> Well, hopefully in that administration the Democrats would be galvanized enough to be the ones leading the charge against Big Surveillance.

Maybe. The dems are not quite as shameless about their hypocrisy as the republicans are. I have a hard time seeing e.g. Diane Feinstein flip-flopping on this even with a republican in the white house. I'd love to be proven wrong about that, but I won't bet my life savings on it.