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March 31, 2006

Obama Endorses Lieberman

Democrat Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois stopped by Hartford last night to endorse Sen. Joe Lieberman for his reelection bid this year. Giving the keynote speech at the party's Jefferson Jackson Bailey dinner, Obama publicly threw his support behind the Connecticut Senator who is facing a challenge from the moonbat Left.

"The fact of the matter is, I know some in the party have differences with Joe. I'm going to go ahead and say it," Obama told the 1,700-plus party members who gathered in a ballroom at the Connecticut Convention Center for the $175-per-head fundraiser.
"I am absolutely certain Connecticut is going to have the good sense to send Joe Lieberman back to the U.S. Senate so he can continue to serve on our behalf," he said.

Obama received widespread attention for his keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, delivered while he was still a state senator.

Lieberman became Obama's mentor when Obama was sworn into the Senate in 2005. They stayed close at Thursday night's event, too, entering the room together and working the crowd in tandem.

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.

Here's another account-
http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm? newsid=16408750&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=566835&rfi=6

http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/03/31/obama_rallies_state_democrats_throws_support_behind_lieberman/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Connecticut+news

Obama rallies state Democrats, throws support behind Lieberman By Stephanie Reitz, Associated Press Writer | March 31, 2006

I have no idea whether or not a "Sharpton endorsement" helps or hurts a candidate.

So it's kinda fun to see this play-out.  In the MSM a Sharpton endorsement is bad, however, sharpton did get a huge junk of the primary vote in South Carolina in 2004.

or maybe Al is talking about this..

Lieberman, of course, also has powerful backers. Reid, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have all spoken or written letters encouraging Democrats to back him.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/articl e/0,9171,1207783,00.html

There's also Tim Tagaris' account - which makes it clear that Obama avoided connecticut like the plague.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/11/14 /122820/27

Whatever, Al Sharpton is talking about he did try his best to help Lamont, whereas Obama and Hillary/Bill did not.