[Grunthor]

Haley Barbour and Newt Gingrich both showed stronger rises in this pol that did Palin.

I have no idea who will be campaigning for the nomination, but once they are all in, I will be settling on the most conservative electable candidate. I hope that person is Sarah Palin but at this point if this were the field, she simply would not be.

[Diogenesis]

"Go Mitt. Go Mitt. Go Mitt.

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"Rove is pushing Romney so aggressively
some folks are beginning to wonder what's going on,"
grumbled one veteran Republican strategist."

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"Rove has made no secret
of his support for Romney as McCain's VP. "

"One of the traditional methods of imposing statism
or socialism on people has been by way of medicine..."
President Ronald Reagan

Death Panels and ObamaCARE/RomneyCARE created by Milt Romney.

[backwoods-engineer]

7. SARAH PALIN (previous rank: 8) ... We're very skeptical that Palin will run, but her chances of securing the GOP nomination if she does are high. How can that be, given her falling approval ratings among Republicans? Consider Rep. Ben Quayle... [who] became the focus of the race, big-footing other candidates and splintering the opposition. Palin has the unique ability to do the same.

I disagree with the NJ's rankings, and don't know where they gets his information that Palin won't run. However, I do agree that she will become the focus of the media in the primary race, and will "big foot" the other candidates out of the race. I also agree with the Journal's staff that she will likely win the GOP nomination if she runs.

And BTW, in before the PDSers. I am going to try and be nicer this time.

[Libloather]

They told Obama that 2 Brazilian soldiers were killed in Afghanistan. .

To everyone's surprise, he collapsed onto his desk, head in his hands, visibly shaken, almost in tears.

Finally, he composed himself and asked, "Just how many is a brazilian?"

[nhwingut]

The National Journal (which is now under the direction of the far left HuffPo) ranks GOP favorites. LOL!

[CharlesWayneCT]

And Mitt Romney didn’t rise at all!!!

[arrogantsob]

Since there are no percentages given I will assume the rankings are actually extremely close and that no candidate has a clear statistical lead. Palin is the one to beat since she is getting more publicity than the rest. And the field is made up of has-beens, never-wills and those with no chance. Mitt, Newt, are in the first; Huck, Trump and Santorum in the second, Rudi, Huntsman and Ron the third.

There are no more than four or five serious candidates: Sarah, Haley, Pawlenty, and maybe Bachman and Daniels. And Sarah has the most charisma. I wish she didn’t sound so whiny though.

[Friendofgeorge]

Sorry but what a bunch of horse crap! The National Journal/Hotline is a joke! They still claim to be the “Non Partisan” National Journal.

Just look at some of their current and former “non partisan” employees.

Chucky Todd and Ron BrownSTAIN just to name a couple. Then the young lady with the short dark hair..Amy Something or other, total lefty. The outfit is a joke IMHO