Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, that's my point. What had formerly been an exclusively "conservative" position became a matter of complete hegemony. Obama has pretty much pissed off most of the constituency that formerly called itself "liberal".
Wiretapping and spying has been a "liberal" position (by the conventional definition, not necessarily lukifers) at least since the Clinton era. Republicans got on board with this only in the Bush era. Joe Biden's reaction to the Patriot Act was simply to protest that Ashcroft just copied his 1996 bill.
Separately, politicians speak to multiple ideologies and represent multiple constituencies, and pointing to the actions of a politician as clearly establishing the views of a particular ideology (unless that ideology is defined in reference to the politician - "Maoism" or whatnot) is likely to steer you wrong.