[Polybius]

She especially has no chance with all that support she has managed to build. Not a chance.

Sarah Palin certainly DOES have a good chance to win the Republican nomination.

Forty percent of all Republicans believe she would be a good President. (See FOX News Poll, February 7-9, 2011, below)

If the other 60% of Republicans split the vote among two other candidates, Sarah Palin will be the Republican nominee.

Then what?

Republicans only make up 29% of all voters and, whether you like it or not, the other 71% of all voters have a right to vote in the 2012 general election.

So, how does Sarah Palin do when ALL voters are in play?

SEVENTY TWO PERCENT OF ALL VOTERS believe that SARAH PALIN would NOT make a good President.

FOX News Poll (February 7-9, 2011)

Question 3: I am going to read you a list of names. Tell me if you think that person would make a good President or not.

Sarah Palin:

.................YES.........NO.......DK.....Never heard of

ALL...........23%.......72%.........4%.......1%

Dem ...........7%........87%........5%.......1%

Rep ...........40%.......56%.......3%.......1%

Ind ...........25%........69%.......3%.......1%

In short, Sarah Palin has a good shot at being the Republican nominee in 2012 but your neighbor's pet cat has as much chance as Sarah Palin of being elected President of the United States.

That is why I try to get the Sarah Palin Adoration Society to stop drinking the Kool Aid and face the realities of Sarah Palin.

A Sarah Palin Republican nomination, with 72% of ALL voters believing that she would NOT be a good President, is Barack Hussein Obama's "take it to the bank" guarantee of being reelected President in 2012.

[excopconservative]

A Sarah Palin Republican nomination, with 72% of ALL voters believing that she would NOT be a good President, is Barack Hussein Obama’s “take it to the bank” guarantee of being reelected President in 2012.

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Why don’t we just have a campaign and see who wins?

[ronnyquest]

I’m guessing you missed the sarcasm.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Polybius, Greek for pissant.

[ronnyquest]

"That is why I try to get the Sarah Palin Adoration Society to stop drinking the Kool Aid and face the realities of Sarah Palin."

And, had you bothered to check, you'd see that I am firmly not in the Palin Adoration Society camp.

[fluffdaddy]

Do you really think the polling data you cite means anything? Polls show that, if the presidential election were held today, 100 per cent of the voters would be very surprised. The overwhelming majority of the American public has given no thought to the next election. Data compiled by asking people what they think about what they haven't thought about is garbage.

Any leader who rejects the progressive world view will rack up big negatives during the off years when normal people are tuned out. Any leader who doesn't reject that world view is part or the problem and can't be part of the solution. Palin’s negatives aren't unique to her. They are the generic negatives of any movement conservative leader. Others have overcome them by running a good campaign in a favorable climate. Palin certainly can too.

[bwc2221]

I bet you were saying the same things about Reagan in 1978.

[ronnyquest]

"That is why I try to get the Sarah Palin Adoration Society to stop drinking the Kool Aid and face the realities of Sarah Palin."

And, had you bothered to check, you'd see that I am firmly not in the Palin Adoration Society camp.

[ronnyquest]

In any case, she cannot possibly be worse that what we have.

[Steamburg]

I suppose you wouldn’t care much for Michelle Bachmann either. It’s time for the GOP establishment to either admit that they are lying Democrats or bend over for the TEA Party. Either way the masquerade is over. When Sarah Palin grew support for instead of sunk McLaim’s campaign; look how hard he worked to throw the election. Retarded Bush/McCain cooperation and affirmative action got us here. When the Bushey boys and their momma treat Obama as badly as they have Palin, then they might have some viable opinion.

[AHerald]

That is why I try to get the Sarah Palin Adoration Society to stop drinking the Kool Aid and face the realities of Sarah Palin.

A Sarah Palin Republican nomination, with 72% of ALL voters believing that she would NOT be a good President, is Barack Hussein Obama's "take it to the bank" guarantee of being reelected President in 2012.

Yay. Another self-congratulatory "I'm the clear-minded objective realist just tellin' the Palin cultists like it is" post. Funny thing is that an honest to goodness realist--knowing that American political history is filled with unlikely victors and vanquished--would clearly understand that polling data of today does not equal the reality of tomorrow.

If she gets her name on the ballot she can win the White House. Period. Unlikely? Longshot? Improbable? Maybe. But "neighbor's cat has a better chance" "take it to the bank guarantee". History is littered with such rubbish guarantees.

[altura]

Why are you so worried? Wait and see what happens. If nobody likes her, she won’t get the nomination.

[B Knotts]

Are you supporting Romney or Huckabee?

[9YearLurker]

If the Dems really wanted to face Palin, they’d call their flying press monkeys off her. Remember how it came out that in ‘08 their plan was to “McCain the Campaign”? The press sucked up to McCain like crazy until he secured the nomination.

[freepersup]