Posted on 06/09/2011 1:20:35 PM PDT by DirtyHarryY2K
DES MOINES—Sarah Palin says George Washington is her favorite founder because he was reluctant to serve but answered the call of duty. She likes to think of herself this way, answering the needs of a clamoring electorate. That is part of the cinematic beauty of her bus tour: The crowds that greet her can represent that call to take up their standard and head into presidential battle on their behalf.
There's only one problem: The call isn't coming. That's the clear message in a new CBS News poll of the Republican field. Taken after the Palin bus tour started rolling, it asked Republicans whether Palin should run. By a 20-point margin (54 percent to 34 percent), Republicans said she should not run. Among Tea Party supporters, where Palin has her strongest following, she is also waved off against a run. Half say she should not run; 38 percent say she should. That isn't so much a referendum on her bus tour as it is a sign that the entire months-long Palin flirtation with the presidency is not creating an appetite.
The biggest challenge to a Palin candidacy has always been that her image within her own party has been getting worse. (If she can't improve among her friends, she isn't going to improve in the wider circle of voters). Some 36 percent of Republican voters have an unfavorable view of her, compared with the 37 percent that have a favorable view. Her favorability rating has declined since April.
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She has no chance...that’s why every story on her is a top story with massive hits even internationally at times. And don’t give me the “train wreck” BS. If gets in it will be shock and awe guys.
The calls for Sarah are starting to ROLL, from the silent majority, US real American born citizens.
It’s the islamic and communist media that won’t show her OR US.
“this is not the anti-obama you are looking for”
*Jedi hand gesture*
Let’s imagine for a moment that I foolishly supported one of the lesser lights. If a pollster asked me whether I wanted Sarah Palin, a candidate who could win the nomination, to enter the race, I would say absolutely not! It doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t vote for her after she crushed my own candidate, by why would I want to encourage her to enter in the first place? Bob
Like ESPN dissing the Mavericks chances against the Heat.
Well, except when she doesn’t.
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