[2ndDivisionVet]

Comments?

[Windflier]

Interesting analysis, but all the dynamics of the race will change when Palin actually announces. Expect her to suck the air out of everyone else’s balloons when that happens.

[fight_truth_decay]

Sarah Palin is not running.

Earlier... [Liberal Media Biased] HotAir bashes Conservative Tea Parties, etc

The Left is hoping for Palin to be "the one". Early on the Democrats felt they had a better chance against her. Thus, be aware of wolves in sheep's clothing.

However, Rasmussen called a true driving force in American politics could suggest that any of the candidates could beat Obama with these percentages:

[Rational Thought]

Whoever emerges between Perry and Bachmann will have the electoral advantage on Palin, who it appears has serious electoral maneuvering problems even among the base. Palin’s strength is the excitement of her supporters and the high commitment of those supporters to her. Her weakness is, simply, that there won’t be enough of them to carry her through the current field of primary candidates. I wrote back in 2009 that Palin’s most likely role in the 2012 cycle would be as a coronator.

What a bunch of crap.

How is it that this analysis, like a lot of the other ABP analyses, states that Palin would be a coronator but not good enough to be a candidate? That is illogical.

If Palin is such a weak candidate, and has her detractors like to say, has such high negatives, candidates wouldn't want her support. They'd be running away from her support.

As for Hot Air, since Michelle Malkin sold the site, it has taken more of a tilt towards the "moderate" Republican, or as I prefer to call it, the squishy middle. Funny how they take a poll, see the winner of the poll, yet determine the one who came in second is the actual winner.

Geez, I get it already, Hot Air doesn't like Gov. Palin as a lot of the "moderate" wing doesn't like her.

Now the big question for all those clairvoyants who know that Palin is not running. Where will Palin supporters go? Bachmann? Maybe, maybe not. Romney? No chance. Perry? probably.

[bigbob]

HA projections are no better than any other. Based on historical trends, the R nominee will be a Governor with executive experience, not someone who has never even won a statewide election. That means Romney, or Perry or Palin, should they enter the race.

[famousdayandyear]

Just a reminder to all who may have forgotten. Palin ENDORSED John McCain for the Arizona seat — and now look what we got.

[Rational Thought]

Off topic, but I just saw where Greta Van Susteren is in Alaska right now. Doesn’t John Coale (Greta’s husband) still work for Palin?

[newzjunkey]

Obama wins reelection.

[Friendofgeorge]

I have taken part in this poll ever since I have heard of it. I remember thinking it odd the other day when I received the link to go and vote.

Maybe it was always like this and I just never noticed?

It said feel free to send this around anywhere!

For sure I voted for Gov Palin as always, but wondered if it could just as easily be hi jacked by Bachman supporters or anybodies supporters.

So I really have a hard time with the dire warning for Gov Palin in this result.

I do not believe in the “science” of political polling at any level, so do not get me started.

For sure the Bachmann supporters can send this to anybody, Democrats,Rep establishment folks would vote for Bachmann/anybody because of their hatred/fear of Gov Palin.

Same deal for Bachmann`s latest fund raising that she is holding off on announcing until the 15th...I will not trust whatever she says. How much money will be from Chris Matthews/Andrea Mitchell/Charles Krautthammer/the Weekly Standard/Larry Flynt/Michael Moore etc etc

These same folks will probably be voting in the Hot Air poll, if they have already not.

[Lakeshark]

Not meaning to be a downer, but these kind of polls are pretty meaningless. Any poll this far out is meaningless.