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To: The Pack Knight

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.”


561 posted on 11/18/2010 11:03:01 AM PST by ansel12 (Mitt Romney supporter, and anti-tea party figure, Eric Cantor, won this battle.)
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To: ansel12
So let me get this straight. Palin is the "frontrunner" because Gallup and Rasmussen say that 80% of Republicans have a "favorable opinion" of Palin, even though those very same polling agencies both say that more than 80% of Republicans would prefer to vote for a different candidate?

You do know the difference between having a "favorable opinion" of a candidate and actually voting for that candidate, don't you? I myself have a favorable opinion of Palin, and would answer that way if I was a respondent to such a poll. However, I do not think Palin is qualified to be President, do not think she can beat Obama if she is nominated, and prefer other Republican candidates.

Judging by the polls, many, and perhaps a majority, of Republicans feel the same way I do.
596 posted on 11/19/2010 9:18:23 PM PST by The Pack Knight (Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and the world laughs at you.)
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