Obama's online muscle flexes against him

The same Internet-fueled power that led to historic gains in organizing and fundraising for Sen Barack Obama's presidential campaign is now providing a platform for fiery dissent in a most unlikely place: his own Web site. Amid criticism from the left that he has eased toward the center on a number of issues in recent weeks, the presumptive Democratic nominee has angered some of his most ardent supporters while triggering something of an online mutiny. Thousands are using MyBarackObama.com to angrily organize against him because of a changed position on the FISA update (see story above). A new online group named "Senator Obama -- Please Vote NO on Telecom Immunity -- Get FISA Right" formed on his campaign's social networking Web site. Now with more than 22,000 members, it is the largest group on MyBarackObama.com. The online group is flooded with messages of disappointment and disillusionment. Some threaten to ask that their campaign contributions be returned, while others suggest they will simply stay home this fall.
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