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You act as though the Democrats aren't largely enamored of state power. Well, duh. Chasing people like Feinstein out of office should be a priority, I agree, but like most Dems, she believes there ought to be no limits to what the state can do. It is this constant that keeps Guantanamo Bay open, FISA lawbreaking unpunished, and the war in Iraq going indefinitely.