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First Impressions Count: Palin Viewed More Favorably Than Biden
JammieWearingFool — Well, she is a looker and doesn't have those messy hairplugs. Still, what does it say when hardly anyone knows who she is and she already rates better than the Democrat VP nominee with much wider name recognition? Sarah Palin has made a good first impression. Before being named as John McCain’s running mate, 67% of voters didn’t know enough about the Alaska governor to have an opinion. After her debut in Dayton and a rush of media coverage, a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 53% now have a favorable opinion of Palin while just 26% offer a less flattering ...

Women More Skeptical of Palin than Men
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — According to fresh data from Rasmussen Reports, Sarah Palin's selection is a mixed bag. Voters have a favorable impression of her by a 53/26 margin; however, by a 29/44 margin, they do not believe that she is ready to be President. Needless to say, the PR battle over the next couple of weeks will involve the McCain campaign playing up her biography, and the Obama campaign playing down her readiness. ...

Required Reading: Palin Playing in Peoria
Weekly Standard Blog — From Rasmussen Reports, “Palin Makes Good First Impression: Is Viewed More Favorably than Biden” by Scott Ramussen From Rasmussen Reports, “Daily Presidential Tracking Poll” by Scott Rasmussen Now I know why the left was so angry when John McCain selected Sarah Palin as his running mate (apart from the fact that they’re always angry except for when Barack Obama is soothing them with sweet clichés): They knew Sarah Palin would play with the American public in a way that even eminent statesman Joe Biden (chortle) would not. How’d yesterday’s ...

Sarah Palin, You're No Dan Quayle
The Monkey Cage — ... Rasmussen has a poll out on Sarah Palin. Only 29 percent of voters think she is ready to be president. An August 1988 poll by Gallup for the People, the Press, and Politics organization showed that 40 percent of Americans thought that Dan Quayle was qualified to be President. ...

Hillary Clinton Congratulates Sarah Palin on Vice Presidential Selection
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... The initial polling is favorable for Palin as the GOP attempts to pick off disaffected Hillary Clinton Democrats and independent female voters. ...

The Palin Bounce
Patterico's Pontifications — ... Palin earns positive reviews from 78% of Republicans, 26% of Democrats and 63% of unaffiliated voters. Obviously, these numbers will be subject to change as voters learn more about her in the coming weeks. Among all voters, 29% have a Very Favorable opinion of Palin while 9% hold a Very Unfavorable view. ...

Palin Makes Good First Impression
RedState: Conservative News and Community — Better Than Biden Sarah Palin made a good first impression. A new Rasmussen Reports poll finds 53% now have a favorable opinion of Palin: Palin earns positive reviews from 78% of Republicans, 26% of Democrats and 63% of unaffiliated voters. [. . ] By way of comparison, on the day he was selected as Barack Obama’s running mate, Delaware Senator Joseph Biden was viewed favorably by 43% of voters. The following video of Governor Palin, speaking at  in Dayton, Ohio following her introduction by ...

Don’t Read Too Much Into This
Blue Crab Boulevard — ... But Rasmussen Reports says that Governor Sarah Palin has made a very, very good first impression on voters. Quite a lot better an impression than Senator Joe Biden made right after his announcement as VP candidate. Worst of all for the Obama campaign, Sarah Palin is viewed favorably by a straight - and substantial - majority of independents. Palin earns positive reviews from 78% of Republicans, 26% of Democrats and 63% of unaffiliated voters. Obviously, these numbers will be subject to change as voters learn more about her in the coming weeks. Among all voters, 29% have a ...

Polling: Today's Bottom Line On Sarah Palin
Daily Kos — ... to make a play for Hillary voters? Among Democratic women — including those who may be disappointed that New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton did not win the Democratic nomination — 9% say Palin makes them more likely to support McCain, 15% less likely. Is that important? As one McCain aide put it: "We either get Hillary's voters and we win, or we don't. It's not a mystery." From Rasmussen: Just 29% of voters say Palin is ready to be president if ...

The "real" Sarah Palin
The Reaction — ... as an exciting pick. He's old, cranky, and senile, but just look at that hot hockey mom next to him! Yes, a pathetic pick by a pathetic man. ********** And it helps that she's such an unknown -- including to the guys on Buffalo sports radio, who are just happy she's attractive and not like Hillary. As "a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds: Most Americans say they've never heard of her." She's made a good first impression to many (and McCain got a pretty big donation bounce from the ...

Women A Bit Suspicious Of Palin
Firedoglake — ... The latest Rasmussen Report says that voters view Palin favorably by a 53/26 margin, but there appears to be a gender gap, and probably not in the direction that the McCain campaign had been hoping. ...

The “Real” Sarah Palin
The Moderate Voice — ... finds: Most Americans say they’ve never heard of her.” She’s made a good first impression to many (and McCain got a ...

Polling Palin: Dead Heat
Weekly Standard Blog — ... But it's not just Republicans who like Palin. Rasmussen reported Saturday that while 43 percent of voters had a favorable view of Joe Biden on the day he was picked by Obama, 53 percent of voters have a favorable of Palin: ...

Palin A More Popular Pick With Americans Than Biden, McCain Hits $47 Million For August Fund Raising
Say Anything — ... ).  And, perhaps most importantly, Palin is being viewed much more positively than her counterpart Joe Biden. ...

No, Senator McCain, Democratic Women Are Not Stupid
Daily Kos — ... realized that he isn't going to get millions of disaffected Clinton supporters to flock to his candidacy in droves. It is equally clear that he was counting on those voters to win the election, as his campaign aides attest: As one McCain aide put it: "We either get Hillary's voters and we win, or we don't. It's not a mystery." Said another: "This campaign is all about the middle." Hence, the selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. As Rasmussen puts it: Her choice is clearly aimed at peeling away ...