The Constitution of the United States isn't an arcane fucking matter.

I am an Obama supporter- I have been since my guy (who never had a chance) got knocked out early on. I vigorously defending him against the Hillary smear tactics, donated, and got friends and aquaintences to donate on sites that would match their funds, I laid out why Obama would be a better President to my conservative parents in Virginia and they voted for him in their primary and will be voting for him in November-

All that being said, this is something he needs to be accountable for. It's shameless caving to the should-be-long-dead notion that you can't be a lefty/liberal and be strong on national security. It goes against what Obama himself has said. It goes against my values and the values of a huge number of his supporters.

I will vote for Obama in November, and I will be happy when he takes the White House. But don't ask people like me to drop this issue, and don't ask people like Greg to not cover it when it is newsworthy, as this story is.

Posted at July 3, 2008 11:33 AM in response to Group Urging Obama To Oppose FISA Cave Now Biggest On His Web Site

People like Webb. I think it's incredibly stupid for the McCain camp to pursue this with him. Clark is a more polarizing figure, Camp McCain should have left well enough alone.

Posted at July 1, 2008 3:43 PM in response to Webb Spokesperson: Um, No, We Didn't Attack McCain's Service

Greg, keep posting on this as long as it keeps growing.

I am not scared that my vocal opposition to Obama's position on this issue is going to cost him progressive votes- as many of the people whining about the coverage of this group point out, there don't seem to be a lot of people in the general public concerned about it. It's not going to cost him the election, and I believe in upholding the Constitution and rolling back the warrantless wiretapping power snatched by the Executive under Bush. I don't want any president, Dem or Republican, to have that power. I will be ecstatic come November when Obama routes McCain, but I can't ignore this just because it's "my team" doing it.

Posted at July 1, 2008 3:38 PM in response to Anti-FISA-Cave Group On Obama's Web Site Keeps On Growing

Please, please, PLEASE join this group. Even if you never visit the Obama campaign website again, we need to boost the numbers on this. The heroic efforts of Sen. Feingold and others in the Senate have given us one last chance to hammer this issue home to the Obama campaign.

Posted at June 27, 2008 3:53 PM in response to Obama Social Networking Group Forms -- To Pressure Obama On FISA

I think that analyses like these come from living and breathing the political-media-spectacle.

When you unplug, pull back, and take a broad view of things, Obama isn't coming off as "arrogant". Democratic enthusiasm is high, Republican enthusiasm non-existent. The rest of the country isn't monitoring the race to death and is still weeks behind the pundit-driven narratives that circle Washington and the interwebs.

Obama is doing fine- he is making strides in new states, holding on to leads elsewhere.

I hope his campaign can get out the youth and black vote in better numbers than 2004- if he does that by even a relatively small margin, the actual election won't even be close.

Chillax, everybody. He's navigating the dangerous path between leftist primary campaigning to center general campaigning. This is something McCain got to do relatively unscrutinized. It's always an awkward time for the hardcore base, but he's weathering with more control and grace than Clinton or Edwards could ever hope to.

McCain will say something dumbfoundingly out of touch in the next day or two and that will dominate the newscycle for a bit. Meanwhile the 2nd Amendment indies and Reagan Dems can now join the Obama voters confident of their individual RKBA, which had some on the fence.

This is the awkward adolescent stage of the race. It will pass.

Posted at June 26, 2008 3:40 PM in response to Can the Obama Campaign Shape the Agenda?

Enjoy wasting your vote.

Meanwhile, the sane among us will be turning red states blue, helping downticket candidates, and otherwise advancing progressive goals across the country while you cling to a failed candidacy and imagined slights.

Posted at June 25, 2008 2:00 PM in response to Obama Making Private Calls Appealing To Hillary's Top Fundraisers -- And Sometimes Hearing Criticism In Return

The senior Hillary source also said that in addition to the campaign's debt, the Hillary donors wanted clear signs that they were being heard. "People want this to work," this source said, "but they also want to have their say before they play nice."

Fuck 'em. Let them vote for McCain. 50 state strategy, FTW.

Posted at June 25, 2008 12:00 PM in response to Obama Making Private Calls Appealing To Hillary's Top Fundraisers -- And Sometimes Hearing Criticism In Return

I don't give anti-Semites the time of day, much less feed their egos by responding to them or quoting them.

And who the fuck are you to judge what I choose to comment on? This is a transparent attempt to change the subject after you've been embarrassed by defending an idiot. Go harp on someone that might actually give a damn about your complaints.

Posted at June 17, 2008 1:47 PM in response to Iran: Negotiations Should Not Be The Last Resort

I disagree with Sullivan immensely on some issues (religion being the most obvious), but I respect the hell out of him and greatly enjoy his writing.

Posted at June 17, 2008 11:55 AM in response to The Post-Black Man's Burden

Offensivetoyou makes an argument you disagree with. That is not trolling.

No, he made a blanket statement about "Lefties", assumed I was one, and spectacularly failed in his attempt to be dismissive in doing so. He's a troll for asserting that I must be a "Leftie" that has been brainwashed by "propaganda" because I disagree with his laughably incompetent grasp of the facts.

Don't be so lazy, and stop giving "lefties" a bad name.

Not everyone that posts on this blog is a "leftie" or cares to be counted as such. I could no more give "lefties" a bad name than do the same to Maoris or carpenters. I speak for myself and myself only. offensivetoyou is a troll and an idiot, and should at least be arsed enough to learn about something in depth before feeling the need to expound upon it.

Posted at June 17, 2008 9:43 AM in response to Iran: Negotiations Should Not Be The Last Resort