Ok. I posted this on the Obama blog. And i have to post it here too, probably going to get more feedback here. Yeah, it's about the FISA thing and Obama doing some of his congress friends favors (Rockefeller, bush dogs in congress, some donors i think).
I do think that Obama voting for this bill has more to do with him trying to get the center leaning democrats to fully support him (although, one has to wonder why would he prefer full support from conservative democrats and not full support from the netroots and more progressive democrats) Who the hell is advising him? are they telling him that he might look weak if he votes for the bill?
IF so, and he is agreeing with them, then from my point of view Obama is still pretty insecure about his political capital in the party and congress. He might be the nominee, but that doesn't give him political capital to make other Dems angry at him by voting against FISA.
What ever. It's mostly about letting my frustrations out. This FISA thing hurt but you can tell from the press conference today and the tepid response to questions about his support for the bill, that he really isn't enjoying having to make a decision about this. Don't know if that helps.
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