Ideological purity will get us nowhere.

      To be quite frank, the fact that so many people seem
ready to turn on Obama over this FISA issue is discouraging.
Do you honestly think that Obama is going to be perfect, or
that he can afford to be on our side with every issue if he
wants to win?
      Right now, he has to be pragmatic because he has to WIN.
If that means he has to cast a few bullshit votes, then I'm
all for it. I'll be disappointed, sure, but you know what?
We'll still have won, and that's much, much better than the
alternative.
      I don't blame the people who are angry or upset over
this...but to abandon or refuse to donate because of this?
Grow up. Please.
Barack Obama is not Denis Kucinich, as another poster pointed
out...and that's a good thing. Denis Kucinich himself, were he
somehow able to get nominated, would have no chance of winning
if he were not pragmatic.
      That's the simple truth of the matter.
      When he's finally taken that oath of office, we can rip
into him for every time he even thinks of throwing the repukes
a bone, but until then, the truth is we'll have to suck it up.
      I want to WIN. We won't WIN if we insist on everything
going OUR way. 
      That is all.