Sarah Palin goes behind enemy lines (The Daily Politico Palin Hit Piece)

Politico ^ | 05/28/2011 | Molly Ball

[Rational Thought]

Among the New Hampshire electorate as a whole, Palin is viewed favorably by just 28 percent, according to a recent survey by the Democratic automated pollster Public Policy Polling.

In PPP surveys in 31 states over the last six months, just three states had smaller proportions of Palin fans, and all were in the northeast: New Jersey, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. (Though the firm is partisan, its results generally track with polls by other organizations. PPP’s results were used in this analysis in the interest of consistency across different states.)

Continue Reading Text Size -+reset Listen Palin’s highest ratings, in the low 40s, were in states like Montana, Mississippi, Nebraska and Texas, according to PPP.

In Pennsylvania, Palin likely has pockets of support in the rural center of the state and among tea party activists, said Jim Roddey, chairman of Pittsburgh’s Allegheny County Republican Committee.

“Overall, most of us feel she could be an important force in the party, but I would hope she would not run for president,” said Roddey, who hasn’t endorsed a 2012 primary candidate. “I don’t think she has the intellectual capacity or the depth of knowledge to be president.”

Madonna, the Pennsylvania pollster, said there’s evidence that putting Palin on the ticket hurt McCain overall in Pennsylvania by turning off the suburban swing voters — particularly women — that are crucial to winning the state.

[gitmo]

Just as when Turd Blossom Rove, whines that Palin doesn’t think “the rules” (The beltway rules) apply to her.

Rove said she may be right about that, though. He wasn't talking about real rules, but the conventional wisdom about how to run a campaign. He made the point that the conventional approach may not be the best approach for her.

[gitmo]

Christie is a Global Warming nut? I didn’t know that.

[haroldeveryman]

“The overall style, her manner, her approach, doesn’t sit well with college educated, independent-minded women”

“college educated, independent-minded women” is a code for single issue, partial birth abortion voters. Granted they have a visceral hatred for Plain, but they would vote against any conservative.

[haroldeveryman]

“The overall style, her manner, her approach, doesn’t sit well with college educated, independent-minded women”

A a code for single issue, partial birth abortion voters. Granted they have a visceral hatred for Palin, but they would vote against any conservative.

[JohnBovenmyer]

The Charge of the Right Brigade. Into the Valley of Death Panels.

Surprise (to the critics) ending!

[9YearLurker]

Right on both counts.

There have been dozens since that they’ve not so pronounced, but that’s a pretty elite group for getting elected president as a Republican. Poppy of course rode in on Reagan’s longitudinal coattails and you’ve got to go back 40 years for another winning Pubbie.

[slumber1]

‘intellectual capacity’ is this years version of ‘gravitas’.

[Polybius]

If Palin was unelectable, Politico would be raving about her.

Is that why the liberal media "raved" about Dan Quayle? Because he was so "electable"?

The liberals make Sarah Palin the poster child of the entire Republican Party and then attack her for exactly the same reason that conservatives make Nancy Pelosi the poster child of the entire Democrat Party and then attack her :

Both Nancy Pelosi and Sarah Palin have horrendously negative poll numbers outside of their own fan clubs and the strategy is to keep attacking such an individual while, at the same time, painting that individual as the symbol of the other party.

In an April 2011, 46% of all voters stated that they "would definitely NOT vote for Obama" in the next Presidential election.

How can a sitting President with such bad polling ever hope to win reelection?

Simple. By having the GOP nominate a candidate who SIXTY FIVE PERCENT (65%) of all voters state that they will definitely NOT vote for.

What candidate has such abysmally negative polling among all voters?

Sarah Palin.

Let that sink in:

SIXTY FIVE PRECENT (65%) of ALL voters have stated that they will DEFINITELY NOT vote for Sarah Palin.

In politics, that is about as "unelectable" as you can possibly get.

[mike09]

They want you to be tired of it. They want you to be distracted. The only thing they don’t want is a Republican candidate with blue collar appeal (someone who doesn’t just know the words like a T-Paw but also knows the music, if you will) to focus on the economy and to run an anti-establishment, anti-crony capitalist campaign, because that sells with independents in blue states.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Though the firm is partisan, its results generally track with polls by other organizations.

