Mehlman will be leading Bush-Cheny down to defeat.
Bush has demonstrated an incomparable lack of good judgement on any number of issues, especially when selecting "advisors"
No Republican will ever be elected to office by pandering to the left. He won't get liberal votes (and these four RINOs are "liberals", not "moderates" - Bush is a "moderate") and he will erode his conservative base enough to loose enough of them to be defeated.
These four had better be very careful what they say, and they had better be balanced with a strong slate of conservative speakers.
Any group of conservatives who cannot see the profoundly clear choice between a vote for Bush/Cheney or Kerry/Edwards aren't worth keeping in the GOP anyway. Really, those who need to be coddled to do the right thing for themselves, their families and their country cannot be trusted for support regardless of the tribute they are given at the Convention.
This is a silly, contrived outrage.