Posted on 06/07/2010 5:10:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It looks like not even two scandalous allegations of extramarital affairs can stop Sarah Palin's candidate, Nikki Haley, in the Republican primary for governor of South Carolina. Haley holds a 20-point lead over Rep. Gresham Barrett one day before the vote.
According to North Carolina-based polling firm Public Policy Polling, Haley has emerged unscathed from recent lascivious rumors simply because voters don't believe the gossip.
"Only 13 percent of voters believe the allegations levied against her, and 54 percent of people just don't believe the rumors at all," said PPP director Tom Jensen. "The view is, if you can't prove it, we were going to vote for her and we still are," he said.
Many have linked the rumors' genesis to Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, another of Haley's opponents in the upcoming primary. "If anything, this has actually hurt Bauer," said Jenson. "He's in last place with only 12 percent of the vote."
The pollster believes that Haley will come in first place with a good margin tomorrow, but perhaps not the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff. "The race will be close in the runoff, when it's just a two-man race between Barrett and Haley, but it's not very often you see someone with a 20-point lead lose in a runoff."
The Tea Party-endorsed Haley may not have the most imposing résumé in the race, but according to Jensen, Republican voters, especially those who love Palin, see her as a change in direction.
"43 percent of voters disprove of the current direction of the GOP, Haley is something new."
It’s pretty clear that these guys will say anything. And have.
Not from want of trying on the part of the networks.
I hear Obama is really gay. I have no evident of it, but I’ll just throw the rumor out that he is really a gay person. And media is surprised that ppl don’t believe it?
I hope she draws enough to skip the runoff. Those Gay Mafia slanders have gone far enough.
Get’um Girl!
The usual Malcontents on FR have been posting threads
with lies and innuendos against Nikki Haley, a
Conservative Republican endorsed by Sarah Palin.
The other reason the Malcontents post the threads the attempt to bash Sarah Palin by proxy.
The Malcontents are shills for the fool who was a staffer for Huckabee.
photo below
Shes a fighter like Sarah, if it takes electing women to help the Republicans find a spine, so be it!
Still thing Barrett is the one behind these attacks. Bauer is not that intelligent to plot them.
Romney actually endorsed Nikki in March and no one notuced. Palin comes to town and her popularity skyrockets.
Huckabee’s fingerprints are all over this. I hate Huckabee. He is a dirty campaigner who then tries to smile and act innocent about it. Bauer is a Huckabee flunky.
What’s a “Romney” pray tell?
It was so obviously a political ambush! I knew right off the bat that she would get my vote if I were a South Carolinian.
The ambush was so obvious! He opponents should be rejected for sheer stupidity.
LOL. Next thing we will find out is Bauer has a blow up doll of RuPaul hidden some place.
Now that is a possibility.
He probably services that SC talk show guy who is a source for PaulBots
If Bauer is connected to these rumors it doesn't change my opinion of him one bit. I wasn't going to ever vote for him before this.
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