Your statement: Independent voter currently cannot stomach either Obama or Palin but, given the choice between Palin and Obama, they prefer to keep Obama in the Oval Office.
was not one of the questions in the poll, and does not follow from the poll results.
I predict Palin will win two thirds of independent votes. Until the polling frauds start differentiating between "moderates" and "independents", instead of using them deceptively as synonyms, my statement is more accurate than any polling statement with regard to Palin's vote percentage among independent voters.
This is Fantasy World.
This is the Real World:
This is what a Presidential nominee that starts out with a 47% "Unfavorable" rating looks like in a Presidential general election.