Though it does seems the Republicans have the upper hand on the the two questions regarding surveillance.  On question 17, excluding the middle ground (people who selected "3"), by a score of 47.1% to 42.6%, more people believe Bush should have the right to monitor while bypassing the courts.

Same holds for question 18, where after excluding the middle group, 40.9% versus 33.9% trust the NSA in gathering information.  

We may have better support among independents, but we are losing way too many Democrats on this issue.  If our leaders actually had a coherent message on this, we could easily win back our own defectors.