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Sarah Palin's popularity rating takes a dive (compared to Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee)
telegraph.co.uk ^ | 2010-12-29 | Toby Harnden

Posted on 12/29/2010 5:06:18 PM PST by rabscuttle385

In a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, 49 per cent of Republicans said that they were "very" or "somewhat likely" to support a run by Mrs Palin, who shot to international prominence in 2008 when she was selected as Senator John McCain's vice-presidential running mate.

This is down sharply from the 67 per cent of Republicans who said that they were likely to support a Palin candidacy in 2012 when they were asked in a CNN poll in December 2008.

Of her main potential rivals, two thirds of Republicans questioned stated that they were somewhat or very likely to support Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, while 59 per cent said the same of Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1biglie; 2012gopprimary; 2012polls; afalsity; alie; anklebiteralert; anuntruth; freepressforpalin; huckabee; mccain; palin; palinkoolaidfactory; pdsfoundhere; rabscuttle4obama; rabscuttle4rinos; rinos; romney; sarahpalin
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To: tallyhoe

The commie libs are terrified that Palin will run in 2012. If she runs, she wins and they know that. They are only trying to “cut her off at the pass” with their phony balony polls and trash pieces.


21 posted on 12/29/2010 5:28:09 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (The DemocRATS. Just doing the jobs the Grim Reaper doesn't want to do.)
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To: RC one

Obama’s bleeding out indies left and right. The winner of the Republican primary will probably be the winner of the 2012 election. This is due to the fact that most sitting presidents with a horrible economy go on to lose the election. It happened with Reagan, it will happen with Palin, people are not going to want $5.00 a gallon gas or a 10% unemployment rate. If the economy is still in a rut Obama will lose to the GOP.


22 posted on 12/29/2010 5:30:33 PM PST by erod (Unlike the President I am a true Chicagoan.)
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To: rabscuttle385

By the time the primary is over, whoever we pick better have the support of a lot more than 67% of the republicans.


23 posted on 12/29/2010 5:31:46 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: rabscuttle385

How many times are you PDS sufferers going to post this bogus CNN poll?


24 posted on 12/29/2010 5:32:13 PM PST by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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To: rabscuttle385

When Palin declares, this media mental self flagulation will be turned on it’s head. The debate will turn to the issues and campaign organization. Who is energized about a Huckleberry or Romney campaign. Tea party people will be beating the streets day and night for Palin. If she picks a great team, and begins sending “her people” to these sunday shows, the image of Palin will evolve from one powerful voice, to a powerful and presidential looking organization.


25 posted on 12/29/2010 5:34:33 PM PST by johncocktoasten (Practicing asymetrical thread warfare against anti-Palin Trolls)
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To: rabscuttle385

So State run media wants us to go with Romney, who lost the primary to McCain, who lost the 2008 election. Riiiight. To paraphrase Robert Heinlein, just listen to what the MSM experts say, and then do the exact opposite.


26 posted on 12/29/2010 5:34:43 PM PST by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
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To: tacticalogic

You think they asked the question differently for Palin than for the other candidates? Why do you think that? Have you seen the questions?


27 posted on 12/29/2010 5:34:55 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: RC one

If unemployment is double digits,gasoline is 5 bucks a gallon and food prices are through the roof because of ridiculous cap-n-trade policy, all very likely in 2012, Palin will get the middle of the road independents just like Reagan in 1980.

Dole+McCain= Romney


28 posted on 12/29/2010 5:35:00 PM PST by Le Chien Rouge
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To: RC one

Is Obama a Carter one-termer, or another Clinton? Probably the latter. The Republican House is going to instill some confidence in the economy and things will be looking up by mid-2012. Obama could ride back in on the strong economy, just as Clinton did in ‘96.

If Palin is as smart as I think she is, she may sit out 2012 and wait for 2016. She will have lots of “gravitas” by then and the Republican nominee will be a shoe-in after eight years of the Zero.


29 posted on 12/29/2010 5:35:35 PM PST by BigBobber
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To: Windflier
If CNN says she's bad, then I'm voting for her. Since they like Huckelberry and Rom-Rino... well that's all I need to know. I'll never vote for the oprah winfrey of arkansas.. alternating fat and skinny... Huckelberry.

Romney's photo of him laughing his a## off with liberals is all I need to know about that putz.

democrat

Isn't he just having a grand old time...har-har-har...

