our military involvement there, they want us to move to a political and diplomatic solution, and they don't want to wait until our next President is elected to see it.

Rep. Tom Allen of Maine knows this. He's shown consistent wisdom and courage on Iraq: he voted against the authorization in 2002, and he has voted to end the war multiple times this year in Congress.

Tom is challenging Sen. Susan Collins in the race for Senate in Maine next year. This month, Sen. Lieberman is holding a fundraiser for his Republican opponent, who, like Joe, has constantly voted the wrong way for the past four and a half years of this war. Let's team up to help Rep. Allen outraise them.

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When I made my decision to run against Joe Lieberman for the Senate Seat he has held for 18 years in Connecticut, I had to ask myself a question.  Did I believe there were enough people in this state and in this country who felt as I did, that our great nation was facing a crisis of leadership that threatened to transform us into a country I no longer recognized?  I worried for my children, that theirs would be a legacy of war, pollution, debt and fear if the powers that be went unchecked.  But I knew it would take more than one man alone to confront the insidious politically entrenched status quo with 63 lobbyists for every congressman.  It would take an entire movement.