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Palin Saboteurs Want to Kill Her Career Now
The Moderate Voice ^ | 11/14/08 | Floyd and Mary Beth Brown

Posted on 11/14/2008 3:46:26 PM PST by lewisglad

Attacks on Gov. Sarah Palin by McCain campaign staff at first appear to be a case of making her a convenient scapegoat, but the attacks have a more devious motive. This post-election barrage is the first volley of the campaign to choose the Republican nominee in 2012. The Washington, D.C. based establishment that rules the GOP wants her career over now. She threatens them.

Firefighting 101 teaches it is easier to stomp out a wildfire when it is small. Don’t allow the fire to grow, spread and become an inferno. Sarah Palin was the spark of McCain’s reform campaign. She ignited the campaign and gave the reform message legitimacy.

Those knifing Palin are the old-guard Republicans who don’t want to see her as the nominee in 2012. The old-guard GOP candidates are likely Gov. Haley Barbour or former Gov. Mitt Romney.

Sarah Palin brought a vibrant, fresh face to the Republican Party. The GOP elitists saw how she easily connected with voters. Palin drew huge crowds of up to 70,000 people anxious to see and hear her. The crowds flocking to see Gov. Palin bond with her culturally. She has the potential to garner Obama- or Reagan-like devotion.

The Republican Party needs this grassroots energy and her reform agenda after a decade of broken promises and the disappointing Bush presidency.

Looking back at history, you see resemblances of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan in Palin. Both Thatcher and Reagan were dismissed and insulted by their own party stalwarts. “Useful idiot” was a term once leveled at President Reagan.

Palin hails from Wasilla, Alaska; Margaret Thatcher grew up in the apartment over her family’s grocery store in a small town in England. Thatcher’s father taught her never to do things because other people were doing them. He said, “Do what you think is right and then persuade others to follow you.” Like Thatcher, Palin’s political philosophy and economic policies emphasize reduced government intervention, free markets and entrepreneurialism.

Margaret Thatcher was willing to take a hard line and earned the nickname “Iron Lady” for her tough-talking rhetoric defiantly opposing the Soviet Union. Likewise, Palin is tough enough to stand up to present-day threats. While Thatcher earned the moniker of ‘Attila the Hen,” Palin calls herself a “Pit-bull with Lipstick” and others dub her “Sarah Barracuda.”

Human, likeable, personable and witty like Reagan, with loads of common sense and confidence, Sarah Palin lives what she believes. And the camera loves her as it loved Ronald Reagan.

Grass-roots efforts are sure to encourage Palin to run in for president in 2012. Meanwhile, she trusts a higher power, saying she is, “Putting my life in my creator’s hands—that is what I always do.” She also said, “I’m like, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray, …don’t let me miss the open door…And if there is an open door in ’12 or four years later, and if it is something that is going to be good for my family, for my state, for my nation, an opportunity for me, then I’ll plow through that door.”

This rising star is now too bright to be extinguished by attempts at sabotage. She has addressed the criticism, setting the record straight concerning the purchase of clothes for herself and her family by the Republican National Committee, saying, “Those are the RNC’s clothes, they are not my clothes. I never forced anybody to buy anything. I never asked for anything more than maybe a Diet Dr Pepper every once in a while.” And then there’s the ridiculous rumors regarding the debate prep about NAFTA and Africa. Palin summed it up well, calling it “cruel, it’s mean-spirited, it’s immature, and it’s unprofessional,” and said, “Those guys are jerks if they came away with it taking thing out of context, then tried to spread something on national news.”

Yet Palin realizes criticism is to be expected in politics. “Your life is an open book and you open yourself up to criticism and you’d better be ready to take that criticism,” she said. “In other words, don’t run for office if you can’t handle it.”

Those staffers guilty of anonymous attacks are cowards. Their agenda to control the GOP needs to be seen for what it is — an attempt to kill the career of Sarah Palin because it threatens them. Americans can see through the falsehoods and love the real Sarah Palin. Nearly 400 letters arrive daily addressed to Gov. Palin and are now piled high in big bags waiting for her.

TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: 11thcommandment; 2012; 2012gopprimary; palin; pds; rinopurge; waronsarah
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To: Dagny&Hank
 "Sarah Palin saved us from an embarassing rout. Instead of the popular vote being 53% to 46% it could have been 70% to 30% or worse. THAT is what she did for us! The GOP loss could have been so bad that it would have made us a joke. "

What evidence do you base that statement upon?  Real Clear Politics list of polls

