Yes, I'm still going to vote for Obama. Let's get that out of the way immediately.
Also, before someone goes way off on me, I have followed and do understand the FISA debate and the legislation, from beginning to end.
BUT ...
... I think I'd feel a LOT better about the Democratic Party if I knew there was going to be a plank to the platform (do they still call them planks? I'm feeling old, just using the word) about the executive abuses of power of the last eight years and how a Democratic administration is going to respect the Constitution and restore and respect a balance of powers.
I'm not going to write it. I'm not a delegate. Just give me something I can feel good about, something I can cite, down the road, to say, hey -- that thing about executive power abuse. We're not signed up for it.
Maybe something like that is already in the works. I have no idea about that.
Meantime though, as I said -- I'm voting for Obama, of course.
But I'm voting for him for president, not king. And the convention is not a coronation.