For comparison's sake, George W. Bush earned 8 percent of the Democratic vote in 2004. And that was when Republicans outnumbered Democrats in the electorate. Now Dems far outnumber Republicans.

Before this point, many polls were showing as much as 20% of Democrats crossing the line to vote for McCain.

Now, there may be many Democrats still "unsure." But if 83% are with Obama, and 6% are with McCain, only 11% are still on the fence. The so-called "Angry Hillary Clinton Supporter Voting for McCain" is largely a figment of the media and McCain's imagination.

In fact, it's John McCain who has the base problem. Only 75 percent of Republicans are voting for McCain and as many as 15% are going for Obama.

None of this is to suggest complacency. Many supporters of Hillary Clinton are still very skeptical of Barack Obama's candidacy. Obama will need to work VERY HARD to convince these folks - most of them very loyal Democrats - that Obama's the right person. I'm confident that that will happen, but I won't assume anything. Still, the Democratic Party could not have asked for a better healing process up to this point. Hillary Clinton's historic speech last Saturday went a LONG way toward healing the party's divisions. She is a real patriot and a real Democrat. So are her supporters.

NOTE: The link from Andrew Sullivan's site went to a Washington Times article that is now not working. However, the Washington Times piece cites today's Rasmussen Poll for its finding. Sullivan's quoting is accurate.