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Polling Data

Poll Date Sample MoE Obama (D) McCain (R) Spread
Final Results -- -- -- 52.7 46.0 Obama +6.7
RCP Average 10/29 - 11/03 -- -- 52.1 44.5 Obama +7.6
Marist 11/03 - 11/03 804 LV 4.0 52 43 Obama +9
Battleground (Lake)* 11/02 - 11/03 800 LV 3.5 52 47 Obama +5
Battleground (Tarrance)* 11/02 - 11/03 800 LV 3.5 50 48 Obama +2
Rasmussen Reports 11/01 - 11/03 3000 LV 2.0 52 46 Obama +6
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby 11/01 - 11/03 1201 LV 2.9 54 43 Obama +11
IBD/TIPP 11/01 - 11/03 981 LV 3.2 52 44 Obama +8
FOX News 11/01 - 11/02 971 LV 3.0 50 43 Obama +7
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl 11/01 - 11/02 1011 LV 3.1 51 43 Obama +8
Gallup 10/31 - 11/02 2472 LV 2.0 55 44 Obama +11
Diageo/Hotline 10/31 - 11/02 887 LV 3.3 50 45 Obama +5
CBS News 10/31 - 11/02 714 LV -- 51 42 Obama +9
ABC News/Wash Post 10/30 - 11/02 2470 LV 2.5 53 44 Obama +9
Ipsos/McClatchy 10/30 - 11/02 760 LV 3.6 53 46 Obama +7
CNN/Opinion Research 10/30 - 11/01 714 LV 3.5 53 46 Obama +7
Pew Research 10/29 - 11/01 2587 LV 2.0 52 46 Obama +6
GWU/Battleground 10/29 - 11/02 800 LV 3.5 50 44 Obama +6
Gallup (Traditional)* 10/30 - 11/01 2503 LV 2.0 51 43 Obama +8
Gallup (Expanded)* 10/30 - 11/01 2475 LV 2.0 52 43 Obama +9
Marist 10/29 - 10/29 543 LV 4.5 50 43 Obama +7
FOX News 10/28 - 10/29 924 LV 3.0 47 44 Obama +3
CBS News/NY Times 10/25 - 10/29 1005 LV -- 52 41 Obama +11
Ipsos/McClatchy 10/23 - 10/27 831 LV 3.4 50 45 Obama +5
Rasmussen Reports 10/24 - 10/26 3000 LV 2.0 51 46 Obama +5
Gallup (Traditional)* 10/24 - 10/26 2446 LV 2.0 50 45 Obama +5
Gallup (Expanded)* 10/24 - 10/26 2343 LV 2.0 53 43 Obama +10
Diageo/Hotline 10/24 - 10/26 879 LV 3.6 50 42 Obama +8
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby 10/24 - 10/26 1203 LV 2.9 50 45 Obama +5
ABC News/Wash Post 10/23 - 10/26 1314 LV 2.5 52 45 Obama +7
Pew Research 10/23 - 10/26 1198 LV 3.5 53 38 Obama +15
IBD/TIPP 10/22 - 10/26 824 LV 3.5 47 44 Obama +3
GWU/Battleground 10/20 - 10/26 1000 LV 3.5 49 46 Obama +3
Newsweek 10/22 - 10/23 882 LV 4.0 53 41 Obama +12
Rasmussen Reports 10/20 - 10/22 3000 LV 2.0 52 45 Obama +7
Gallup (Traditional)* 10/20 - 10/22 2399 LV 2.0 50 46 Obama +4
Gallup (Expanded)* 10/20 - 10/22 2349 LV 2.0 51 45 Obama +6
Diageo/Hotline 10/20 - 10/22 769 LV 3.5 48 43 Obama +5
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby 10/20 - 10/22 1206 LV 2.9 52 40 Obama +12
ABC News/Wash Post 10/19 - 10/22 1335 LV 2.5 54 43 Obama +11
IBD/TIPP 10/18 - 10/22 1060 LV 3.5 45 44 Obama +1
GWU/Battleground 10/16 - 10/22 1000 LV 3.5 49 45 Obama +4
FOX News 10/20 - 10/21 936 LV 3.0 49 40 Obama +9
CBS News/NY Times 10/19 - 10/22 771 LV -- 52 39 Obama +13
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl 10/17 - 10/20 1159 RV 2.9 52 42 Obama +10
Associated Press/GfK 10/16 - 10/20 800 LV 3.5 44 43 Obama +1
Ipsos/McClatchy 10/16 - 10/20 773 LV 3.5 50 42 Obama +8
