It is reasonable to question whether civil liberties were among the "main things" Obama ran on; however, they it is clear that they were present. Beyond the af

It is reasonable to question whether civil liberties were among the "main things" Obama ran on; however, they it is clear that they were present. Beyond the aforementioned platform changes, you can see, for instance, the last section of the following: http://web.archive.org/web/20080710165621/http://www.barackobama.com/issues/pdf/HomelandSecurityFactSheet.pdf http://web.archive.org/web/20080710165621/http://www.baracko... or perhaps the section "2008 Campaign Event" on this page: http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/Profiles/President/US/Barack_Obama/Views/Homeland_Security/ http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/Profiles/President/US/Barac... Of course those are just two sources, but it's a pain to search Lexis-Nexis. Google News, AFAICT, has a much less comprehensive archive available to search.