[BrianD]

Originally Posted by Galaxy

What's going on here? Why did the Dems (and Obama) vote for this in such large numbers?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080710/...t_surveillance

I thought they were against this (as are most Americans)?

My first two guesses would be that either 1) most Americans aren't against it and the didn't want the backlash, or 2) voting against it would turn the upcoming election into a fight on whether or not Democrats want the terrorists to take over the country...more than it already is.