[Spiff]

Don't dismiss this talk so quickly. The Democrats are doing well in keeping their ranks in lockstep against Bush. Independents aren't too thrilled with Bush. And since Bush has abandoned his conservative base, you can count on a serious lack of enthusiasm from the right wing. His approval numbers reflect this.

[Coop]

And since Bush has abandoned his conservative base

Well, fortunately he hasn't abandoned his conservative base, so you should feel much better.

[Mr. Silverback]

Any right-winger who's less than enthusiatic about keeping the ten dwarves out of the White House needs his head examined.

[Coop]

Here's one week-old example of how Dubya has driven off a full 10% (!!) - wow! - of Republicans in a NJ poll. NJ is not exactly a Republican mecca.

While 90% of Republicans approve of the job Bush is doing, support drops to 61% (still excellent) of independents and 34% of Democrats.

Link

I'll look for other, national examples as I have the time, but unfortunately several of the sites (like Zogby) are now pay per view for many details.