CNN/Opinion Research 10/17 - 10/19 764 LV 3.5 51 46 Obama +5
Pew Research 10/16 - 10/19 2382 LV 2.5 53 39 Obama +14
Rasmussen Reports 10/16 - 10/18 3000 LV 2.0 51 45 Obama +6
Gallup (Traditional)* 10/16 - 10/18 2590 LV 2.0 49 46 Obama +3
Gallup (Expanded)* 10/16 - 10/18 2277 LV 2.0 51 44 Obama +7
Diageo/Hotline 10/16 - 10/18 785 LV 3.5 48 41 Obama +7
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby 10/16 - 10/18 1211 LV 2.9 48 45 Obama +3
Democracy Corps (D) 10/15 - 10/19 1000 LV -- 50 46 Obama +4
GWU/Battleground 10/13 - 10/19 1000 LV 3.1 49 45 Obama +4
F&M/Hearst-Argyle 10/13 - 10/19 LV 3.5 50 45 Obama +5
IBD/TIPP 10/14 - 10/18 1072 LV 3.0 47 42 Obama +5
Rasmussen Reports 10/11 - 10/13 3000 LV 2.0 50 45 Obama +5
Diageo/Hotline 10/11 - 10/13 829 LV 3.4 48 42 Obama +6
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby 10/11 - 10/13 1208 LV 2.9 49 43 Obama +6
Gallup (Traditional)* 10/11 - 10/13 2140 LV 2.0 51 45 Obama +6
Gallup (Expanded)* 10/11 - 10/13 2289 LV 2.0 53 43 Obama +10
LA Times/Bloomberg 10/10 - 10/13 1030 LV 3.0 50 41 Obama +9
CBS News/NY Times 10/10 - 10/13 699 LV -- 53 39 Obama +14
GWU/Battleground 10/08 - 10/13 800 LV 3.5 53 40 Obama +13
IBD/TIPP 10/07 - 10/13 884 LV 3.5 45 42 Obama +3
USA Today/Gallup (Traditional)* 10/10 - 10/12 761 LV 4.0 50 46 Obama +4
USA Today/Gallup (Expanded)* 10/10 - 10/12 1030 LV 3.0 52 45 Obama +7
Pew Research 10/09 - 10/12 1191 LV -- 49 42 Obama +7
Ipsos/McClatchy 10/09 - 10/13 1036 RV 3.0 48 39 Obama +9
Democracy Corps (D) 10/08 - 10/12 1000 LV -- 51 42 Obama +9
ABC News/Wash Post 10/08 - 10/11 766 LV 3.5 53 43 Obama +10
FOX News 10/08 - 10/09 900 RV 3.0 46 39 Obama +7
Newsweek 10/08 - 10/09 1035 RV 3.7 52 41 Obama +11
Rasmussen Reports 10/07 - 10/09 3000 LV 2.0 50 45 Obama +5
Gallup 10/07 - 10/09 2784 RV 2.0 51 41 Obama +10
Hotline/FD 10/07 - 10/09 838 LV 2.0 48 41 Obama +7
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby 10/06 - 10/09 1200 LV 4.2 48 43 Obama +5
GWU/Battleground 10/06 - 10/09 800 LV 3.5 51 43 Obama +8
Time 10/03 - 10/06 1053 LV -- 50 44 Obama +6
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl 10/04 - 10/05 658 RV 3.8 49 43 Obama +6
CBS News 10/03 - 10/05 616 LV -- 48 45 Obama +3
CNN 10/03 - 10/05 694 LV 3.5 53 45 Obama +8
Ipsos/McClatchy 10/02 - 10/06 858 RV 3.3 47 40 Obama +7
Democracy Corps (D) 10/01 - 10/05 1000 LV -- 49 46 Obama +3
Marist 09/28 - 09/30 943 LV -- 49 44 Obama +5
CBS News 09/27 - 09/30 769 LV -- 50 41 Obama +9
Associated Press/GfK 09/27 - 09/30 808 LV 3.4 48 41 Obama +7
ABC News/Wash Post 09/27 - 09/29 916 LV 3.0 50 46 Obama +4
Pew Research 09/27 - 09/29 1181 LV 4.0 49 43 Obama +6
Ipsos/McClatchy 09/26 - 09/29 1007 RV 3.1 48 45 Obama +3
Time 09/26 - 09/29 1133 LV -- 50 43 Obama +7
Gallup Tracking 09/24 - 09/26 2759 RV 2.0 49 44 Obama +5
Rasmussen Tracking 09/24 - 09/26 3000 LV 2.0 50 44 Obama +6
Hotline/FD Tracking 09/24 - 09/26 914 RV 3.3 48 43 Obama +5
GWU/Battleground 09/21 - 09/25 1000 LV 3.3 46 48 McCain +2
