Without having seen the internals I would suggest that you not throw away your framiing all together from yeserday. What I thought was smart about your analysis was that you drew a bright line between the moderate and liberal republicans and the uber conservatives. And the truth is that is one thing you don’t see very often when we all talk about polls. Because we all assume that the conservative wing of the GOP vastly outnumbers the other wings many times we almost act as if liberal and moderate Republicans don’t really even count. But when it comes down to it they really should be included in any discussion of the “base” of the Republican Party. In point of fact I bet if someone did an analysis it would show that moderate and liberal Republicans no matter how big or small their numbers may be are just as reliable voters for Republicans as their conservative counterparts in the party. And by dismissing any but the most conservative elements of the Republican party we essentially allow the GOP an excuse for their ridiculous stances on many issues. “Well they were just following what their base wanted” is just too easy an excuse for these fools to hide behind nowadays.

We might want to be careful because next week there will be another poll saying the opposite. Anyway the Republicans have mastered the art of selective choices; while the Democrats have yet to master the art of unifying around three or four issues.