The Establishment Republicans in Alaska are about the only people for whom Sarah Palin has no “profile”. She looms large wherever she goes and earns respect and even grudging admiration among just about every demographic EXCEPT the E-Republicans.
You don’t want to make the Mama Grizzly Bear angry.
Of course if you're one of those people for whom all polls that show results you don't like are "worthless" this is pointless but people on here really have no concept of what the average person out there thinks about Palin (by average person I don't mean "your friends and family that love Sarah too."
Having a 53% unfavorability rating IN HER HOME STATE is pretty terrible. I assure you it's far worse in the country at wide, but since out in the real world nobody takes her seriously as a Presidential candidate they don't poll on it. It may all be caused by an evil media conspiracy, etc. but the reality is its out there and extraordinarily difficult to surmount.
And Smurkie probably settin’ the wheels in motion.