CBS News/NY Times 09/21 - 09/24 LV 4.0 48 43 Obama +5
FOX News 09/22 - 09/23 900 RV 3.0 45 39 Obama +6
Marist 09/22 - 09/23 689 LV 4.0 49 44 Obama +5
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl 09/19 - 09/22 1085 RV 3.0 48 46 Obama +2
ABC News/Wash Post 09/19 - 09/22 780 LV 3.5 52 43 Obama +9
LA Times/Bloomberg 09/19 - 09/22 838 LV -- 49 45 Obama +4
Ipsos/McClatchy 09/18 - 09/22 923 RV 3.2 44 43 Obama +1
CNN/Opinion Research 09/19 - 09/21 697 LV 3.0 51 47 Obama +4
F&M/Hearst-Argyle 09/15 - 09/21 1138 LV 3.0 45 47 McCain +2
Gallup Tracking 09/15 - 09/17 2815 RV 2.0 48 44 Obama +4
Rasmussen Tracking 09/15 - 09/17 3000 LV 2.0 48 48 Tie
Hotline/FD Tracking 09/15 - 09/17 912 RV 3.2 46 42 Obama +4
GWU/Battleground 09/11 - 09/18 800 LV 3.0 47 47 Tie
CBS News/NY Times 09/12 - 09/16 LV 3.0 49 44 Obama +5
Quinnipiac 09/11 - 09/16 987 LV 3.1 49 45 Obama +4
Pew Research 09/09 - 09/14 2307 LV -- 46 46 Tie
Reuters/Zogby 09/11 - 09/13 1008 LV 3.1 47 45 Obama +2
Newsweek 09/10 - 09/11 1038 RV 3.8 46 46 Tie
GWU/Battleground 09/07 - 09/11 1000 LV 3.1 44 48 McCain +4
Associated Press/GfK 09/05 - 09/10 812 LV -- 44 48 McCain +4
FOX News 09/08 - 09/09 900 RV 3.0 42 45 McCain +3
Gallup Tracking 09/07 - 09/09 2714 RV 2.0 43 48 McCain +5
Rasmussen Tracking 09/07 - 09/09 3000 LV 2.0 48 47 Obama +1
Hotline/FD Tracking 09/07 - 09/09 902 RV 3.2 45 45 Tie
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl 09/06 - 09/08 860 RV 3.3 46 45 Obama +1
ABC News/Wash Post 09/05 - 09/07 LV 3.0 47 49 McCain +2
USA Today/Gallup 09/05 - 09/07 823 LV 4.0 44 54 McCain +10
CBS News* 09/05 - 09/07 655 RV 4.0 44 46 McCain +2
CNN/OpinionResearch 09/05 - 09/07 942 RV 3.0 48 48 Tie
IBD/TIPP 09/02 - 09/07 868 RV 3.3 45 40 Obama +5
CBS News 09/01 - 09/03 734 RV 3.0 42 42 Tie
Gallup Tracking 08/30 - 09/01 2772 RV 2.0 50 42 Obama +8
Rasmussen Tracking 08/30 - 09/01 3000 LV 2.0 51 45 Obama +6
USAT/Gallup Tracking* 08/30 - 08/31 1835 LV 3.0 50 43 Obama +7
CNN 08/29 - 08/31 927 RV 3.0 49 48 Obama +1
Hotline/FD 08/29 - 08/31 805 RV 3.5 48 39 Obama +9
CBS News 08/29 - 08/31 781 RV 4.0 48 40 Obama +8
Gallup Tracking 08/23 - 08/25 2784 RV 2.0 44 46 McCain +2
Rasmussen Tracking 08/23 - 08/25 3000 LV 3.0 46 46 Tie
CNN 08/23 - 08/24 909 RV 3.5 47 47 Tie
Hotline/FD 08/18 - 08/24 1022 RV 3.0 44 40 Obama +4
USA Today/Gallup 08/21 - 08/23 765 LV 4.0 48 45 Obama +3
ABC News/Wash Post 08/19 - 08/22 LV -- 49 45 Obama +4
FOX News 08/19 - 08/20 900 RV 3.0 42 39 Obama +3
CBS News/NY Times 08/15 - 08/19 869 RV 3.0 45 42 Obama +3
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl 08/15 - 08/18 1005 RV 3.1 45 42 Obama +3
LA Times/Bloomberg 08/15 - 08/18 1248 RV -- 45 43 Obama +2
Gallup Tracking 08/15 - 08/17 2660 RV 2.0 46 43 Obama +3
Rasmussen Tracking 08/15 - 08/17 3000 LV 2.0 47 46 Obama +1
Reuters/Zogby 08/14 - 08/16 1089 LV 3.0 41 46 McCain +5
Quinnipiac 08/12 - 08/17 1547 LV 2.5 47 42 Obama +5
