Data point:  According to WaPo, conservatives feel Bush is AWOL on foreign policy.

Data point:  As posted earlier, the constitutional amendment banning gay marriage fails to pass the House.

Data point:  Meanwhile, the darling of the conservative christian movement, Ralph Reed, loses to a virtual unknown in Georgia.

Data point:  It’s generally agreed that Bush’s expected veto of embryonic stem cell research is a political loser, since most Americans would like to find cures for cancer, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s (the disease that laid waste to Ronald Reagan).

Data point:  And in Alabama — that’s Alabama, folks — they’re about to elect their first openly day gay legislator.

Have things turned a corner?