Just to toss it into the mix and not to make any predictions:

Here in Idaho, a bastion of several sorts of conservatism, a state with NO Democratic Senators or Representatives that I'm aware of, where independent thinking is de rigor and government is unpopular, the local newspaper polled the readers about support for the Patriot Act this week.

58% against it, and the rate seems to be rising.

Just a call-in poll, interesting but insignificant overall.