48% of Democrats support Bush candidate

"Commonwealth Conservative ... analysis on last week's Democrat Senate primary in Connecticut: 'the Bush Candidate Got 48% in a Dem Primary.'"

"Democrats are spinning the election result as a referendum on President Bush" and "the person they've equated with him drew 48% of primary-voting Democrats. In the Northeast."

Democrats vs. Moderates

And that was before terrorism barged back into the headlines.