Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 40 lightening rod 39 lightning rods 38 intraparty 38 Federalists 38 liberals 38 conservatives 37 lightning rod 37 protectionists 36 unseemly 35 highly publicized 35 civil libertarians 35 engendered 35 Republicans 35 enmeshed 34 demagogues 34 widely publicized 34 decrying 34 spawned 33 staunchly conservative 33 progressives 33 proliferated 33 civil liberties advocates 33 emblematic 33 Democrats 33 scandals 33 rampant 33 abhorred 33 reactionaries 32 cause célèbre 32 civil liberties 32 torture memos 32 begot 32 divisive 32 roiled 32 gained traction 32 isolationists 32 neoconservatives 32 lurid 32 shibboleths 32 bitterly partisan 32 judicial activism 32 Abortion foes 32 unfettered capitalism 32 ignited firestorm 32 Patriot Act 32 reignited 32 laissez faire capitalism 32 Founding Fathers 31 widespread 31 spurred 31 sparked firestorm 31 fomented 31 statehouses 31 mortifying 31 nativists 31 harshest critics 31 reformers 31 anathema 31 Democratically controlled Congress 31 staunch 31 liberal 31 magnified 31 committee chairmanships 31 populists 31 cause celebre 31 Tea Party activists 31 commonplace 31 tarnished 31 doctrinaire 31 partisan 31 zealous 31 moralists 31 sparked 30 USA Patriot Act 30 crony capitalism 30 PATRIOT Act 30 strident 30 overblown 30 dogged 30 cudgel 30 liberalism 30 decried 30 egregious 30 overregulation 30 ObamaCare 30 politicized 30 rallying cries 30 protectionist 30 Judge Samuel Alito 30 stirred 30 polarizing 30 neo conservatives 30 pro choicers 30 unpopular 30 radical feminists 30 dissenters 30 protectionist policies 30 rancorous 30 unbridled 30 standard bearer 30 controversies