Did you catch this? The NY Times' reliably-liberal Frank Rich as always claims doom is around the corner for the Republicans in a recent column.
Yes, he admits, significant percentages of Obama and Clinton voters in Pennsylvania threatened to vote for McCain in the fall if their favorite candidate failed to win the Democratic nomination. But, Rich trumpets, why did we all ignore the fact that a GOP primary was held in Pennsylvania, and (ta da!) over 200,000 voters pulled the lever in that race for either Ron Paul or Mike Huckabee???
Er, well, Mr. Rich, we hate to break it to you, but...
Democratic voters in PA were polled, specifically, on what they might do in the fall.
You gave no evidence in your piece that these Republican voters were so polled.
There was somewhat more solid evidence that some Dems might defect in November, depending on how things go. You offered nothing but speculation on what the Republican voters might do.
Mr. Rich tends to ignore things uncomfortable for his arguments...