Battleground 08/10 - 08/14 1000 LV 3.1 46 47 McCain +1
IBD/TIPP 08/04 - 08/09 856 RV -- 43 38 Obama +5
Pew Research 07/31 - 08/10 2414 RV 3.0 46 43 Obama +3
CBS News 07/31 - 08/05 906 RV -- 45 39 Obama +6
Gallup Tracking 08/01 - 08/03 2659 RV -- 46 43 Obama +3
Rasmussen Tracking 08/01 - 08/03 3000 LV 2.0 46 47 McCain +1
Time 07/31 - 08/04 808 LV 3.5 46 41 Obama +5
AP-Ipsos 07/31 - 08/04 833 RV -- 48 42 Obama +6
CNN 07/27 - 07/29 914 RV 3.0 51 44 Obama +7
USA Today/Gallup 07/25 - 07/27 791 LV 4.0 45 49 McCain +4
Pew Research 07/23 - 07/27 1241 RV -- 47 42 Obama +5
Democracy Corps (D) 07/21 - 07/24 1004 LV -- 50 45 Obama +5
FOX News 07/22 - 07/23 900 RV 3.0 41 40 Obama +1
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl 07/18 - 07/21 1003 RV -- 47 41 Obama +6
Gallup Tracking 07/13 - 07/15 2638 RV 2.0 47 44 Obama +3
Rasmussen Tracking 07/13 - 07/15 3000 LV 2.0 48 45 Obama +3
CBS News/NY Times 07/07 - 07/14 1462 RV 3.0 45 39 Obama +6
ABC News/Wash Post 07/10 - 07/13 LV -- 49 46 Obama +3
Reuters/Zogby 07/09 - 07/13 1039 LV 3.1 47 40 Obama +7
Quinnipiac 07/08 - 07/13 1725 LV 2.4 50 41 Obama +9
IBD/TIPP 07/07 - 07/11 854 RV -- 40 37 Obama +3
Newsweek 07/09 - 07/10 1037 RV 3.6 44 41 Obama +3
Gallup 06/30 - 07/02 2641 RV 2.0 47 43 Obama +4
Rasmussen 06/29 - 07/01 3000 LV 2.0 49 44 Obama +5
CNN 06/26 - 06/29 906 RV 3.5 50 45 Obama +5
McLaughlin (R) 06/26 - 06/29 1000 LV -- 46 38 Obama +8
Pew Research 06/18 - 06/29 1574 RV -- 48 40 Obama +8
Democracy Corps (D) 06/22 - 06/25 2000 LV -- 49 45 Obama +4
Time 06/19 - 06/25 805 RV 3.5 47 43 Obama +4
LA Times/Bloomberg 06/19 - 06/23 1115 RV -- 49 37 Obama +12
F&M/Hearst-Argyle 06/16 - 06/22 1501 RV 2.5 42 36 Obama +6
Newsweek 06/18 - 06/19 896 RV 4.0 51 36 Obama +15
FOX News 06/17 - 06/18 900 RV -- 45 41 Obama +4
USA Today/Gallup 06/15 - 06/19 1310 LV -- 50 44 Obama +6
ABC News/Wash Post 06/12 - 06/15 RV 3.0 49 45 Obama +4
Cook/RT Strategies 06/12 - 06/15 880 RV 3.3 44 40 Obama +4
Reuters/Zogby 06/12 - 06/14 1113 LV 3.0 47 42 Obama +5
Ipsos 06/05 - 06/11 LV -- 50 43 Obama +7
Rasmussen 06/08 - 06/10 3000 LV 2.0 49 44 Obama +5
Gallup 06/07 - 06/09 2633 RV 2.0 48 41 Obama +7
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl 06/06 - 06/09 1000 RV 3.1 47 41 Obama +6
Hotline/FD 06/05 - 06/08 806 RV 3.5 44 42 Obama +2
IBD/TIPP 06/02 - 06/08 916 RV -- 43 40 Obama +3
CNN 06/04 - 06/05 921 RV -- 49 46 Obama +3
CBS News 05/30 - 06/03 930 RV -- 48 42 Obama +6
USA Today/Gallup 05/30 - 06/01 803 RV -- 47 44 Obama +3
Cook/RT Strategies 05/29 - 05/31 802 RV -- 44 43 Obama +1
Pew Research 05/21 - 05/25 1242 RV -- 47 44 Obama +3
Newsweek 05/21 - 05/22 1205 RV -- 46 46 Tie
Reuters/Zogby 05/15 - 05/18 1076 LV -- 48 40 Obama +8
IBD/TIPP 05/12 - 05/18 953 A 3.2 48 37 Obama +11
Rasmussen 05/13 - 05/16 3000 LV 2.0 44 45 McCain +1
Gallup 05/12 - 05/16 4385 RV 2.0 44 47 McCain +3
Democracy Corps (D) 05/13 - 05/15 1014 LV -- 48 46 Obama +2
Battleground 05/11 - 05/14 1018 LV -- 49 47 Obama +2
