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No, Palin is the primary front runner is what Gallup and Rasmussen show,

I'd accuse you of telling a bald-faced lie, but I think it's more likely that you just have no idea what you're talking about and are just making stuff up.

In their most recent polls, both within the last two weeks, Gallup and Rasmussen both show Romney with a slim lead, with Palin and Huckabee tied for second. Gallup's headline is "No Early Front-Runner", while Rasmussen describes the race as a "dead heat." There is no suggestion anywhere that Sarah Palin is "the front-runner".

As for your spin on Barbour's comments, I'll let the quotes speak for themselves. It seems to me that Barbour wanted to beat the Democrats in 2010 and wants to beat Obama in 2012. He doesn't think most voters care about social issues and that running on social issues will not help us beat Obama. I happen to think he's right.

Gallup has Palin’s favorables at 80%, Rasmussen at 82%, as far as Barbour, he made it clear that he sup[ports the unilateral surrender on social issues that Daniels calls a “truce”. I have noticed that a lot of the anti_Palin people are the weak on social issues “conservatives”, it sounds like you fall into that category.

November 12, 2010 Gallup-”Now that the 2010 midterms are over, the big question swirling around Palin is whether she will run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Given her high name recognition and broad popularity among Republicans, 80% of whom now view her favorably, she is clearly in a strong position to seek it.”

“GOP Primary Voters Like Palin Best, With Romney, Huckabee Close Behind
Friday, November 05, 2010 They’re the leading contenders for now for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, and, perhaps not surprisingly, they’re the best liked of 14 top party players among likely GOP primary voters.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of those voters finds that 82% have a favorable opinion of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the party’s vice presidential nominee in 2008, while just 17% view her unfavorably. That includes 50% with a Very Favorable opinion and eight percent (8%) with a Very Unfavorable one.
Seventy-nine percent (79%) have favorable views of both Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, and ex-Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. Seventeen percent (17%) hold an unfavorable opinion of the two men who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008.”