MyDD

MoveOn.org is right to have members press Barack Obama to back stripping retroactive immunity for telecom companies from the deal over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, writes Todd Beeton. As MoveOn tells its members, the FISA compromise gives a get-out-of-jail free card to phone companies who helped the Bush administration spy on innocent Americans. While the Democratic House and Senate campaign committees still hold a 3-to-1 cash advantage over their Republican counterparts, the Republican National Committee is raising a huge amount of money that the Democratic National Committee has yet to match, notes Jonathan Singer, who urges readers to contribute.