Reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) seems to have stalled and Congressional Democrats have made a calculated decision, unless good sense intervenes, to let it expire, at least temporarily halting surveillance which they acknowledge is essential to national security. This issue seems tailor-made to assist voters in exploring just what Barack Obama means by bringing people together, turning the page on old-style politics and, of course, “change.” Has he embraced a bipartisan, albeit flawed, bill to allow surveillance to continue? Nope. Has he sided with trial lawyers and the liberal civil rights lobby who are incensed we should grant immunity to telecom companies that assisted the government in the silly expectation they would not be sued for their efforts? Yup. Evidently, the more things “change,” the more they don’t.