Palin top pick of Alaska Republicans

Public Policy Polling ^ | 07/30/2013

[MHGinTN]

Give a year to build a data base and I can deliver any poll results you want for the money. There is no such thing as an ‘honest’ poll.

[Alex in chains]

You are correct..... especially after having at one time a 90 percent approval rating across the entire voting public.

[SeekAndFind]

The Democratic CW is that they’d love, love, love to run against Palin because their base hates her and would be sure to pony up for Begich and because independents remain leery of her. Those indie numbers are tough, but if she could shrink the 20 percent of Republicans who prefer him to her, she’d have a chance. That’s not unthinkable in a state as red as Alaska, especially since she’ll have plenty of ad money flowing in from her loyal supporters and some big-name endorsements from the national GOP. McCain owes her a favor after she campaigned for him in 2010; Ted Cruz would doubtless show up for her too, as might Rand Paul. Having her run would be good for the party’s chances to take back the Senate next year too, since lots of Democratic dough that might go to other vulnerable Dem incumbents will be sent north to try to help Begich stop Palin.

Look at it this way: What better chance will she have to reclaim political office than to take him on now? The only obvious alternative is to bide her time and then run as McCain’s replacement in Arizona once he retires. But who knows how long that’ll be, and how risky it’ll be for a staunch conservative by the time he quits given Arizona’s changing demographics. Even if her numbers in Alaska aren’t what they once were, there’s obviously still some goodwill there; her favorables among Republicans, at least, are 65/30. Her supporters are eager for her to run for something again. Why not now?

[Jim Noble]

I’m inclined to say if she can’t win in AK she can’t win anywhere.

[Alex in chains]

Rand Paul and Ted Cruz could show up and help Palin gain all the support that Joe Miller received.

But she is going to need the help of Alaska’s Republicans... Parnell, Treadwell, Murkowski, etc.

They will carry more weight in a general election than Tea Party Senators from out of state.

[Alex in chains]

Rand Paul and Ted Cruz could show up and help Palin gain all the support that Joe Miller received.

But she is going to need the help of Alaska’s Republicans... Parnell, Treadwell, Murkowski, etc.

They will carry more weight in a general election than Tea Party Senators from out of state.

[InvisibleChurch]

How many electoral votes are we short?

[LibLieSlayer]

Did you notice that this was a poll and not an election... a poll some 18 months out? I do not live or die by polls alone and I know one thing... if Sarah runs... she will run because she is convinced that she can make a difference and she will know that she can win. I will back her to the fullest extent possible.

I am through doing politics by the numbers. Our Founders never took the easy way out or always bet on the sure thing... and they went up against the most powerful Military Force known to man (at the time) and they defeated them soundly with a Military that should not have been able to win. I also remember strategists telling us that hillary clinton would soundly defeat all challengers and become the next president of the United States. Heck... they are already beating that recycled drum again.

LLS

[hattend]

It's a slight improvement for Palin from February when we found her trailing Begich 54/38, but she's very much in a hole.

Funny, I hadn't heard she was running as yet.

[RB156]

Dog catcher is too good for Joke Miller. He lost to a WRITE-IN RINO Alaskan MooCow despite running in a deep red state in a great year for the Tea Party.

Run Sarah Run!

[noprogs]

I would like for you to explain how you came to that conclusion. Projecting your obvious faults of ignorance and mental deficiency onto others is no way to go through life.

[WilliamRobert]

PDS troll. You have no clue even after all that has been written and published about Pain.

[WilliamRobert]

Yep eight years all living in the same house. I agree.

[9YearLurker]

I think it would be fantastic for her. It’d update her political resume and add perceived gravitas for those who doubt her heft, while also giving her substantial foreign policy experience.

She could well be the 51st Senator tipping the chamber for the GOP, which is a significant mark right there.

I hope she runs.

[noprogs]

Much has been published about her indeed. I bought her book and actually read it. Sorry to bust your crush, but as much as I love her too, she has her problems.

She increased taxes and royalties on oil production in AK to reinforce a socialistic wealth redistribution system.

She campaigned for many RINO squishes (Karen Handel in Georgia) whose only qualifications were a vagina and an”R” after their name. Think of the AZ governor who forced Obamacare exchanges through.

Sure, she helped Cruz and helps anyone she endorses. In 2008 I cut McCain’s name off the top of my yard sign, and she is why I voted for them.

Simply by not being part of the GOPe she is popular here, and again I hope she wins a seat in the US Senate, but I think she should endorse the most conservative candidate in the primary, like Cruz and not Handel, and should be a bit tougher in dealing with her opponents, which I AM NOT ONE!

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

This article from Public Policy Polling is extremely anti-Palin and they play with survey figures to make their points against her.

Palin will do something to help reclaim America, be it run for another public office, or as a philosophical and spiritual leader (which the GOP doesn’t have in its leadership right now).

We just have to wait a while to see where she is going, and if we want to follow her.

Personally I like her guts, spirit, determination, and decency. That puts her above most of our so-called politicians in both parties.

[Osage Orange]

If the Pubbies had any sense they’d boycott everyone but FOX....

[StAnDeliver]

"That being said, her inability or unwillingness (you must pick one) to endure and overcome a bunch of hack journalists and vicious state bureaucrats from the backwater that is Alaska by at least finishing her term as governor does not bode well."

Heh, noob.

'08 - Palin worth US$1M
'09 - leaves office
'13 - Palin worth US$12M

[StAnDeliver]

"PPP surveyed 890 Alaska voters ... automated telephone interviews ... MoE for overall survey +/- 3.3%, +/- 4.4% for GOP portion."

Typical PPP scag...worthless...