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Sarah Palin and the future
QandO —
... All that to say the very same staffer’s (and some pundits) who’ve also declared that Palin was one of the big reasons McCain lost have a Rasmussen poll to munch on before they open their traps and again make themselves look foolish: ...
Rasmussen: 64 Percent of Republicans Want Palin in 2012
Weekly Standard Blog —
Rasmussen reports:
When asked to choose among some of the GOP’s top names for their choice for the party’s 2012 presidential nominee, 64% say Palin. The next closest contenders are two former governors and unsuccessful challengers for the presidential nomination this year -- Mike Huckabee of Arkansas with 12% support and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts with 11%.
Three other sitting governors – Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Charlie Crist of Florida and Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota – all pull low single-digit support.
Video: “Governor Palin did nothing wrong,” says … Nicolle Wallace?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... , et al. insist she is or else she’s a particularly brazen liar, willing to slobber over Palin for the Today show audience while spitting venom at her off the record. Or, third option: She saw Palin’s GOP approval ratings at Rasmussen this morning, realized that criticizing her now qualifies as a sin against conservatism, and decided at the last minute she’d best use her time with Lauer to make nice. Mission accomplished, in that case. Meanwhile, ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — ... And Sarah Palin, of course, might be the embodiment of that past/future. I keep trying to tell you she's not going away. Now take a look at this Rasmussen poll: ...
Sarah Palin, Voted Miss Popularity of the Republican Party
Say Anything —
This bodes well for Sarah’s future in national politics.
Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republican voters say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin helped John McCain’s bid for the presidency, even as news reports surface that some McCain staffers think she was a liability.
Only 20% of GOP voters say Palin hurt the party’s ticket, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Six percent (6%) say she had no impact, and five percent ...
Palin Wasn’t The Problem, McCain Was The Problem
Say Anything —
And polling data backs it up.
Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republican voters say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin helped John McCain’s bid for the presidency, even as news reports surface that some McCain staffers think she was a liability.
Only 20% of GOP voters say Palin hurt the party’s ticket, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Six percent (6%) say she had no impact, and five percent (5%) are undecided.
Ninety-one percent (91%) of Republicans have a favorable view of Palin, including 65% who ...
Stupid Character Assassination
Blue Crab Boulevard —
... Unnamed McCain staffers have been leaking vicious charges against Sarah Palin. I have not linked to their crap - as reported by the national media - because I am not a big fan of that sort of unsourced slander. But whoever is doing it better reconsider quickly. Rasmussen reports that Palin enjoys approval numbers that any politician would cheerfully kill for. Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republican voters say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin helped John McCain’s bid for the presidency, even as news reports surface that some McCain staffers think she was a liability. Only 20% of ...
Republicans: Palin Net-Benefit to McCain, View Her Favorably
PoliGazette —
... At the moment when angry and fearful aides to Senator John McCain have come out swinging at Governor Sarah Palin, accusing her of being a hillbilly, stupid, uninformed, hurting the ticket more than helping it, etc., Scott Rasmussen reports that Palin continues to be highly popular among Republican voters. ...
Poll: 64 percent of Republicans want Palin to run for president in 2012.
Think Progress —
... In a new Rasmussen poll out today, Republicans overwhelmingly say that they want Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as their presidential nominee in 2012. Sixty-four percent of GOP respondents said that Palin would be their top choice in 2012: ...
Is Sarah Palin Being Unfairly Scapegoated?
The Moderate Voice —
... Criticism about McCain picking her comes mostly, though not exclusively, from Democrats and independents. Palin still seems to resonate well with many the GOP’s base. A new Rasmussen Reports poll finds that 69 percent of Republican voters think Palin helped the McCain-Palin ticket, even though news reports and some other polls suggest she turned out to be the Anchor from Anchorage on the ticket in terms of costing it some votes. ...
Sarah Palin Talks About the Juvenile Media and the Double Standard (Video)
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... In spite of an apparent collaborative effort by Fox News and MSNBC to paint the woman as the trailer trash joke of the month, Sarah Palin remains the most popular Republican the party has. "Ninety-one percent (91%) of Republicans have a favorable view of Palin, including 65% who say their view is Very Favorable. . When asked to choose among some of the GOP’s top names for their choice for the party’s 2012 presidential nominee, 64% say Palin." ...
Say “Thank You” to Sarah!
Flopping Aces —
... she delivered at the GOP convention, her commanding debate performance against Joe “gaffe machine” Biden or the authentic American so many voters flocked to see in person it’s no surprise that a Rasmussen survey this week showed that an overwhelming majority of Republicans were glad she was on the ticket and want to see more of her in the future. ...
More On Sarah Palin's Drag On The Ticket
Daily Kos —
... the Palin pick was a huge detriment and usually the top thing mentioned (NBC/WSJ poll found the same thing amongst registered voters.) In fact, looking at the opposite question – why did you vote for McCain – Palin got a 28 (and tied for fourth with McCain's Iraq policy, behind McCain's experience and just behind willingness to drill for oil.) That is a net negative 9 when it comes to attracting voters. Now, if you just look at Republican voters: Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republican voters say ...
