As you might expect...

George Bush has a dominating lead among voters who identify themselves as "white evangelicals. According to the latest numbers from Pew Research fully 70% of the group is lining up behind the Preznit.

What you might not know, though, is that that's dismal news for Rove & Co. Despite non-stop pandering to that element of the Republican base, they're losing ground, according to a swift bit of research by Holden at First Draft, who writes...

I never dreamed that 22% of white evangelicals would vote for John Kerry with only 70% supporting Bush. In 2000 84% of white evangelicals voted for Bush!

Let's see. He's lost the Arab-American vote, enough Cubans to cost him Florida, a whole gaggle of former Republican Governors, cabinent members and such, at least one Republican US Senator and now a healthy chunk of the white evangelical vote.

The R's say they have an unbeatable ground game that's poised to turn out their entire base.

Sure.

Both of 'em.

President Kerry. That sounds nice, doesn't it.

And don't forget Speaker Pelosi.