Quinnipiac 05/08 - 05/12 1475 RV 2.4 47 40 Obama +7
ABC News/Wash Post 05/08 - 05/11 1122 A -- 51 44 Obama +7
POS/GQR 05/07 - 05/08 800 LV -- 48 43 Obama +5
LA Times/Bloomberg 05/01 - 05/08 1986 RV -- 46 40 Obama +6
Ipsos 04/30 - 05/04 755 RV -- 46 42 Obama +4
USA Today/Gallup 05/01 - 05/03 803 LV -- 47 48 McCain +1
CBS News/NY Times 05/01 - 05/03 601 RV 4.0 51 40 Obama +11
Hotline/FD 04/30 - 05/03 803 RV -- 47 43 Obama +4
CNN 04/28 - 04/30 906 RV -- 49 45 Obama +4
FOX News 04/28 - 04/29 900 RV -- 43 46 McCain +3
CBS News/NY Times 04/25 - 04/29 956 RV -- 45 45 Tie
NBC/WSJ 04/25 - 04/28 1006 RV -- 46 43 Obama +3
Rasmussen 04/24 - 04/27 1600 LV -- 46 46 Tie
Pew Research 04/23 - 04/27 1323 RV -- 50 44 Obama +6
AP-Ipsos 04/23 - 04/27 760 RV -- 46 44 Obama +2
Newsweek 04/24 - 04/25 1203 RV -- 47 44 Obama +3
USA Today/Gallup 04/18 - 04/20 1016 A -- 47 44 Obama +3
Cook/RT Strategies 04/17 - 04/20 802 RV -- 45 44 Obama +1
Newsweek 04/16 - 04/17 1209 RV -- 48 44 Obama +4
Reuters/Zogby 04/10 - 04/13 1049 LV -- 45 45 Tie
ABC/Wash Post 04/10 - 04/13 1197 A -- 49 44 Obama +5
Rasmussen 04/10 - 04/13 1600 LV -- 42 49 McCain +7
AP-Ipsos 04/07 - 04/09 749 RV -- 45 45 Tie
Gallup 04/02 - 04/06 4380 RV 2.0 45 45 Tie
CBS News/NY Times 03/28 - 04/02 1196 RV -- 47 42 Obama +5
Hotline/FD 03/28 - 03/31 799 RV -- 44 46 McCain +2
Rasmussen 03/27 - 03/30 1600 LV -- 42 47 McCain +5
NBC/WSJ 03/24 - 03/25 800 RV -- 44 42 Obama +2
Pew Research 03/19 - 03/22 1,248 RV -- 49 43 Obama +6
FOX News 03/18 - 03/19 900 RV -- 43 44 McCain +1
CBS News 03/15 - 03/18 RV -- 48 43 Obama +5
CNN 03/14 - 03/16 950 RV -- 47 46 Obama +1
USA Today/Gallup 03/14 - 03/15 685 LV -- 49 47 Obama +2
Reuters/Zogby 03/13 - 03/14 1004 LV -- 40 46 McCain +6
NBC/WSJ 03/07 - 03/10 1,012 RV -- 47 44 Obama +3
Cook/RT Strategies 03/06 - 03/09 802 RV -- 43 45 McCain +2
Newsweek 03/05 - 03/06 1,215 RV -- 46 45 Obama +1
ABC/Wash Post 02/28 - 03/02 LV -- 53 42 Obama +11
Cook/RT Strategies 02/28 - 03/02 802 RV -- 47 38 Obama +9
LA Times/Bloomberg 02/21 - 02/25 RV -- 42 44 McCain +2
AP-Ipsos 02/22 - 02/24 755 RV -- 51 41 Obama +10
USA Today/Gallup 02/21 - 02/24 1653 LV -- 47 48 McCain +1
Pew Research 02/20 - 02/24 1240 RV -- 50 43 Obama +7
CBS News/NY Times 02/20 - 02/24 1115 RV -- 50 38 Obama +12
FOX News 02/19 - 02/20 900 RV -- 47 43 Obama +4
Hotline/FD 02/14 - 02/17 803 RV -- 48 40 Obama +8
Reuters/Zogby 02/13 - 02/16 928 LV -- 47 40 Obama +7
USA Today/Gallup 02/08 - 02/10 706 LV -- 50 46 Obama +4
AP-Ipsos 02/07 - 02/10 1,029 A -- 48 42 Obama +6
Time 02/01 - 02/04 958 LV -- 48 41 Obama +7
CNN 02/01 - 02/03 974 RV -- 52 44 Obama +8
Cook/RT Strategies 01/31 - 02/02 855 RV -- 45 43 Obama +2
ABC/Wash Post 01/30 - 02/01 1249 A -- 49 46 Obama +3
FOX News 01/30 - 01/31 900 RV -- 44 43 Obama +1
NPR 01/29 - 01/31 1000 LV -- 47 48 McCain +1
Rasmussen 01/25 - 01/27 1200 LV -- 41 47 McCain +6
NBC/WSJ 01/20 - 01/22 1008 A -- 42 42 Tie
LA Times/Bloomberg 01/18 - 01/22 1312 RV -- 41 42 McCain +1
