[The Pack Knight]

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.

[ansel12]

Palin, Romney and Huckabee are in roughly a tie, to me the favorables among primary voters indicates Palin as the front runner, but if you want to maintain that it is too close to call and that Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee and Palin are the three 2012 frontrunners, that is perfectly fine, and accurate enough.