Greg Sargent has the internals on that poll on racial profiling and airport security:
* Fifty three percent of Republicans think race "should be included in a passenger's security profile," while 45 percent think it shouldn't.
* Only 39 percent of independents think race should be included, while 59 percent think it shouldn't.
* Only 31 percent of Dems think race should be included, while 68 percent think it shouldn't.
This confirms what I've been saying, that the GOP backlash against the TSA has more to do with their being subject to onerous security procedures than some kind of universal anti-big government backlash. If the junk-touching were confined to Muslims,a majority of Republicans would be fine with it. I'm eager to hear the non-bigoted explanation for why that is.
