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"But that testimony doesn't add up. How come state party chairmen report 0.1% opposition while a sampling on FR shows it at 27.7%? This sounds more like repeating the "party line" rather than true testimony of experience."

Good point. I would have thought members of the FR forum were indeed the rank and file for Republicans/conservatives.

I know of no better place to get a true sample of the rank and file. True, FReepers are better informed and more politically active than the average, but polls here historically track closely with rank-and-file opinion nationally.

Good point. I would have thought members of the FR forum were indeed the rank and file for Republicans/conservatives.

Oh! I now two of the "Miers is Stalin in Drag" crowd voted for Gore in 2000. Yep, they are really representative of conservative Freepers.

An interesting poll would be how many people on FR are actually involved in party politics in their own communities. My guess is that the number is not large.

Commenting on the news and politics on this forum does not equate to joining the Republican Women's Club or pounding the pavement for the local county assessor candidate.

I know quite a few people on FR. Discounting the people who are libertarians, Perot or Buchanan supporters, the numbers of people who do local politics is not that large. (Of course, this is among the people that I know on FR, so it isn't scientific.)

For example, although I worked on the Bush campaign and am a member of the Indiana Republican party, I don't really have contact with the state chairman, the local political people, or do any committee work. The people who do the local work have my admiration and support. I am unable to do local stuff because of my husband's job (conflict of interest things).

So thinking that everyone who posts an opinion here, whether pro or con, is a grass-roots activist is, in my opinion, a faulty premise.