[EyeGuy]

I would just love to hear the SPECIFIC rationale on how, in any way, shape or form, a Sarah Palin candidacy is “bad for the party”.

[Tempest]

This estabishment doesn’t want a bunch of conservatives mucking up their agenda.

[Tempest]

This estabishment doesn’t want a bunch of conservatives mucking up their agenda.

[Diogenesis]

THIS POLL RHYMES WITH MITT

[Nonstatist]

Black voters are enthusiastic about all three potential bids, by a majority in each case. They don’t appear to be satisfied with the current field..

How many black voters are we talking about here? A couple dozen?

[4rcane]

why is palin the only one that is being discourage to run, while all the other candidates who have much less support than she does are not. It sound to me, that they’re afraid that PAlin will beat the other candidates they prefer

[Diogenesis]

It is humbly submitted that the MAJORITY of conservatives
prefer Rasmussen and the MSM to commit Seppuku.

[bwc2221]

You've really reported a lot of negative stuff about Palin via Hot Air recently. Agenda?

[9YearLurker]

Anyone for any of the non-Palin candidates or potential candidates would think it bad for her to enter the race. Jeesh! Rasmussen seems to be on a stop-Palin bender.

[deport]

This poll is BS or that's how it will be proclaimed.

[ansel12]

My memory is that Reagan had to deal with the same, huge numbers of voters that eventually went for Reagan out of desperation for change, were a little afraid of him, and that fear lingered for the first couple of years of his presidency.

[4rcane]

if palin truly don’t have the support in the gop party, then she will lose the primary, so whats the big deal, let her run

[Paul Ross]

I am convinced that Rasmussen is deceptively skewing results to try and help the establishment. They are the same pollsters who claimed after the debate that Mitt Romney was still “#1” Yeah, right.

[LibLieSlayer]

Blow it out your obama loving arse scotty. Who paid you to ask that question scotty? I miss your father Carl scotty... he had integrity... Mr. obama has 45-52% approval rating in my polling for over a year and a half now.

LLS

[Windflier]

Well, we knew after last week’s email witch hunt fiasco, that the MSM would have to find some kind of new tactic to try to keep Sarah out of the race.

Now it’s WE who want her to stand down.

It’s a nice try, but the results of this poll fly in the face of nearly every other metric on Palin’s popularity. I call FAIL.

[Jim Robinson]

Palin as the non-establishment candidate represents a very real danger to progressives and RINOS.

[OrangeHoof]

The internals don’t look good for Palin in this instance. In almost all demographics, opposition to a primary bid outstrips support. Among men, it’s a 42/42 tie, but among women, it’s a double-digit deficit at 28/49.

This is the interesting number and coincides what Rush seems to be seeing - that women don't want Sarah running more than men.

I would say that, if you are a woman and hate Sarah because of her looks, you should elect her President because nothing ages a person more than four years as President.

[RichInOC]

I’m a Palin supporter, and I want her in, and everybody else who wants to be. In their good time, on their own terms. You think you can do better than she can? You think your candidate can do better than she can? Just bring it. If you, as a candidate, think your success depends mainly on some other candidate staying out, rather than what you say, what you do and what you believe, you don’t think much of yourself. If you think your candidate’s success depends mainly on that, rather than his or her merits, you don’t think much of your candidate. And maybe you’re right.

[zerosix]

“Bad” if Palin enters the Primary means “bad” (for the other candidates the ruling elite) if Palin enters the primary!

[Mariner]

I didn’t leave the Republican Party, the Republican Party left me.