I haven't seen Gov. Barack Obama fly to his home state after the New Hampshire primary -- only to see the execution of mentally retarded person at a time when crime was the core issue.
I didn't know Barack Obama is running an election on v-chips, school uniforms, and midnight basketball. Last time I checked -- he is running on Iraq, the economy, and universal health care. Do you honestly put v-chips, school uniforms, and midnight basketball on par with 150,000 troops in a war that never should have been waged; 291,000 jobs lost in the last six months; and 45 million Americans without health insurance?
Pandering? I think not. Being pragmatic? I think so. There simply weren't 41 Senators willing to vote against cloture on the FISA "compromise," and it wasn't worth asking Democratic Senators to risk their political careers on this issue when they will have to cast very, very uncomfortable votes in order to get our troops out of Iraq, jumpstart an economy that has lost 291,000 jobs in the last six months, and provide health insurance to the 45 million Americans who do not have it.
You can try to explain away the FISA compromise by using senate rules or worse, by a cadre of Democratic senators afraid of taking such risk. But the fact remains that the FISA compromise is wrong for the country, violates the Constitution, and, more practically, is not what Obama promised early this year.
He's running on Iraq? It was clearly a trump card for him during the primaries. But now that he's the nominee, he's of course free to nuance his position to suit the electorate. Sounds like Bill Clinton to me.
He's running on universal healthcare? Someone ask Elizabeth Edwards about this, please.
He's running on the economy? Who isn't?
wow... you lost me at the FISA excusing -- you should be a ashamed at the hypocrisy if you blasted HRC for her IRAQ vote, when the situation was far far more as you described, a losing battle against a GOP congress.
