I'm perplexed by the right wing reaction to the TSA 'strip searches'. While I think they're intrusive, and too much, I also thought the same thing about the Patriot Act. I remember the right wingers claiming that anything the government needed to do to keep us safe was justified in this 'post 9/11' era. Is this change of heart due entirely to the fact that they're personally being affected for once?

http://www.prisonplanet.com/drudge-stirs-national-debate-on-tsa-abuse.html

Now, which party holds the presidency and, until January, ample majorities in both houses of Congress? That would be the Democrats. Which party can point to public opinion polls indicating that Americans support its position that the Bush tax cuts should be extended only for the middle class? That, too, would be the Democrats. And finally, which party somehow appears to be looking for a way to lose this argument and capitulate? Incredibly, the Democrats.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/11/AR2010111106085.html?hpid=opinionsbox1