Rasmussen 01/16 - 01/17 800 LV -- 46 41 Obama +5
USA Today/Gallup 01/10 - 01/13 1106 LV -- 45 50 McCain +5
Hotline/FD 01/10 - 01/12 803 RV -- 41 39 Obama +2
CNN 01/09 - 01/10 840 RV -- 49 48 Obama +1
Rasmussen 01/04 - 01/06 800 LV -- 43 46 McCain +3
FOX News 12/18 - 12/19 900 RV -- 40 44 McCain +4
Zogby 12/12 - 12/14 1000 LV -- 47 43 Obama +4
CNN 12/06 - 12/09 RV -- 48 48 Tie
Rasmussen 11/26 - 11/27 800 LV -- 44 44 Tie
Rasmussen 11/16 - 11/17 800 LV -- 46 43 Obama +3
Gallup 11/11 - 11/14 897 RV -- 47 44 Obama +3
Quinnipiac 10/23 - 10/29 1636 RV -- 43 43 Tie
LA Times/Bloomberg 10/19 - 10/22 522 RV -- 44 36 Obama +8
FOX News 09/25 - 09/26 900 RV -- 40 38 Obama +2
Rasmussen 09/19 - 09/20 800 LV -- 46 41 Obama +5
Quinnipiac 08/07 - 08/13 1545 LV -- 43 39 Obama +4
Rasmussen 08/01 - 08/02 800 LV -- 46 40 Obama +6
FOX News 07/17 - 07/18 900 RV -- 47 37 Obama +10
Rasmussen 07/16 - 07/17 1029 LV -- 47 38 Obama +9
Zogby 07/12 - 07/14 1012 LV -- 45 42 Obama +3
CNN 06/22 - 06/24 907 RV -- 48 44 Obama +4
Newsweek 06/20 - 06/21 831 RV -- 51 41 Obama +10
Rasmussen 06/13 - 06/14 800 LV -- 46 38 Obama +8
USA Today/Gallup 06/11 - 06/14 927 RV -- 48 46 Obama +2
Quinnipiac 06/05 - 06/11 1,711 RV -- 43 41 Obama +2
LA Times/Bloomberg 06/07 - 06/10 1056 RV -- 47 35 Obama +12
Zogby 05/17 - 05/20 993 RV -- 46 43 Obama +3
Hotline/FD 05/16 - 05/20 800 RV -- 42 39 Obama +3
Newsweek 05/02 - 05/03 831 RV -- 52 39 Obama +13
Marist 04/26 - 05/01 823 RV -- 39 46 McCain +7
Quinnipiac 04/25 - 05/01 1166 RV -- 42 42 Tie
Hotline/FD 04/26 - 04/30 801 RV -- 48 37 Obama +11
NBC/WSJ 04/20 - 04/23 1004 A -- 45 39 Obama +6
Rasmussen 04/09 - 04/10 800 LV -- 48 42 Obama +6
Time 04/05 - 04/09 1102 RV -- 47 42 Obama +5
LA Times/Bloomberg 04/05 - 04/09 603 RV -- 48 40 Obama +8
Time 03/23 - 03/26 1102 RV -- 43 45 McCain +2
Rasmussen 03/14 - 03/15 800 LV -- 44 44 Tie
Time 03/09 - 03/12 1500 RV -- 44 41 Obama +3
American Res. Group 03/02 - 03/05 2104 LV -- 42 46 McCain +4
Newsweek 02/28 - 03/01 1202 RV -- 45 43 Obama +2
Time 02/23 - 02/26 1144 RV -- 46 42 Obama +4
Zogby 02/22 - 02/24 1078 LV -- 44 40 Obama +4
Quinnipiac 02/13 - 02/19 1536 RV -- 43 43 Tie
Marist 02/12 - 02/15 978 RV -- 41 44 McCain +3
USA Today/Gallup 02/09 - 02/11 936 RV -- 48 48 Tie
Rasmussen 02/07 - 02/08 800 LV -- 44 44 Tie
Newsweek 01/24 - 01/25 837 RV -- 48 42 Obama +6
Time 01/22 - 01/23 1064 RV -- 42 49 McCain +7
ABC News/Wash Post 01/16 - 01/19 1000 A -- 47 45 Obama +2
Rasmussen 01/17 - 01/18 800 LV -- 47 44 Obama +3
Newsweek 01/17 - 01/18 1003 A -- 46 44 Obama +2
Hotline/FD 01/11 - 01/14 800 RV -- 38 43 McCain +5
Battleground 01/08 - 01/11 500 LV -- 39 51 McCain +12
IBD/TIPP 01/02 - 01/04 951 A -- 36 48 McCain +12
CNN 12/15 - 12/17 1019 A -- 43 47 McCain +4
Rasmussen 12/12 - 12/13 1000 LV -- 40 46 McCain +6
Newsweek 12/06 - 12/07 1000 A -- 43 45 McCain +2
FOX News 12/05 - 12/06 900 RV -- 30 49 McCain +19
Rasmussen 11/06 - 11/07 1000 LV -- 39 47 McCain +8

