Posted on 09/01/2010 10:55:38 AM PDT by speciallybland
Even after watching her preferred candidate surprisingly triumph in Alaska’s Senate race, Sarah Palin’s home state is no sure thing for the former governor as she trails former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in a hypothetical 2012 matchup, according to a new poll.
Only 17 percent of the 805 Alaska Republicans surveyed by Public Policy Polling said they would back Palin in a 2012 GOP primary, the same percentage who voiced support for former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Romney led the field, garnering 20 percent.
“Fortunately for Sarah Palin, Alaska decides few convention delegates, and coming more than a month after Super Tuesday, she may not survive the race to be embarrassed on her home turf,” said Dean Debnam, president of Public Policy Polling.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has the support of 16 percent of Alaska Republicans, placing him in fourth.
Ten percent of those surveyed said they would support Texas Rep. Ron Paul, and 20 percent were either undecided or would back another candidate not listed in the poll.
The survey was conducted Aug. 27-28 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
Palin would be well advised to stick to tweeting and speeches.
I wonder if these “Republicans” polled voted for Miller? ... or were they ‘old money, establishment’ Republican party hacks?
Isn’t Public Policy Polling a lib polling organization?
From Politico, so ........
The choices on t his list suck: Needs more cowbell in:
Paul Ryan
John Thune
DeMint
Rick Santorum (not perfect but 10X better than Myth/Huck)
Michelle Bachmann
This is hard to believe, after the Palin-supported candidate, Joe Miller, has just won the Republican Senate nomination....grabbed it from the clutching claws of the Murkowski clan!
You DESERVE a Romney president....
Remember, this is a Politico article. I smell disinformation here. How could Romney poll with his own HCR anchor around his ankles?
According to Wikipedia:
Public Policy Polling (PPP) is an American, Progressive, and Democratic Party-affiliated polling firm based in Raleigh, North Carolina.[1][2][3] PPP was founded in 2001 by businessman and Democratic pollster Dean Debnam, the firm’s current president and chief executive officer.
So we know it’s JournoList aproved data.
Politico ALWAYS rags on Sarah. Let the liberals whine - no one is listening - but I enjoy seeing them squirm.
GO JOE MILLER!
GO SARAH!
First, I don’t believe this poll, regardless of my feelings on who should be the next president. Not that many people even know who Romney is this far out. Name recognition drives polling 2 years out, and there is no way he would score that high right now.
Secondly, as a movement, we HAVE to prevent Romney from being our candidate. I voted for him in the FL primary last time because FL was the last stand against McCain. I actually liked him out of the the realistic candidates at that stage in the race to run against Obama. Today, he is a sure disaster for us, even if he ended up winning. His continued backing of the failed MA health care system is a sure sign that we will be stuck permanently with Obamacare. 2012 is our last chance to end this before it begins. Beginning in 2014, the discussion will no longer be to repeal and replace. It will be a battle between the parties on who can FIX it.
Romney is severely wounded with his stance on health care, much as McCain was in 2012 on tax cuts. Both were on record supporting the Obama positions. He simply cannot be our candidate.
Even Jesus was not respected in his home town.
Matthew 6:
3 Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. 4 Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives and in his own house is a prophet without honor.” 5 He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.
The difference of 3%, WHATEVER! Man these folks have 7 lives.
Good Afternoon! Always can count on you to lift the lid!
1. Poll is within the margin of error of 3.5 percent.
2. Romney, Palin, Huckabee, and Gingrich all have roughly the same amount of support
Romney 20
Palin 17
Huckab 17
Ginric 16
The conservatives have far more support than the Murkowski establishment in Alaska. And people will jump on the winner, Palin in the end.
The “only Sarah can beat flipper” crowd can take a hike. If a dork like McCain can beat him like a bongo, so can lots of folks.
Yeah something stinks about this...
Paul Ryan is too much of a squish. Though DeMint and Bachmann are high on my list.
Put Glenn Beck in the mix and see what happens. I believe they would be surprised. Here’s some ideas.....Glenn Beck/Sarah Palin ticket, Glenn Beck/John Bolton ticket, Glenn Beck/Dr. Barton ticket. This would scare the hell out of liberals.
The poll and the story is misleading and meaningless. Palin might not be the Republican nominee (although I hope she is) but I can confidently predict that neither will Romney.
You have one thing in common with the main stream media, The Republican hierarchy, and the Democrat Party.
A blind rabid hatred of Sarah Palin.
Why do you? I think that I know but I would like to hear it in your own words.
There ya go...
Romney will win if Palin doesn’t beat him. Count on it. That is the reality.
There are Country Clubbers and elected officials like DeMint around the country, ready to support him hard and early when he announces.
CBS Up to the Minute news (overnight) always has a “Politico analyst” on to quote on this or that.
It’s such a joke. It’s like Pravda quoting a source from the GRU.
Yea, that’s what I was about to point out. PPP is a lefty polling firm. Good try...
Re: “Palin would be well advised to stick to tweeting and speeches.”
Hey!...Is that you Romney using that alias!? Or is it Huck? hehe
Seriously?
Please note the bizarre attack on Sarah Palin by the President of PPP that is quoted in the article. These people aren't even pretending to be objective anymore.
Who exactly were they polling?
This poll looks kinda bunk, but it really doesn't matter.
The GOP needs to get rid of the arcane primary process that puts Iowa and NH first.
Screw Iowa. Nice people, but why do they get to go first?
I’d like to see a poll of how Sarah matches up against Romney in Massachusetts - I bet she beats him there.
I confidently predict Mitt RomneyCare will drop out early this time.
Are we suppose to believe this?
Now you’re talking!!!
Anyone that ran in 2008 (yes, ANYONE) will lose again in 2012.
Fresh faces with fresh ideas - that’s the ticket to victory.
I didn’t say anything about the validity of the poll.
I kinda like Palin. She should run the RNC instead of Steele. Or maybe be Sec of the Interior in a conservative administration.
Let’s plumb the logical depths of your advice, shall we? What good will it do her to make speeches if it keeps Romney or anybody else besides herself in the lead? What would be the point? Why would she be ‘well advised’ to tweet and speak?
The only polls I will believe are the ones taken at the primaries.
Even then, not sure if those are fair anymore.
‘Palin is like Jesus’ analogies sound a bit crazy.
Also, many make the argument that her high popularity in Alaska is a reason for her 2012 presidency. So this Jesus analogy contradicts that.
http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2008/11/ppps-bias.html
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
PPP’s ‘Bias’
“PPP is a Democratic company, no doubt. We do private polling for Democratic candidates and we were rooting hard for Obama. But that never had any impact on our polling results.”
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I you believe that, I have a bridge I want to sell you.
um... yeah, right
Alaskans, a very hardy breed, want a metro sexual instead of a woman who can kill and skin a grizzly
Well, if you want her as president, by all means, push her to run. I happen to put her in roughly the same category as the dreaded Mitt/Tpaw/Huck/Newt cabal. IOTW, none of the above.
Glenn Beck for President? Nah!
And Duncan Hunter polls where????
You have that right.
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