Weigel mentions Ralph Reed, who rather than claiming credit for wins, has gone through the trouble of actually taking a look at them. The survey of exit polls commissioned by his Faith and Freedom Coalition found a 21-point advantage for Republican candidates for being pro-life and a 27-point advantage among white evangelicals versus all other white voters. I know that’s not the Dick Armey schtick but a walk through many a tea-party crowd suggested there were many across-the-board conservatives engaged by this election and the overreach of Obama and co. And the numbers do, too.