Yeah, this is one of those issues where Democrats and Republicans both just assume that their party is the "good guys" and the other party is the "bad guys," when in fact it's not a particularly partisan issue at all.
("Free speech" is another one of those--both parties have been pretty shitty on free speech since 9/11, but everyone plays down their own party's sins and screams about the other's.)
This is the only thing I'm not so sure about. This issue doesn't seem to divide neatly along liberal/conservative lines.