Certainly CNN wants to believe that the republican party is fractured, that it will vote against one another, that Republicans will vote on having Principles rather than having the Power to Protect those Principles (and Values) and occasionally Using that Power to ENFORCE those Values.
CNN wants to believe the poll is accurate, it doesn't cause them any concern if it IS reasonably accurate about Republicans.
The GOP is a dysfunctional party that really doesn’t stand for anything. It has no real core principles, values or vision. If they did the country might not be such a mess.
To be honest, neither CNN nor the Republican Party have much credibility.
The GOP talks conservative but it doesn’t walk conservative.