The media and moderate Republicans, convinced that these issues are the party's weakness and that its libertarian economic ideas are its strength, have interpreted Bush's remarks as a rebuke to Republican Puritanism.
The media and moderate Republicans see Bush's ideas as the party's strength.
mnli hypothesis: The media and moderate Republicans see Bush's ideas as the party's strength. premise: The media and moderate Republicans, convinced that these issues are the party's weakness and that its libertarian economic ideas are its strength, have interpreted Bush's remarks as a rebuke to Republican Puritanism.