Very disappointing

Obama says he supports the horrid FISA legislation. (Though he has given some signs that he'll work to remove the amnesty provision.)

This is his first real strike with the left.

Greg Sargent at TPM sums up exactly why it's so disillusioning to his supporters:

Here's what's so dispiriting about it. One of the riveting things about Barack Obama's candidacy is that since the outset of the campaign he's seemed absolutely dead serious about changing the way foreign policy is discussed and argued about in this country.

Amy Goodman has Ralph Nader on her show this week. If Obama gives us more decisions like this, people on the left might start being more receptive to a third party candidate who says something like this:

RALPH NADER: Barack Obama really now has to be examined very carefully. He has worn out the word “change.” We now want to know what change is involved. And it’s quite clear that he is a corporate candidate from A to Z.