Al, thoughts on FISA? I spent the last two days at the Personal Democracy Forum in NY, and in the hallways there was strong consternation that our nominee isn't quite the fire-breathing progressive some thought he was...and on many of the better lefty blogs, the same consternation and unhappiness, even from Obama primary backers. (And this extended to his "Great Seal" and to a much lesser extent, campaign finance).

My own take is that Obama is a fairly non-revolutionary regular Democrat who trends not far from the center and comes from an organization background - the traditional coalition that elects Dems in metro areas - but that his campaign and how it's organized and most importantly, its raw ambition, is extraordinary and different, not so much the politician himself (aside from his obvious talents/smarts and appealing "first-ever" status).