“For the first time since the 9/11 attack, even lowly cable news shows were forced to extensively discuss the government’s extremist theories of power and to debate the need for checks and limits. All of this put Democrats – who spent eight years flamboyantly pretending to be champions of due process – in a very uncomfortable position. The politician who took such a unique stand in defense of these principles was not merely a Republican but a leading member of its dreaded Tea Party wing, while the actor most responsible for the extremist theories of power being protested was their own beloved leader and his political party.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/10/paul-filibuster-drones-progressives