The audacity of hype
The Reaction —
... so desperate for new ideas and a new direction that it is soliciting public help in figuring out what to do next, and blind to the fact that its devastating losses this week resulted from its being too right-wing, rather than too moderate, the GOP is foundering on a national scale. Why its membership would think that Palin offers them their best lifeline is beyond me. Yet, according to the polling firm Rasmussen Reports, Sixty-nine percent (69%) of ...
The GOP Gets Off to a Bad Start
Pajamas Media —
... . It seemed utterly incomprehensible why they would want to tear down the favorite 2008 Republican candidate and an able spokeswoman for reform, one who actually still holds office. Nor did Congressional Republicans fully appreciate the need to clean house. Young Turk Eric Cantor (R-VA) did step into the position of minority whip. But John Boehner (R-OH), hardly the model of reform and innovation, remained ensconced as minority leader. Was this the way to communicate to Republicans and the country as a whole that it would no longer be business as usual? If so, it was a ...
Say “Thank You” to Sarah!
Flopping Aces —
... she delivered at the GOP convention, her commanding debate performance against Joe “gaffe machine” Biden or the authentic American so many voters flocked to see in person it’s no surprise that a Rasmussen survey this week showed that an overwhelming majority of Republicans were glad she was on the ticket and want to see more of her in the future. ...
All That GOP Fingerpointing Is Getting Boring. What's Next-- Palin Blaming McCain?
DownWithTyranny! —
... Forget for a moment that Paul Ryan is a drooling right-wing loon and instead focus on the recent polls that show that 91% of Republicans have a favorable view of Sarah Palin and 64% of them want to see her as their part's nominee to go up against President Obama in 2012. I think that came out before Emanuel became Chief of Staff, so he can't be blamed for starting that rumor to cause problems for the GOP. Besides, Palin doesn't need anyone to stir up any problems on her behalf. ...
Thanks, But No Thanks
Daily Kos —
... Oh, sure Republicans like her. Last week, 64% of Republicans wanted her to run in 2012, according to Rasmussen. That led Paul Begala to quip, 'yeah, and 100% of Democrats'. ...
A Natural Patton: How Palin Nearly Saved McCain
Pajamas Media —
... of Republican defeat this year. What a pile of preposterous poppycock! From the beginning of ‘08, the accepted wisdom was that no matter whom the Democrats nominated, they would deliver to the Republicans an ignominious defeat. But this year’s defeat was anything but the complete rout it was supposed to be. And the person who nearly even saved the day — and the election — for Republicans was Sarah Palin. This is not a minority opinion. When Rasmussen conducted detailed exit polling among Republicans, they found that a full 69% of respondents thought Sarah Palin helped— ...
How Sarah Palin Almost Saved The Campaign
Flopping Aces —
... This is not a minority opinion. When Rasmussen conducted detailed exit polling among Republicans, they found that a full 69% of respondents thought Sarah Palin helped — not hurt — McCain. Governor Palin has not garnered the status as America’s most highly regarded, most popular governor for nothing. ...
How Did I Miss This?
Talking Points Memo —
... A Rasmussen poll from a week ago had 64% of Republicans nationwide saying that Sarah Palin was their top choice for the 2012 nomination. ...
GOP suicide watch
The Reality-Based Community —
... Is it really possible that GWB and John McCain managed to reduce the Republican Party to such small rump, so dominated by its lunatic fringe, that Sarah Palin could get the nomination in 2012? Maybe. If that happened, I think we'd be looking at Reagan-Mondale numbers, if not Nixon-McGovern or LBJ-Goldwater numbers. There's some buzz that the viable candidates (Romney, Huckabee, Jindal) would be willing to let Our Sarah be the sacrificial lamb in a contest that probably isn't winnable in any case, keeping their powder dry for 2016.
On CNN Reliable Sources, Sarah 'Was a Real Drag on the Ticket'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... "Yet those who cited Palin's selection as a factor in their vote -- 60% of all voters -- favored McCain by 56% to 43%." Or she could have noted the Rasmussen poll taken after the election that found: "Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republican voters say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin helped John McCain’s bid for the presidency. . ." ...
Gallup: Republicans Prefer Palin for 2012
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... This is the second poll in a row this month in which Palin fared
very well among her fellow Republicans. In a Rasmussen
poll
released November 7, Palin was the top choice among Republican
voters (64%) to be the GOP 2012 presidential nominee. 69% of
Republican voters in the Rasmussen survey said Palin helped John
McCain’s bid for the White House, and only 20% of GOP voters said
she hurt the party’s ticket. 91% of Republicans in the Rasmussen
study had a favorable view of Palin, opposed to only 8% who have an
unfavorable view of her. ...
WaPo: Gov. Palin Faces 'Lingering Resentment' From GOP for Role in McCain's Loss
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... A Rasmussen Reports national survey taken immediately after the election found that 69 percent of Republicans believed Palin helped McCain and 91 percent held a favorable view of the Alaska governor. ...
Phoned-in Palin attack FAIL
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... like no other candidate on a GOP ticket since Reagan. It caused many wary and dispirited conservatives to reconcile with the top of the ticket. Even though the media onslaught against her may have had an effect on the ticket’s final numbers, I’m not sure there’s any evidence that those numbers would’ve been higher had someone else been the VP nominee. My guess is the reverse is true.
But a guess is not good enough. Let’s look at some numbers:
Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republican ...
