Senator Joseph Lieberman has been the recent recipient of solid praise from Sean Hannity at Fox News.  Lieberman has been appearing with such delightful frequency that he has received the tag "Fox Democrat" for that and the compatibility of his views with those such as Hannity who interview him there.

Hannity in a recent broadcast took the step of endorsing Lieberman for reelection in Connecticut, adding that he would either praise or denounce him, whichever yielded the most positive results.  

In that same conversation Hannity delivered another of his unwittingly side-splittingly humorous lines in stating that perhaps he and Lieberman should start a third party, where his own Reagan conservative values could be better represented than in the current Republican Party.  The statement was particularly revealing in analyzing the beliefs Hannity imputes to Lieberman.  

The Connecticut solon responded revealingly by stating sadly that so many members of his current nominal party, the Democrats, have trouble embracing traditional American values, presumably the kind he and the Hannity Fox mainstream come by naturally.  

On Monday, March 13 at 4 p.m. Ned Lamont will announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate in Connecticut in the historic setting of the Old Statehouse in Hartford.  

Lamont's candidacy occurs amidst a groundswell from progressive forces over positions taken by his opponent, incumbent Senator Joseph Lieberman, whose resume includes serving as running mate to then Vice President Al Gore in the 2000 presidential race.

After analyzing the issues I wholeheartedly endorse the candidacy of Ned Lamont and believe that it holds not only the best course for propagating progressive ideals in the twenty-first century, but has been rendered necessary under evolving political circumstances.  Taking this position puts me in a far different context than when I began my citizen participation in Los Angeles.  

Having grown up in a Union household with my father a lifelong member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, and being active in the then thriving Democratic Party grassroots club movement, my inclination has been to support  incumbents, believing that to alter this pattern was to play into the hands of the Republicans, who then as now sought to spark division within Democratic ranks.