2008-06-22 focus

2008-06-22 \Larry Lessig/blog entries\Barack Obama\FISA\Bush wiretapping\2008 US presidential race http://lessig.org/blog/2008/06/focus.html focus &ldquo;I can't begin to understand why in a war where soldiers go to jail for breaking the law, the US Congress is so keen to make sure telecom companies don't have to fight a law suit about violating civil rights. Obama doesn't support that immunity. He promises to get it removed. But he has signaled agreement with the compromise, which I assume means he will not filibuster immunity as he had indicated before he would. I wish he had decided differently. ... This is a hugely complex chess game. (Or I'm assuming it's complex, since how else can you explain losing twice (ok once) to this President.) The objective of this chess game is to keep focus on the issues that show America why your candidate should win. Keeping focus (in this media environment, at least) is an insanely difficult task. But one tool in that game is picking the fights that resonate in ways that keep focus on the issues that show America why your candidate should win. ... we need to remember now: you don't sacrifice a pawn because you want to kill pawns.&rdquo;   