"Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Big Shift On Civil Liberties vs. Counter-Terrorism "

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I'll diffidently note that Republicans often tend to be a bit more on the libertarian side... small government and all that.

Also if Mr. Snowden had been anything other than a white bread 'Merican the polling might have gone otherwise. Haj Abdul SnowAllah would have had some serious problems. Of course he would not have gotten the job, either.