The RNC and Bush/Cheney 04 have gone on the attack now that the Democratic convention is over. The charge: Democrats have engineered an "extreme makeover" to hide their ultra-liberal, out-of-the-mainstream views. And the conservative press corps have taken up the banner and are running with it. But do they have the facts on their side? David Brock and Jamison Foser give some answers with their Redefining 'Mainstream'.

A few highlights:

A new CBS News/NYT poll out says that 54% of Americans have a favorable view of the Democratic Party.

"Same-sex marriage? John Kerry opposed a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. That position is so out-of-touch, so ultra-liberal that both George W. Bush and Dick Cheney agreed with it in 2000. (They've since changed their mind in a shameless election-year flip-flop designed to appeal to their base.) And according to a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, only 38 percent of Americans support the constitutional amendment, while a majority agrees with Kerry that the issue should be left to the states."

"What about abortion? Kerry favors reproductive rights for women but voted in favor of a measure that would ban late-term abortions except in cases where the life or health of the woman is at risk. A majority of Americans agree that abortion should be legal in most cases."

So who is really outside of the mainstream, Kerry or Bush?