SUSA just came out with a fascinating poll on the legality of the NSA wiretapping program.

The First thing to note is that they created definite categories, "Clear That Bush Obeyed The Law" and "Clear That Bush Broke The Law."  This methodology shows a much higher number of undecideds (22% nationally) than other polls on this issue (and there's an additional several percent unfamiliar, who are not mentioned in the summary).  And it demonstrates that there's still a lot of swayable opinion.

The second thing to note is that the numbers are breaking for us, where clearly illegal is 40%, compared to clearly legal as 31%.  If the undecideds break in a similar way, expect impeachment calls.

The state most friendly to civil liberties is Vermont where the percentage who think that Bush broke the law subtracted by the percentage who think that Bush obeyed the law is 29%.

The most authoritarian state (oddly enough) is Nebraska, with a net score of -12%.  

Whereas with abortion, the West is politically distinct from the South, this is largely not the case with the NSA program (excluding the Southwest - CO, AZ, and NV).  Very strange in my opinion, not at all what I expected.

Now, onto the '06 Senate goodies (again, the net libertarian-ness):