Now this is interesting: Thinking Republicans like Perry, those who don't think too much like Romney

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OK, that's not the fairest of headlines, but it doesn't make the new Pew poll results any less interesting.

Look at the chart below.

Republicans who report thinking a lot about the 2012 election support Perry over Romney 22% to 15%, with Bachmann behind at 13%. Among the "unreflective," the results are flipped pretty dramatically with Romney at 23% and Perry at 7%, and Bachmann, Palin, and Paul all practically tied in between.

You can see a similar pattern among Tea Party Republicans, whose support among the thinking set is even more pronounced.

The question, of course, is who will drive the election results next year: the thinkers or the unreflective?