BRIDGEPORT, CT - OCTOBER 04: Senate Democratic nominee Ned Lamont (R) looks on as U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) speaks October 4, 2006 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Kennedy gave his endorsement to Lamont who will be running against Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), a three-term Democratic incumbent who lost the party primary in August forcing him to run as an independent.