"Bush will be president for only 3 more years. The war on terror will last a lot longer than that. Whether a democrat or republican is in office, the Patriot Act needs to be in force."
Let's just hope and pray that this country doesn't go totally STUPID and put a 'RAT into the White House again. We've already been given ample evidence that they support our enemies over our own national interests.
We could wind up with someone like McCain, who'd be just about as bad. We have to craft our laws with the assumption that less-than-worthy people might (or probably will) be executing them, and therefore make sure that they have appropriate safeguards.