Really? Then why post the PPP one. Why not post the others?

[itsahoot]

Never ask a question if you don’t already know the answer. That is why
we won’t risk a real convention since Reagan almost stole the nomination from the wonderful Gerry Ford.

[Polybius]

Then my next question: who else in the GOP fills every venue they visit? Draws bigger crowds? Better excites the GOP base?

Fills every venue they visit? Excites the "base"?

Are you serious?

By that yardstick, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber could be touted as good Presidential candidates if it were not for the "35 years old" constitutional requirement.

Yes, Sarah Palin, just like Justin Beiber and Lady Gaga, has a very dedicated core of fans and all three of them sell out venues every single time.

Even Charlie Sheen can claim to "sell out every venue".

Charlie Sheen's Sold-Out Tour Expanding To Several More U.S. Cities

However, compared to the size of the entire population of the U.S., those Fan Clubs are relative small.

Most Americans would not go to a Lady Gaga or a Justin Beiber concert even if you gave them free tickets.

As for Sarah Palin, SIXTY FIVE PERCENT (65%) of ALL voters have stated that they would DEFINITELY NOT vote for her.

The Republican Party makes up only 29% of all American voters. Having Sarah Palin getting 100% of the vote of the "base" and 100% of the vote of everybody else that has not already said that they would DEFINITELY NOT vote for Sarah Palin still adds up to a 65% to 35% electoral bloodbath and the reelection of Barack Hussein Obama.

The GOP needs to get a conservative candidate that does not have poll numbers lower than Osama bin Ladin's corpse at the bottom of the ocean (as Sarah Palin currently has) to avoid the certainty of either a RINO President or a second term for Marxist Obama.

[Once-Ler]

Then my next question: who else in the GOP fills every venue they visit? Draws bigger crowds? Better excites the GOP base?

Fills every venue they visit? Excites the "base"?

Are you serious?

By that yardstick, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber could be touted as good Presidential candidates if it were not for the "35 years old" constitutional requirement.

Are you serious? You think Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber excite the GOP base?

It is easier to argue a point, when you get to fabricate what you are responding too.

[mrspeelwerneeded]

Same old, same old. We’ll find out when she runs, won’t we? Good luck with these same old BS, Politico. Palin’s going to do damage to them and precious and they know it. Couldn’t keep her out and won’t shut her up.

[DTogo]

Now, however, with her luster dimmed and her national relevance in question, she has chosen to venture into the belly of the beast.

So much so that Politico can't help themselves from writing about her all the time.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

You made my point.

Time wanted Dan Quayle to be the candidate, and their cover says so.

The last thing they want is for Palin to be the candidate.

Why would that be, Skippy?

[Kickass Conservative]

Add Gun Control to your list.

[Radtechtravel]

Turn out trumps skewed polling every time, because the motivated voter is a force multiplier. Motivated voters win friends and influence people to vote with them. Fence sitters are influenced by motivated voters.

BO does not have better motivated support than Sarah has. BO’s support is bussed in and bribed. 13 states have passed laws which inhibit phony vote registration, corrupted absentee-ballot process, and multiple ballot casting. The dems are wringing their hands over it.

My question remains unanswered: if Sarah wants to run who could beat her in the GOP primary, when motivated voters are even more powerful than they are in the general?

[Radtechtravel]

“As for Sarah Palin, SIXTY FIVE PERCENT (65%) of ALL voters have stated that they would DEFINITELY NOT vote for her.”—Polybius

Oh Poly, you are entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts. Since the last Presidential election, there has been no poll taken that interviewed 100% of US voters, ergo, there could be no such poll wherein 65% of ALL VOTERS said they would not vote for or against any given candidate, let alone against Sarah.

You exaggerated, which is a kinder, gentler way to say, “you lied!”

[LibsRJerks]

This always kills me.

I’m college educated. And I support Palin! In fact, I have two degrees and am working on another.

And I’m about as independent minded as they get. Never received assistance from anyone — worked my way through school, still manage to live as independent from the government or from anyone, except WITH my husband - and we split everything 50% and make all decisions together.

What IS this crap they just seem to throw out about women?

I loathe when the liberal media purports to speak “for all women.”