If both parties weren’t statists, this would make a difference.
That’s really the trick. The statists in both parties are pretty much okay with the surveillance state, they just don’t want the other side of the aisle to wield that kind of power.
Glenn Greenwald is not just a leftist, but that rarest of creatures, an honest leftist. He’s no friend to conservatism, but he’s also no friend to statists. So, we liberty minded can enjoy a little common ground. ;-)
Many leftists are half-heartedly defending Obama, but deep down, they realize that they’ve been had. They’ll back Obama because there’s no other option, other than total defeat in 2014 and beyond. There are Larger Issues At Stake to liberals, and they’ll jettison whatever principles they have to to protect The Cause.
Glenn, to his credit, doesn’t agree. He would prefer a principled defeat to an honorless win, and I fully endorse giving that to him.