Democrats Abandoning Ship

Base yet to unify behind Kerry

The Washington Times is reporting today that many Deaniacs have moved their vote behind Nadar because of the Kerry view on Iraq.

Democrats say they are more unified than ever in their determination to beat President Bush, but there have been desertions in the party's ranks by antiwar activists who back independent candidate Ralph Nader and grumblings from blacks and Hispanics who say Sen. John Kerry has taken them for granted.

Hmmm... interesting aside, are there any concrete numbers to this:

The Democrats' troubles with an often-contentious political base do not end there. Most polls show that at least 12 percent of all registered Democratic voters say they will vote for Mr. Bush, twice the number of Republicans who intend to vote for Mr. Kerry.