Ever since Pat Robertson’s endorsement of Rudy Giuliani, media outlets have scrutinized the move as a signal that the conservative Christian vote is fractured and confused. Columnist Joe Loconte says such a critique is flawed and naïve:

Let’s start with Pat Robertson. Anyone who thinks that Mr. Robertson is a weather vane for religious voters simply hasn’t been paying attention. The most influential voices in conservative Christianity have excoriated him for his chronic absurdities.

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The Times wonders why social conservatives aren’t hearting Huckabee: 

Unlike any of the major candidates, he’s still on his first wife and first position on abortion. Once we start getting into the inevitable personal stories of redemption, Americans would have a much better time listening to Huckabee tell how he lost 110 pounds than sitting through Rudy’s 9/11 story again or looking at pictures of Mitt’s 10 grandchildren.

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If you’ve managed to stay interested in the run up to the primary cycle, then you might enjoy this cheat sheet of polls for Republicans and Democrats.  It’s all here in one place, with less punditry to skew your interpretation of skewed polls.  A nice way to bypass Fox and CNN and see for yourself.