You are correct.
But the left wants Palin in the same way that we wanted Howard Dean to win the Democratic nomination in 2004.
Palin is at the head of this poll because CONSERVATIVES and REPUBLICANS support the Governor.
As you make clear, the fact that a conservative is currently the frontrunner over Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee and Gingrich to lead the GOP, is your fear.
You have 6 posts on this thread, and every one of them sounds like a desperate lefty that is panicking.