I would vote for Palin over Emperor Hussein, but it would be a waste of time since she would definitely lose and probably lose big.
The silver lining (such that it would be) would be that I’d come back here and see people like you wringing your hands like you don’t know what happened, and I will say, “you nominated a reality TV star, and now we have 4 more years of Obama - thanks for nothing”. This is not a scenario that I want, but it is the realistic scenario, if she is the nominee.
To the extent I would support Romney over Palin to beat Obama is the extent I can read polling data - data which shows him comfortably ahead of the Emperor in Florida and New Hampshire, which means we only have to pick off one more swing state to win.
Tell your little story about being comfortably ahead in FLA to rudy. You know what? This is JUNE 2011. Ain’t nobody that comfortable....yet.
Polls are merely a snapshot for any given time, they have little or no bearing for next week, month or year.
Polls also boost the latest hot candidate du jour to the top, only to have them flop rapidly from sight after their warts become visible.