[Friendofgeorge]

Rasmussen and other pollsters are pushing Perry for a host of reasons.

One of them is for the single purpose of trying to keep Gov Palin out of the race, and/or once she is in to manufacture opinion against her.

There are other reasons behind the MSM/Rep est pushing Perry, or at least pushing him for a short period as they have with Bachmann.

Another reason/least reason is just for a pollster to make news for himself

[Lazlo in PA]

The match-up surveys of 1,000 Likely Voters were conducted August 23-30, 2011 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error for the surveys is +/- 3% with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

So exactly where is Rass spinning and sampling to get "his man" Perry good numbers? This is the best most reliable poll we have. Is everything in this primary election a conspiracy against Palin? If it is, there is one way to correct it. She could announce and get into this thing to fight back. Oh. That's right. You folks believe she can wait until after Christmas to jump in without ill effects.