Lead, damn it!

Sen. Obama, you can bring about real change if you're serious about it. You can be one of the greatest presidents, the next FDR, if you exercise leadership. Or you can just be another disappointment. This isn't farm subsidies; it's the 4th Amendment. We expect you to lead, not cower like a whipped blue dog at a NASCAR tailgater.

Glenn Greenwald:

Telling Americans that we have to give up basic constitutional rights -- and allow rampant lawbreaking -- if we want to save ourselves from "the grave threats we face" sounds awfully familiar. He says he will work to remove amnesty from the bill, but once that fails, will vote for the "compromise." Obama has obviously calculated that sacrificing the rule of law and the Fourth Amendment is a worthwhile price to pay to bolster his standing a tiny bit in a couple of swing states.

We made our centrist bed this spring, but that doesn't mean we can't punish a few of the bastards.