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The following is controversy (Part 2) regarding Sen. Barack Obama and the 2008 presidential election.

Also see Controversy (Part 1).

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Contents 1 U.S. congressional elections in 2006: Obama endorsed Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) before endorsing Ned Lamont (D-Conn.) for U.S. Senate 2 MySpace 3 Obama's CODEL Trip to Kenya 4 Resources and articles 4.1 See also 4.2 References 4.3 External articles

U.S. congressional elections in 2006: Obama endorsed Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) before endorsing Ned Lamont (D-Conn.) for U.S. Senate

• BranfordBoy, "Obama To Headline JJB Dinner," My Left Nutmeg, January 30, 2006.
• Matt Stoller, "And Lieberman Knifes Obama on Imus," MyDD, February 8, 2006.
• Stephanie Reitz, "Obama rallies state Democrats, throws support behind Lieberman," Associated Press (Boston Globe), March 31, 2006.
• Maria Garriga and Mary O’Leary, "Obama defends Lieberman from party hecklers," New Haven Register (CT), March 31, 2006.
• "CT: Obama Rallies Connecticut Dems For Lieberman," Political State Report, March 31, 2006.
• Jeralyn Merritt, "Obama Endorses Lieberman for Senate," TalkLeft, April 2, 2006.
• Thersites, "Joe Lieberman: Barack Obama's 'Mentor in the Senate'," Vichy Democrats Blogspot, April 3, 2006.
• "Barack Obama Goes Over To The Dark Side," Irregular Times, April 4, 2006.
• Alexander Cockburn, "They Should Have Hissed Barack Obama," The Nation, April 6, 2006 (April 24, 2006 issue).
• Alexander Cockburn, "Obama: As He Rises, He Falls," The Nation, April 20, 2006 (May 8, 2006 issue).
• Alexander Cockburn, "Obama's Game," CounterPunch, April 25, 2006.
• "Obama Abandons Lieberman," LamontBlog, May 12, 2006.
• David Sirota, "Mr. Obama Goes to Washington," The Nation, June 26, 2006; DavidSirota.com, June 7, 2006.
• PsiFighter37, "Is Barack Obama the next Joe Lieberman?" My Left Wing, June 30, 2006.
• Andrew Miga, "Lamont gets lift from Obama, Lieberman campaigns with Landrieu," Associated Press (Boston Globe), October 26, 2006.
• "Barack Obama Writes Emails," NedLamont Blog, October 26, 2006.
• Ken Silverstein, "Barack Obama Inc. The birth of a Washington machine," Harper's Magazine, November 2006.

• "Senator Obama's Office Responds to Misleading Harper's Magazine Story" (cache), Office of Sen. Barack Obama, October 23, 2006.

• Alexander Cockburn, "Meet Senator Slither," The Free Press, December 8, 2006.
• TarHeel, "Obama: Please Stop Using Lieberman Language," MyDD, January 17, 2007.
• "Obama, Lieberman, and the DLC," Piece Of Mind, January 18, 2007.
• Marcia Kramer, "Sharpton Rips Obama, Keeps Endorsement On Hold," CBS/WCBSTV.com, March 13, 2007.
• Jill Gardiner, "Sharpton Faults Obama Support For Lieberman," The New York Sun, March 13, 2007.

MySpace

• Micah L. Sifry, "The Battle to Control Obama's Myspace," techPresident/Personal Democracy Forum, May 1, 2007.
• Micah L. Sifry, "Obama's MySpace Mess: Enter the Shovel Brigade," techPresident/Personal Democracy Forum, May 2, 2007.
• Jerome Armstrong, "Obama blows into MySpace," MyDD, May 2, 2007.
• "Obama campaign in cyberspat over supporter’s MySpace page," ZDNet, May 2, 2007.
• Katherine Q. Seelye and Sarah Wheaton, "Obama’s MySpace Conundrum," The Caucus Blog/New York Times, May 2, 2007.
• James Boyce, "Barack Obama's Achilles Heel Rears Its Ugly Head. Again," The Huffington Post, May 2, 2007.
• Nick Juliano, "Obama seizes control of MySpace profile, refuses to compensate profile developer," The Raw Story, May 2, 2007.
• Josh Harkinson, "Obama's MySpace Meltdown," MotherJones, May 3, 2007.
• Micah L. Sifry, "How to Value a MySpace Mega-Group," techPresident/Personal Democracy Forum, May 3, 2007.
• Nedra Pickler, "Obama Takes MySpace Page From Backer. That's MySpace: Obama Takes Control of Popular Web Page From Former Supporter," Associated Press (ABC News), May 3, 2007.
• Jim Geraghty, "Learn from Obama: Hire a Professional. What to do with MySpace?" National Review Online, May 3, 2007.
• Jose Antonio Vargas, "Obama Campaign Asks: Is It MySpace or Yours?" Washington Post, May 3, 2007.
• Ian Bishop, "Between Barack and MySpace," New York Post, May 3, 2007.
• Chris Bowers, "He Said, She Said: Yet More On Obama, Joe Anthony and MySpace," MyDD, May 3, 2007.
• Jeff Shattuck, "From Obamanation to Obomination," stocksandbombs, May 3, 2007.
• John Hanlon, "Obama’s MySpace Mistake," Townhall.com, May 11, 2007.
• Dan Gilgoff, "Walking a Fine Line Online. Forget Republicans. Democrats are struggling to satisfy Net activists on the left," U.S. News & World Report, May 13, 2007.
• Leigh Ferrara, "MySpace Meltdown: How Barack Obama Lost His Biggest Fan. Joe Anthony," MotherJones, May 14, 2007.

Obama's CODEL Trip to Kenya

• Lynn Sweet, "Media, Sudan watching trip closely. African country forces delay in senator's plans," Chicago Sun-Times, August 18, 2006.
• Christopher Wills, "Obama hopes fame, family combine to produce results," Associated Press (Chicago Sun-Times), August 18, 2006.
• "Obama in Africa," Chicago Tribune, August 19-September 3, 2006.
• Lynn Sweet, "CODEL OBAMA and Oprah," Chicago Sun-Times, August 20, 2006.
• Lynn Sweet, "1st up: Mandela's 27-year prison. Senator outlines his goals for 17-day trip," Chicago Sun-Times, August 20, 2006.
• Lynn Sweet, "Confronting Africa's scourge: AIDS," Chicago Sun-Times, August 22, 2006.
• Lynn Sweet, "Sen. expects to disappoint in Kenya," Chicago Sun-Times, August 23, 2006.
• Lynn Sweet, "Kenya eager to see its 'great senator'," Chicago Sun-Times, August 24, 2007.
• Lynn Sweet, "Taxpayers, campaign fund, Obama pay for trip," Chicago Sun-Times, August 26, 2006.
• Lynn Sweet, "For Kenyans, senator from Illinois has come home," Chicago Sun-Times, August 27, 2006.

Resources and articles

See also

• Barack Obama: U.S. presidential election, 2008
• Campaign contributor Antoin "Tony" Rezko campaign

References

External articles

• Also see Articles & Commentary related to the main article Barack Obama: U.S. presidential election, 2008.