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Posted on 07/02/2010 6:07:54 PM PDT by pissant
Outside of Republicans, she’s not popular at all. According to our NBC/WSJ poll, just 29% view her favorably, compared with 43% who view her unfavorably (not far from George W. Bush’s 29%-50% score). In addition, the poll shows that 52% have problems with a candidate who has been endorsed by Palin, versus only 25% who are comfortable with that attribute. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Palin is more of a political celebrity than a political figure. ~First Read
This is true, but there is nothing here about Palin that we know now that we didn’t already know a year or a year and a half ago. Her unfavorables among non-Republicans have gone up steadily since the Republican convention in 2008, and outside of a dedicated core of admirers and a few critics no one is taking her political chances seriously. This is the same as it has been for a very long time. As Josh Green notes, it would normally be absurd to think that someone with a 14-point favorability deficit was a serious presidential contender, and there aren’t that many non-partisans who think that she is anything of the kind. The reality is that the more independents and Democrats see of Palin, the less they like. In a country where these people make up at least 65% of the electorate, Palin is essentially unelectable in a general election. This isn’t a difficult call to make. The question to which we don’t know the answer yet is whether the GOP is so willfully blind to this reality and so bent on self-destruction in 2012 that the party nominates her anyway. For all of the reasons I have given before, I very much doubt that Republicans are this foolish. It is possible that the GOP will decide
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Every candidate that she has endorsed ends up winning.
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You said it before I did. And, I think the Dems are scared to death of her, that’s why they hate her so.
Your Post #8 is “RIGHT ON”
That kind of reminds of Baby Bush.
As Ron Paul pointed out, Baby Bush was against nation building before he was for it.
That is the best foreign policy observation Ron Paul ever made, as I disagree with Ron Paul as much on foreign policy as I agree with him on economic policy.
You may start with her education
What would you consider the minimum qualifications to be?
During the 2000 campaign, Bush actually got caught not knowing who Pervez Musharraf was. He sure as hell found out, didn't he!
Jindal is not a Natural Born Citizen.
If Jindal gets traction in 2012, your gay definition of NBC will matter not a whit, especially since the Obama precedent has already been set in concrete.
I agree, Palin is quite likable in much the same way as Reagan. She’ll win converts by the bushel when the time is right. The right time will be between the nominating convention and the 2012 elections.
Especially because of it. Double standards are a Democrat specialty.
Just nobody out there willing to take on the right people and say the right things like Sarah Palin. Until that changes she’s got my complete support.
It’s just hard to believe she hasn’t won more people over with her right on point attacks on the liberal agenda.
It’s not surprising that the majority of FReepers love and adore Sarah Palin. But we do not sway elections. Yes, Democrats fear her .. but so do Independents. Without the latter, you don’t win elections.
“Every candidate she has endorsed ends up winning” a Republican primary. Who, exactly, votes in Republican primaries? ta da .. conservatives! I don’t recall her being involved in either VA or NJ last year for the general, statewide elections, and can’t recall her endorsing either man at the top of the ticket. IIRC, the VA candidate asked her to stay out of the race, so that scenario is more likely in bluer NJ.
We won’t even know for sure after the ‘10 elections how her Right endorsements played because of the historically high anti-incumbent sentiment.
Right now there is no one on the GOP horizon that *I* would rather see carry the GOP banner in ‘12, but, frankly, I don’t think she can win. Not without a seachange in attitudes across the USA. I fear she’s been successfully Borked or Quayled. And I think she knows that but will use her influence where it can do some good.
So what you are looking for is a candidate who doesn’t make waves such as not telling Boma where he is wrong,
tells the MSM what they want to hear so they don’t attack
that candidate.
No thanks, I will support Sarah Palin who can take care of herself vs. the MSM .
I don’t let the MSM tell me who to support
That independent equals moderate is leftist propaganda (from Democrats and from RINOS).
The focus guy on FoxNews has shown that independents are NOT moderates, and that the vast majority of independents are conservative, far more conservative than either the Democrat communists or the RINO "moderates".
You Betcha!
Palin hasn’t run for any national office except VP, and that was in McCain’s shadow so there was a limit on how bright she could shine. If she grabbed for the brass ring in earnest, her positive numbers would shoot up like a rocket.
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