Well, it was not my intent to call anyone's intelligence into question, nor was it to call into question the CPRC's document or research - in fact, if you read my post carefully, you will note that I never said that they were putting out incorrect data, and that I am disappointed that the research that they do is cast in a bad light. My point leaned more toward the reality of how their work is perceived and presented by the media and the left. Maybe if I reword:
While I applaud the CPRC's research and attempt to get the facts out there, there is quite a bit of backlash from the media and liberal groups against CPRC which paints their research in an unflattering light; in short, while they have the facts, they are losing the PR war. For the most part, their findings are all too often considered right-wing conservatives speaking to like-mined conservatives, which has little effect on policy. The fact of the matter is that the same research put out by any group outside of a government law enforcement agency - such as the FBI - will be put into a partisan pigeonhole.
What we need is exactly that - the same data put out by the FBI or other law enforcement agency, something that policymakers can fall back on without having to worry about backlash from any constituency for the research that they based their ideas on. While the CPRC and others like them keep on trying (and good for them!), I'm worried that they are not having the national impact that they should.
Hope that explains my position better.