30 posted on 12/29/2010 5:36:35 PM PST by Dick Vomer (democrats are like flies, whatever they don't eat, they sh#t on)
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To: Islander7

Currently it looks like a large number of conservatives in the GOP Primary are going to split the Conservative vote allowing a RINO to win - and promptly lose to Obama.

Someone needs to convene a “smoke-filled back room” and winnow the potential candidates down to one or two good conservatives so that we can smother the RINOs.


31 posted on 12/29/2010 5:39:08 PM PST by Little Ray (The Gods of the Copybook Heading, with terror and slaughter return!)
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To: rabscuttle385

If true, it wouldn’t surprise me. The never-ending attacks on everything about Sarah Palin (including her family) by the media is relentless. Even on our local news yesterday, the blonde bimbo (iq probably less than what she weighs) proudly announced what she considered the most outrageous quotes of 2010. The number one quote was “I can see Russia from my house” which she attributed to Sarah Palin. Number one, she never said it (Tina Fey did), and two, the person who said it did so in 2008. They’ll stoop to anything, and the public, alas, laps it up.


32 posted on 12/29/2010 5:40:21 PM PST by MizSterious ("Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." -JFK)
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To: Dick Vomer

Just in case you need to know more, remember “Romneycare”—parent of Obamacare.


33 posted on 12/29/2010 5:42:25 PM PST by MizSterious ("Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." -JFK)
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To: CharlesWayneCT
You think they asked the question differently for Palin than for the other candidates? Why do you think that? Have you seen the questions?

I think they asked the same questions. I'd question how representative their respondent pool is of conservative Republicans. People with a liberal bent are going to find more to like in Mitt or Huck than in Sarah. I suspect with some practice you can tune your respondent selection methodology to areas where you're more likely to find those people, and I wouldn't trust CNN not to do it.

34 posted on 12/29/2010 5:47:39 PM PST by tacticalogic
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To: Pravious

Your suggested poll question is a good illustration, but since my Mom named me Thomas, I have no compunctions about doubting whether they even CONDUCTED a poll. I think they just pulled a number which suited them out of some body cavity located in the general region of the gluteous maximus, and then published it.

If they intend to mickey up a fallacious poll in an attempt to injure the ONE person in the Country who scares the bejabbers out of them; why go to all the trouble to conduct a “poll”?


35 posted on 12/29/2010 5:52:39 PM PST by Tucker39
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To: Dick Vomer

Check out the look in Ted Kennedy's eyes. That's a look that's saying, "Enough with the yucks. Just sign it, you bastard."

We need to spread this picture around as much as possible after Romney announces his bid for the nomination.

36 posted on 12/29/2010 5:55:46 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: mapmaker77

I really like how she wears her hair. Especially when it’s done in ‘prom’ mode. (H/T to Bristol P.)


37 posted on 12/29/2010 5:56:12 PM PST by jla
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To: rabscuttle385

The public at large would tune into a modern witchhunt.


38 posted on 12/29/2010 5:59:02 PM PST by Tempest (I put money ahead of people)
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To: tacticalogic
The poll is not of "conservative Republicans"...just "Republicans." It has a pretty large sampling error (4.5 %), so there's a lot of swing room. The question asked is:

I'm going to read you the names of a few people who might run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. For each one, please tell me whether you would be very likely, somewhat likely, not very likely, or not likely at all to support them if they decided to run for the Republican nomination in 2012.

The drift of the poll, however, is that Palin's support has lessened significantly amongst Republicans since 2008. Support (and non-support) for Romney, Gingrich and Huckabee is still within the margin of error since 2008, relatively unchanged.

Basically, all it says, right now Romney and Huckabee are a little more popular among Republicans than Palin and Gingrich. If this polling is the same at the end of 2011, it will be significant....until then...nah....magritte
39 posted on 12/29/2010 6:01:11 PM PST by magritte ("There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself "Do trousers matter?")
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To: BigBobber

Possible. But on Tuesday the former CEO of Shell Oil stated that if everything continues as it has for the past two years, gasoline will be $5.00 a gallon by 2012. That, and a few other similar conditions that Zero’s drunken sailor spending and hatred of Free Enterprise are going to cause, might be all that’s needed to fix his political wagon for 2012.

One thing Sarah understands, in SPADES, and about which she can grind Zero to powder in a debate, is the wisdom and desirability of drilling OUR OWN oil and natural gas, etc. When you charge an American $5.00 a gallon for gasoline you’re messing with their FREEDOM to come and go AS they please, WHERE they please, WHEN they please.


40 posted on 12/29/2010 6:02:21 PM PST by Tucker39
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