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Palin and the crazies (He means us, of course!)
Public Policy Polling ^ | December 14, 2009 | Tom Jensen

Posted on 12/15/2009 7:50:23 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

It is certainly not breaking news that Sarah Palin is the darling of the most extreme fringe of the Republican Party, but here's yet another data point on it: she's by far the most popular potential 2012 candidate with voters who disapprove of Barack Obama and already want to impeach him.

86% of voters who fit that description have a favorable opinion of Palin to 62% for Mike Huckabee and 49% for Mitt Romney.

That's a much wider popularity gap than exists among all Republicans, 73% of whom view Palin favorably to 57% for Huckabee and 51% for Romney.

By comparison, among Republicans who don't want to impeach Obama yet just 62% have a favorable opinion of Palin compared to 54% for Romney and 51% for Huckabee.

Romney is more popular with the reasonable wing of the Republican Party than the lunatic fringe, which probably hurts his chances at the 2012 nomination. Palin on the other hand is the most popular candidate at this point with both, but is considerably better liked by the crazies who already support impeaching Obama for...what I'm not sure.

If the 2012 GOP nomination fight ultimately turns into a two way race between Palin and Romney it will certainly be a fascinating referendum on the future of the party.


TOPICS: Parties; Polls
KEYWORDS: 2012; gop; obama; palin; polls; republicans; romney; sarahpalin
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I'm speechless.
1 posted on 12/15/2009 7:50:23 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Sarah Palin is the darling of the most extreme fringe of the Republican Party:


If 73% of Republicans support Sarah Palin, how come she is described as the “darling of the MOST EXTREME FRINGE of the Republican Party?


2 posted on 12/15/2009 7:55:42 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN
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To: CIB-173RDABN

How do they determine who is “extreme fringe”?

Is it a meter they measure in standard fringe units?


3 posted on 12/15/2009 7:57:39 AM PST by Dominick ("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." - JP II)
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To: Dominick
Is it a meter they measure in Standard Fringe Units?

Sure thats what it means when a Liberal tells you to SFU.
4 posted on 12/15/2009 7:59:29 AM PST by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

More spewed bile from the Palin Tourette’s crowd.


5 posted on 12/15/2009 7:59:40 AM PST by Free Vulcan (No prisoners, no mercy. 2010 awaits...)
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To: Dominick

In this poll, “extreme fringe” means those who already want to impeach Obama.


6 posted on 12/15/2009 7:59:52 AM PST by Above My Pay Grade ("I don't have a whole lot of mercy for the bad guys, I'm on the good guys' side." -Sarah Palin)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

As the extent of the new taxes, regulations, government intrusion becomes clearer to the general population, certainly they will express a solution such as Obama impeachment in response to poll questions. I suspect that the majority of those responding that way know that the likelihood of that actually happening are slim and are just expressing their frustration.


7 posted on 12/15/2009 8:00:53 AM PST by CedarDave (FOX news:"Fair and balanced (no matter what the White House says) . We report because others won't.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I guess those of use that hate communism, socialism, fascism, and liberalism and love our free America and our Constitutio n -—— are the RIGHT WING EXTREMISTS!!!!

By the way, I guess Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Franklin, et al, were all RIGHT WING EXTREMISTS too....


8 posted on 12/15/2009 8:01:29 AM PST by EagleUSA
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Public Policy Polling is a Dem Pollster. The firm does stupid push polls to make conservatives look foolish.

Last week, they did a poll of Evangelicals in South Carolina. A plurality did not want Sanford impeached. The pollster commented on how Evangelicals lacked the moral authority to speak about anything.


9 posted on 12/15/2009 8:02:04 AM PST by yongin
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If I were a lib I’d be more concerned about MY future. Keep your head in the sand, chump.


10 posted on 12/15/2009 8:03:33 AM PST by tgusa (Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think DeMint is gearing up for a run...


11 posted on 12/15/2009 8:04:07 AM PST by Bob J
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
to the writer of this $h!t

EFFFFFFFFFFF YOU NUMBNUTS!!!!

there....I affirmed what you think of me....and I could give a rats @$$ what you think of me and other patriotic Americans......

12 posted on 12/15/2009 8:04:42 AM PST by Vaquero (BHO....'The Pretenda from Kenya')
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; SpinnerWebb
Romney is more popular with the reasonable wing of the Republican Party

Here's a pic of Mitt and "the reasonable wing" together on prom night ...


13 posted on 12/15/2009 8:05:24 AM PST by tx_eggman (Obama has "Czars" because men with more integrity than he has still use the titles "Don" and "Capo")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I am NOT speechless... but I am going to censor myself to keep from offending others and being banned. America is growing angry... one day that anger will be released... November next year is my guess.

LLS

14 posted on 12/15/2009 8:07:50 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (hussama will never be my president... NEVER!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That’s all they have any more, calling Palin, and by implication all of us, stupid.

Last I checked I could tie my shoes just fine. In fact, I’m relatively successful and don’t slobber my pea soup.

At some point their story doesn’t compute.


15 posted on 12/15/2009 8:08:35 AM PST by FastCoyote (I am intolerant of the intolerable.)
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To: tgusa

Actually, libs only have to worry about their own personal futures if THEIR people stay in power.

If the libs are thrown out of power and this ship is righted, they have really nothing, personally, to fear,

except maybe having to take responsibility for their own lives.

However, if they continue with their liberty stealing policies at the point of a federal gun, they might see that “we the people” have something to say about that.


16 posted on 12/15/2009 8:10:32 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: tx_eggman

Romney is more popular with the reasonable wing of the Republican Party

Just like the really popular reasonable wing candidate McCain. Don’t you love how libs promote their favorite token Republicans. They always choose the RINO from hard blue states. Wonder why?


17 posted on 12/15/2009 8:10:59 AM PST by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: Free Vulcan

The PDS crowd badly wants us to appoint Mike Huckabee as the next GOP candidate. They are willing to settle for Mitt Romney, loyal placeholder for the Bush family. But no way do they want Sarah Palin.


18 posted on 12/15/2009 8:13:49 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“the most extreme fringe of the Republican Party,”

The Democrats don’t have anything except an extreme fringe, which is evidenced by the policies their representatives are pursuing in Washington.

Bunch of leftist nebbishes who think we’re still living in the 1970’s, when they told themselves they were “relevant”.


19 posted on 12/15/2009 8:14:05 AM PST by popdonnelly (Yes, we disagree - no, we won't shut up - no, we won't quit.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Public Policy Polling

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20 posted on 12/15/2009 8:15:28 AM PST by IYellAtMyTV (Workday Forecast--Increasing pressure towards afternoon. Rum likely by evening.)
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