I’m talking about the country as a whole, not the GOP base.
We need more than the GOP base to beat Palin, we need INDEPENDENTS who are inexplicably afraid of Palin.
She also has a “woman problem.” Women seem to really dislike her outside our little conservative homeland here on FR.
I USED to really like her. I only forced myself to vote for McCain because of her. I have simply seen more and more things that disturb me about her demeanor and her judgement.
I’d still vote for her over Obama, or even over Romney/Gingrich or whoever, but I wouldn’t be enthusiastic about it.
LOL!! You think anyone on FR only lives here and not the real world or something?
You are here to tell us what independents and women think?
What part ‘someone with an agenda’ do you think conservatives cannot see?
McCain was the timid moderate who supposedly didn’t have these exact problems and he lost.
I am not concerned about these supposed problems. They will clear themselves up.
Palin drew huge crowds and still does. That’s not from party insiders. I’d say that young, lower middle class, rural women really like Palin.
And the most important thing to remember is the worse the economy is, the worse the incumbent does. And Obama’s economy in 2012 looks like a “incumbent loses” situation.
Palin is a star. No one else is even close. We can get votes on star power. Get votes on likeability.
And I’m not worried about all the political analysis talk which is primarily designed to drag down Palin. I mean, what’s intensity analysis?
Gallup, why do you need to hide the real data?
How many people said they knew Palin - more than any other
How many people said they liked Palin - more than any other
How many people said they really liked Palin - more than any other.
By 8%, a substantial number.
I don’t think I’m getting honest appraisals from the press, from the pundits. When you’ve got the biggest star you’ve had since Reagan, when Palin is seen as a solid Conservative by the Conservatives, when if Palin wins, it means the Republicans have the First Female President, I’m shocked, almost, that people are even thinking about the viability of that person. I would think the GOP, if what they really wanted was just to win, would just be rallying around Palin.
But no, the GOP seems to like Romney, or someone seems to like Romney. They studied the overwhelming hatred of Obamacare, and said “hey, let’s get the one guy who did something just like Obamacare”. Just ridiculous.