Updated at 10:53 a.m. ET

A bid to draft Keith Olbermann to run for Joe Lieberman's Senate seat in Connecticut has been launched.

On the liberal Daily Kos website, someone going by the handle Stranded Wind says he (or she) and some friends started an online bid to get the recently departed MSNBC host to run for the office. They have launched a Draft Olbermann for Senate page on Facebook.

The blogger who goes by Stranded Wind said Olbermann is "just old enough, smart enough, polished enough, and has all of the other attributes that would make him a darned good senator for the state of Connecticut."

Olbermann abruptly announced Friday night that he would no longer host his highly rated show on MSNBC. He said the show had become "too much" for him. There have been news reports that an exit by Olbermann, who frequently espoused his liberal politics on his show, had been in the works for a while. Olbermann's settlement with the network is believed to include a non-compete clause that would prevent him from being on TV for a while.

Olbermann was briefly suspended by MSNBC last year for making political contributions, including to Arizona Democrats Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords.

Lieberman, a former Democratic vice presidential nominee who became an independent in 2006, announced last week he would not seek a fifth term in the Senate.

Several Democrats and Republicans are already lining up to succeed Lieberman, including Democratic Congressman Chris Murphy, who changed his website to say "Chris Murphy for Senate" last week.