Poll: GOP heavyweight Sarah Palin would lose in 2012 election against President Barack Obama

New York Daily News ^ | Tuesday, August 18th 2009 | Richard Sisk

[curth]

See post 32

[o2bfree]

I’m voting for DeMint in the Primary and in the General.

:-)

[SCalGal]

Please keep in mind that she was on the national stage for only 9 weeks. In that 9 weeks she left a massive, deep footprint.

In my life, I have never seen a politician do what she has done. Not Reagan, Not Ike, no one. She is good to go.

Needs repeating.

If Palin were a lightweight, she'd have been gone months ago.

[presidio9]

The term you are looking for is “redundant,” not “already posted.”

[jwalsh07]

"This survey of 938 United States residents was conducted on August 3rd through August 6th, 2009. Residents 18 years of age and older were interviewed by telephone. Telephone numbers were selected based upon a list of telephone exchanges from throughout the nation. The exchanges were selected to ensure that each region was represented in proportion to its population. To increase coverage, this land-line sample was supplemented by respondents reached through random dialing of cell phone numbers. The two samples were then combined. Results are statistically significant at ±3.2%. There are 854 registered voters. The results for this subset are statistically significant at ±3.5%. There are 310 Republicans Including Republican Leaning Independents. The results for this subset are statistically significant at ±5.5%. The error margin increases for cross-tabulations."

For the math challenged this means that the percentage of Republicans and Republican leaning independents is 36% of registered voters and 33% of the sample. It also means that real Republicans make up probably less than 25% of the sample when Rasmussen shows Republicans beating Democrats in the generic poll by a few percentage points.

Marist is useless and dishonest.

[zerosix]

Exactly, not only did all of DC, including the "media conservatives" pooh pooh, Reagan, even many elected Republicans believed he was "unelectable," a "light-weight," and not a "serious candidate."

I'm beginning to dislike all in the "punditry" class, whether or not they consider themselves a "conservative."

What is meant by "conservative" by all those on the East Coast and DC never, ever equates with "real conservatism in America."

I heard one here after an election, look out at the audience and quietly proclaim, "Who are all of 'these people,'" at her own county election night party.

Even after Reagan was elected, many in DC made fun of him.

They (elected Republicans and RNC "biggies") felt that he was "not up to the job."

He continued to surprise and shock them winning a total landslide in '84.

[sourcery]

But this is 2009, not 2012. There’s no way to tell what the electorate’s preferences will be in 2012. This poll has as much to do with Obama’s popularity in 2012 as one done in the summer of 2001 would have to do with Bush’s popularity in either 2004 or 2008. Which is to say, not much!

[TheOldLady]

O rly? And from what asylums did they get their respondents?

[Richard Kimball]

What is meant by "conservative" by all those on the East Coast and DC never, ever equates with "real conservatism in America."

Never trust a conservative that wears glasses and a bow tie.

[WVKayaker]

Not same headline, same anti-Sarah story, though!

Obama Leads Palin by 23 Points, 61 Percent of Americans Say Resignation Hurt Her Chances August 18, 2009 4:04:08 PM EDT · 73 of 139

[F.J. Mitchell]

By the time we suffer through three more years of the Obamamelodrama, those numbers will have reversed themselves.

[samadams2000]

I have no answers only the question. Its a sad state that we have no bench. Like I said Im glad she’s out there fighting but I lean toward the she wears out the independent voters camp.

[ConservativeMind]

Those numbers tell me that many blacks are racist.

[lewislynn]

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch....

[lewislynn]

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch....

[Let's Roll]

“...they’re not ready to put her in the White House “

Maybe not, but they sure are ready to get rid of bummer.

[definitelynotaliberal]

I ask with sincerity - why does she make you squirm? Can you identify it?

[NativeNewYorker]

[itsahoot]

Steve-B beat you to the punch on this, so I guess you are carrying his water for a while.

[yield 2 the right]

Yep, our side is finished!