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Actually, the latest Gallup poll[1] showed (and this was a surprise to me) that Republicans disapprove of these policies way more than Democrats do:

    Party      app   disapp
    ----------------------
    Democrats   49%    40%
    Independent 34%    56%
    Republicans 32%    63%
    
    All         37%    53%

[1] http://www.gallup.com/poll/163043/americans-disapprove-gover...

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How much of that GOP opposition is simply "oppose Obama" is an open question, however.

Sean Hannity seems to have had an evolution of opinion (or perhaps it was an intelligent redesign): https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=t27i...!

This has got to be mostly because of which party is in the white house right now. I think the numbers would be more than flipped if we had a Republican president.

Agreed. Looking at a 2006 Gallup poll regarding warrantless wiretapping, it was 80%/16% Republicans, 42%/53% Independents, and 27%/69% Democrats (approve/disapprove).

(http://www.gallup.com/poll/20887/public-divided-whether-wire...)

What was the opinion poll of the republicans creating these things (patriot act, etc) in the first place?

$50 says that no matter what the issue is, each group would be in favour of it if their own party did it, and against it if someone else did it :P

Yeah, because if the foreign Muslim, communist, probably Martian, Obama says it, it has to be evil, and against god and nature.

Obama could introduce a right to cash, oxygen and water bill and the nut job Republicans would oppose it. Frankly, I'm surprised that Rep. approval is 32%.

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