I’ve been supporting Obama’s campaign indirectly for a while now. I even got the taint of party affiliation on me, so I could vote for him in the primary. The guy’s not infallible though. Let’s talk about why we’ll have to keep an eye on him after we vote for him.
1. He’s not as anti-lobbyist as he’d like you to think.
See Obama’s K Street project and the excellent, source-citing Obama won’t accept money from lobbyists… or will he?.
2. He supports, but then declines public financing for his campaign.
See Obama opts out of public funding.
3. He supports a bill that legalizes the Bush-ordered illegal warrantless wiretapping.
See Obama’s support for the FISA “compromise” and MoveOn.org’s call for him to honor his support of a filibuster.
None of these are deal breakers. I’ll still vote for the guy. I’m still loyal to the lesser-of-two-evils philosophy, so I don’t have a choice.
Now, if we really want to dig into this issue, our Democratic congress is going to look really bad. If you have a little over 6 minutes, I’ll let Keith Olbermann and Jonathan Turley explain:
