Good News/Bad News: Poll-itics + my anger at Obama

By GottaLaff

First the good news: New Newsweek poll: Obama 51%, McCain 36%.

In addition to that, Bob Cesca said this to me in Comments:

"Hey Gotta -- He's definitely against this bill. It's a smart and nuanced position, but he has pledged to try to remove the retroactive immunity section. And of course the House Democratic leadership caved on telecom immunity -- that's what made this bill so awful and why so many of us are against it. Including Senator Obama."

Now, the bad news:

Glenn Greenwald is on Rachel Maddow's Air America show right now. He says there's no way, with Obama supporting the FISA compromise, that the Senate will vote it down now. He says Obama's statement that he "will work in the Senate to remove this provision so that we can seek full accountability for past offenses" was said with the full knowledge that nothing will happen.

I was for John Edwards way back when... The above statement by Obama is an example of why I couldn't initially throw my full support to him. We have our differences , and additional ones were brought to light by former Commenter OhDave when he sent me this piece. Both OhDave and I both ended up being enthusiastic Obama supporters.

This is not to say I'm turning on him, but it does confirm my initial misgivings. I still think, however, that he's strong, bright, charismatic, exquisitely calm and rational, capable, and able to win the election. I agree with many of his ideas, but when he veers away from my progressive ideals, and basic freedoms in this case, I get angry.

Right now I'm angry. I'll get over it.