How many people's opinion is affected by Bayh's FISA votes?

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    Post #1
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    Jon wroteon August 14, 2008 at 1:52pm
    Evan Bayh had plenty of company with his vote in favor of warrantless wiretaps on FISA, but unlike the majority of Senate Democrats, he went further and actually supported telecom immunity. (That is, he voted against the Dodd/Feingold/Leahy and Bingaman amendments, both of which got 30+ votes from Senate Democrats.)

    For me, this counts as heavily against him as his sponsorship of the Iraq War resolution, his current saber-rattling against Iran, etc. etc.

    Do others also see this as a big deal, or not so much?

    jon
    Post #2
    Tracy wroteon August 14, 2008 at 1:54pm
    Mine was!
    Post #3
    Bobbie replied to Jon's poston August 16, 2008 at 8:55pm
    Exactly so. He is almost the last person I would choose.
    Post #4
    Zachary wroteon August 17, 2008 at 12:09am
    Don't forget, Obama voted for FISA too. He also voted against the amendments, and voted for cloture. When I learned about that, I lost my enthusiasm for Obama and the Democratic Congress. Hell, Bush couldn't get that passed back when his party controlled Congress.
    Post #5
    Chad wroteon August 17, 2008 at 1:14am
    I'm pretty sure Obama voted for the amendments to strip telecom immunity.
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    Zachary wroteon August 17, 2008 at 7:30am
    You're right, I just looked up his voting record with the Senate's website and he voted for the amendments. My bad. But he still voted for the bill in general...I was quite incensed, even depressed after that.
    Post #7
    Jon replied to Zachary's poston August 17, 2008 at 8:06am
    yeah, i was despressed about Obama's vote too. still, at least he voted the right way on telecom immunity. In fact, i think only five Democrats voted against the Bingaman amendement: Rockefeller, Landrieu, Bayh ...

    ick. not what i'd want as VP ...