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Oh my: Palin 28, Romney 18, Gingrich 17, Huckabee 13
Hot Air ^ | 7-23-10 | Allahpundit

Posted on 07/23/2010 6:37:48 PM PDT by TitansAFC

Via Conservatives 4 Palin, not only is this the best poll I’ve seen for her this year, it comes from the august precincts of The Economist.

Dude, is this happening?

Sarah Palin 28% Mitt Romney 18% Newt Gingrich 17% Mike Huckabee 13% Mitch Daniels 4% Tim Pawlenty 1% Mike Pence 1% Haley Barbour 1% John Thune 1% No preference 17%

That’s a sample of Republicans, natch. Among tea-partiers, specifically, it’s Palin 26, Romney 19, Gingrich 16, and Huckabee 14. (Mitt does better among tea-partiers than among the GOP generally?) She also leads among a sample of all voters, albeit by only two points over Romney. Can’t tell if this represents a surge for her or if he’s simply fallen back a bit over time due to disgruntlement over RomneyCare, but great news for Palin supporters either way.

Do we dare discuss … the bad news? From the crosstabs:

12. Do you think Sarah Palin would have the ability to be an effective president? Yes 28% No 51% Not sure 20%

* 18. What do you think is Sarah Palin’s main priority? What’s best for the country 23% What’s best for her family 18% What’s best for her career 49% Something else 9%

That’s among all voters, who split 41/31 for Obama in a head-to-head match-up and 30/54 on the question of whether they think it’s likely that Palin would beat him if she wins the GOP nomination. The one bright spot in the crosstabs? When asked if the media has been harder on her, treated her the same, or gone easier on her than other politicians, the split is 47/18/22. For Obama it’s only 32/21/37 and for Hillary it’s 27/34/28. In other words, even among a sample of the general public that’s cool to the idea of her as president, there’s plenty of sympathy for how she’s been treated by the press. That’ll be a useful weapon for her if/when she runs and the frenzy of attacks begins, which explains why she was so sharp in rattling off her criticisms of the media to the Daily Caller yesterday. And it’s also a reminder of the point I made last week about her opponents needing to be careful not to condescend to her. No doubt some of this sympathy from the public is a backlash to media lefties unfairly accusing her of being some kind of dullard. That backlash can be transferred to candidates too, I’m sure.

From Alaska morning radio, here’s the latest on whether she’s running next year or not. Skip ahead to 3:50.


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Another poll showing Palin pulling ahead of Romney.
1 posted on 07/23/2010 6:37:50 PM PDT by TitansAFC
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To: TitansAFC

IMHO those other three are classless/clueless RINO’s ....


2 posted on 07/23/2010 6:40:12 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("I Am Molly Norris")
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To: TitansAFC

THe only problem with this poll is that the number of people who pick her is the same as the number of people who think she could be President.

Which unfortunately means that she only gets support from people who want her to be president — she needs to find a way to convince those for whom she’s not the 1st choice that she could be a good president.

In my opinion, if she gets 51% of the people do decide she could be a President, she will also win, because I believe that for most people, the only reason they don’t support her is because they want a more experienced person to clean up the mess after Obama.


3 posted on 07/23/2010 6:43:07 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: SkyDancer

Do we dare discuss … the bad news? From the crosstabs:

12. Do you think Sarah Palin would have the ability to be an effective president? Yes 28% No 51% Not sure 20%

* 18. What do you think is Sarah Palin’s main priority? What’s best for the country 23% What’s best for her family 18% What’s best for her career 49% Something else 9%


4 posted on 07/23/2010 6:43:37 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Support our Troops, and vote out the RINOS!)
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To: rintense

ping


5 posted on 07/23/2010 6:44:29 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: TitansAFC

“Another poll showing Palin pulling ahead of Romney.”

This is not so unexpected but unfortunately there are some pseudo conservatives on this forum that will mock these polling results. Oh well, opinions are just like bu!!holes; everyone has one!


6 posted on 07/23/2010 6:44:48 PM PDT by rj45mis
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To: TitansAFC

Looks like the results of a popularity contest to me.


7 posted on 07/23/2010 6:46:00 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (In 2012: The Rookie and The Wookie get booted from the White House.)
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To: TitansAFC
Screw the poll. Thanks for saddling us with Albert 'Lunchbox' Haynesworth. Want him back? I'm sure Little Lord Danny will let him go at a discount. Especially if Shanahan looks like he's having one of his 'Charles Manson' moments.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

8 posted on 07/23/2010 6:47:57 PM PDT by Viking2002
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To: TitansAFC
Among tea-partiers, specifically, it’s Palin 26, Romney 19, Gingrich 16, and Huckabee 14.

Okay, I'm scratching my head. 49 percent of Tea Partiers supporting RINOs?

9 posted on 07/23/2010 6:48:36 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (No apologies.)
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To: TitansAFC

Notice though, he uses the first poll to show she’s ahead, then quotes from a separate poll to push her down...


10 posted on 07/23/2010 6:48:50 PM PDT by Freddd (CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
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To: TitansAFC
Palin 28
Romney 18
Gingrich 17
Huckabee 13
Undecided 24
Hunter 1
11 posted on 07/23/2010 6:51:03 PM PDT by jla
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To: mnehring
whoa, Whoa, WHOA! This can't be true! Sarah has split conservatives and has half the Tea party mad at her!!!!

/s

I'm more befuddled that Allahpundit actually posted something in favor of Sarah.

12 posted on 07/23/2010 6:52:31 PM PDT by rintense
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To: CharlesWayneCT

Yes, I know.

But Obama polled at 19% just a year and a half before the election. It all changes once the nomination is settled. Both candidates start with 45%, realistically.

Step one is to win the nomination. No matter who you are, you have about a 50/50 chance from that point on. Nobody took Obama, Clinton, Reagan, or for that matter, Mondale seriously until the won their party’s nomination.


13 posted on 07/23/2010 6:53:42 PM PDT by TitansAFC ("At that point in time (2000 race), McCain was as conservative if not more so than GWB." --- pissant)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

Could very well be. Never been a fan of polls, even when they show a fav ahead. Just don’t trust them.


14 posted on 07/23/2010 6:54:08 PM PDT by rintense
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Probably from the Liberal/Democrat side. How can a neighborhood activist be better qualified than a governor of a state that’s twice the size of Alabama and Arkansas from which two presidents came from .... mind boggling to me ...


15 posted on 07/23/2010 6:56:45 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("I Am Molly Norris")
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Those are some oddball numbers.


16 posted on 07/23/2010 6:57:08 PM PDT by dforest
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To: TitansAFC

Hey - those sound like PowerBall Picks!


17 posted on 07/23/2010 7:01:29 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism - "Who-whom?")
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To: TitansAFC

why are Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee rating so high??

Send all three to the has been crowd!


18 posted on 07/23/2010 7:01:40 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: TitansAFC

i will sleep well tonight! thanks.


19 posted on 07/23/2010 7:04:58 PM PDT by nhwingut (Palin/Bachmann '12)
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To: TitansAFC

Another example of the media steering the electorate towards certain potential candidates.


20 posted on 07/23/2010 7:07:41 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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