101 posted on 11/14/2008 7:00:28 PM PST by HawaiianGecko (Online internet polls are foolish: Winston Churchill, 1939)
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To: curiosity

Think maybe you are on the wrong blog site.


102 posted on 11/14/2008 7:09:46 PM PST by needtowakeup
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To: lewisglad

I’m so much against our leadership using third world workers and so-called “affirmative action” to trash our families and Nation, that I’m now “unaffiliated” and nonpolitical. ...also disgusted with seeing conservative Americans enticed by tabloid-like, hormone-propelling propaganda to vote against their own interests. It’s now easy to see the long term effects of schooling funded by governments and “news” sponsored by the spoiled.


103 posted on 11/14/2008 7:26:16 PM PST by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-'96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote, http://falconparty.com/)
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To: lewisglad

btt


104 posted on 11/14/2008 7:30:28 PM PST by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: lewisglad

I love Palin, and want to see her become President. But I think we need to look at her career in longer terms.

Her success horizon is much bigger and broader than ANY of the other politicians out there. She doesn’t have to run 12, she can run 16 or even in 20. Like Reagan, she has the capacity to build a movement and the groundswell may sweep her into national office.


105 posted on 11/14/2008 7:41:32 PM PST by o2bfree
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To: HawaiianGecko

You’re judging Palin on the king interview... Are you an English Major or something? :-)

Go watch each section of the 1980 Reagan - Carter debate on Youtube all the way through. And you will find that Palin out debated both Carter and Reagan, on style and substance if you compare her one vp debate to the one presidential debate of 1980. Both Reagan and Carter stuttered and stammered during the debate occasionally.

IMHO, you’re being too hard on Sarah, and you’re comparing her to an ideal that does not exist.


106 posted on 11/14/2008 7:53:54 PM PST by o2bfree
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To: HawaiianGecko

Those polls showed McCain-Palin’s numbers WITH PALIN FIGHTING! She pulled ten to twenty points BY HERSELF! Without her on the ticket it would have been a rout!


107 posted on 11/14/2008 7:56:04 PM PST by Dagny&Hank
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To: lewisglad

I love this lady.


108 posted on 11/14/2008 8:17:23 PM PST by Marysecretary (.GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL)
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To: se_ohio_young_conservative

My son the liberal in AK thinks she’s the best politician he’s ever seen.


109 posted on 11/14/2008 8:21:39 PM PST by Marysecretary (.GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

All in all, it’s spiritual warfare, just like it’s been with George Bush even before he became president. Pray, pray, pray, that no weapon formed against her will prosper.


110 posted on 11/14/2008 8:33:01 PM PST by Marysecretary (.GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL)
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To: Jeff Head

111 posted on 11/14/2008 8:37:20 PM PST by timestax ( CNNLIES)
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To: curiosity
Pretty cynical aren't ya?

You sound, for all the world, like Murtha, generaliing and deciding that everyone out here in fly-over America must be what you consider to be a "red nick"".

Actually, Sarah's connection is beyond that type of cynicism. She connects with people because she communicates, clearly, and lives, traditional American values which have allowed this nation to be the freest, most prosperous, most generous, and strongest defender of liberty in history.

That's why people connect with her...and if that bothers you...so be it, you are free to your opinion.

But they are clearly not shared by tens of thousand wherever this woman has gone...and those numbers will only grow.

112 posted on 11/14/2008 8:59:07 PM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Texas_shutterbug

I have talked to a number of people identifying with them who are decidedly not pro-abortion. I do not believe we can over generalize there.


113 posted on 11/14/2008 9:00:33 PM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: RightWingMama
GREAT! Hope you enjoy them and hope people see them and are moved to express such conservative sentiments themselves!
114 posted on 11/14/2008 9:02:31 PM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: lewisglad
She has the potential to garner Obama- or Reagan-like devotion.

I don't mind the comparison to Reagan, but the comparison to Obama worries me. She MUST be more than a sexy messenger -- she must convey, uphold, and articulate an authentic vision of conservatism. We don't need a repeat of GWB and his faux brand of conservatism. And we certainly don't need the GOP version of Obama.

115 posted on 11/14/2008 9:03:04 PM PST by Proud2BAmerican
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You know....come to think of it.....isn’t the logo for the Rocky Horror Picture Show (red lips) a quasi Palin icon???


116 posted on 11/14/2008 9:04:31 PM PST by curling
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To: curiosity
[...] save enegery [...]

President Bush? Is that you? ;-)

117 posted on 11/14/2008 9:10:50 PM PST by Proud2BAmerican
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To: lewisglad
Look at the clouds parting above Sarah!

photo by timestax

118 posted on 11/14/2008 9:14:26 PM PST by timestax ( CNNLIES)
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To: curiosity
"What an insult to Maggie and the Gipper!"

Palin kicked more butt in her 18 months in Alaska, than Ron did in 8 years as California Governor! Don't get me wrong, Reagan was a very good governor.

119 posted on 11/14/2008 9:16:21 PM PST by cookcounty ("A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why the ship is built." ---Governor Sarah Palin)
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To: AuntB; Canticle_of_Deborah
Well, to be fair, the line "There is no way that in the US we would roundup every illegal immigrant -there are about 12 million of the illegal immigrants" DOES sound like the identical canard I've heard from pro-illegals and establishment GOPers regarding our illegal immigration mess -- In other words, "Gosh, there's so MANY of them, and we can' possibly hope to deport them all...so let's just let 'em stay!"

But you're right -- she hasn't commented significantly enough on the subject to be able to form an informed opinion as to where she stands on the issue.

Hopefully she will support enforcement of existing immigration laws, securing the border, and erecting other legal deterrents to solve that mess. And NOT consider that baloney about "new pathways to citizenship" and "non-amnesty amnesties".

120 posted on 11/14/2008 9:29:30 PM PST by Proud2BAmerican
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