Boo-mentum

Brian Zick March 30, 2006

via kos The AP reports that Obama showed up to give Lieberman support on his home turf, but Joe got boos anyway. Despite the camaraderie between the two, the crowd was clearly more receptive to Obama's remarks than Lieberman's speech about party unity and the potential for Democratic victories at the ballot box this fall. In fact, scattered boos greeted Lieberman when he took the podium, and he had to stop three times during his remarks to shush the crowd so he could deliver key points.

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