Re: The Tea Party and civil liberties

>
> It's long been clear that the best (and perhaps only) political hope for
> civil liberties in the U.S. is an alliance that transcends the standard
> Democrat v. GOP or left v. right dichotomies.
>
Yes. I'd say we need a populist alliance that spans the divides as well.

> For most civil liberties incursions over the last decade, there's been at
> least some glimmer of opposition on the Left -- exemplified by people like
> Russ Feingold in the Senate and the Congressional Black Caucus and Dennis
> Kucinich in the House.  But they've been easily overwhelmed by the
> civil-liberties-hating mainstream of the Democratic Party, and particularly
> hampered by the lack of any meaningful partners on the Right (where Ron Paul
> has been a solitary voice on such matters).
>
Kucinich and Paul, two of my (checkered) heroes.

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