Obama's online muscle flexes against him

Fans use his Web site to rip shifts in policy By John McCormick | Chicago Tribune reporter 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 terrorist wiretap legislation that awaits Senate action as early as Wednesday. The dispute has forced Obama to respond in ways never before seen in a presidential campaign,... [read full story]