Palin almost as unpopular as Dick Cheney

[ProSense]

Palin's Poll Numbers Hit Historic Lows, Even Among GOPers

Evan McMorris-Santoro

Sarah Palin has upped her national profile in recent weeks, but a new poll shows that the extra attention hasn't done her any favors. In the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, the amount of people with a favorable view of Palin has dropped to its lowest point ever recorded by the pollster. More than 70% of respondents said she's not qualified to be president.

Palin's numbers don't improve much when just Republicans are asked to give their opinion of her, the poll found.

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The Post reports just 45% of conservatives consider Palin qualified to move into the Oval Office. Last November, 66% of conservatives said she was qualified.

Only 37 percent of Republicans have a "strongly favorable" view of Palin. Among all Americans, her overall favorable/unfavorable split is 37/55, the lowest it's been since ABC and the Post added her to national polls in Sept. 2008, when John McCain made Palin his running mate on the GOP ticket.

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This is despite the Broder bounce

[Blue_In_AK]

1. Now, here's some news I can celebrate. :)

[SpiralHawk]

2. "We'd prefer someone who tells the truth." - Americans

"Puh-lease do not inflict any more republicons on us. We want public figures who are honest and who have intelligence, dignity, and honor."

- the American People

[redqueen]

3. So why the numerous warnings not to take her lightly?

I have to wonder if it's just stupidity, or a cynical attempt to distract.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Because that poll number isn't generally reflected in the media. What we see are

tea baggers salivating over her, who themselves are receiving a disproportionate amount of media attention. So it feels like she's got a huge groundswell of support when I think in actuality it's just smoke and mirrors.

[AlinPA]

14. The teabaggers, birthers, fundamentalists, anti-immigrant, anti-gay, anti-science,

anti-education, intolerant electorate are the base of the republican party. Those factions are nearly the entire republican party. Traditional republicans do not exist anymore.

The new republican party will not abide a ticket for president without Palin on it.

[grantcart]

4. Only cable news takes her seriously.

One of the things that is clear in "Game Change" is that there are significant numbers of GOP insiders who are so disturbed by her that they would sabotage her campaign and vote for the President.

On page 416 it quotes the result of a focus group where a woman who thought that Obama was a Muslim, not born in the US and soft on terrorism was included in an 'undecided'. When asked why she was undecided she responded "if McCain dies Palin would be President".

[AlinPA]

15. Republicans voting for Obama ? That's a joke. They hate him. nt

[DeschutesRiver]

21. That is what I used to think, until I took a call from a friend just before the election

his call waiting kept going off, and I finally asked who was so persistant. He said it was the local GOP. Their family is extremely wealthy, old quiet wealth, and they've been Republicans from the beginning of time. My friend told me that because of Palin being added to the ticket (and other acts of insanity that they had noted with dismay), the entire family not only decided to vote for Obama, they changed their party affiliation and are no longer Republicans. This is a family that was staunchly repub, even had framed photos of themselves and Bushie on the wall in their study.

He said the local GOP office was going nuts trying to get them back, mostly by pressuring the kids. They used to give seriously demented amounts of money for donations, and they quit. I can't believe they still aren't Republicans in their hearts, I mean how can people like this change something so fundamental? But it happened - we'll see how long it lasts.

But the day I heard that a family like this not only decided to vote Obama, but quit being Republicans was the day I knew Obama was going to win for certain.

[DrDan]

6. the poll was conducted 2/4-2/8 so can't tell if her debacle in Nashville

had an impact on those numbers

[spiritual_gunfighter]

7. She may enjoy a "crib note" bounce n/t

[DrDan]

8. I can't imagine anyone getting a bounce after that . . . but stranger things have happened

when it comes to RWers.

[alsame]

9. She turned herself into a joke. If she had finished her term as

Gov, learned a few things and presented herself as a serious person, I think she would have more 'fans'. But everything she's done since the election has hurt her - from arguing publicly with Levi to her ridiculous Facebook comments - has exposed her idiocy.

Thank you, Sarah.

[Blue Owl]

10. Memo to David Broder, Chuck Todd, and Joe Scarborough

Go jack off to these numbers, you fuckwits.

[damntexdem]

11. Now that's the first thing I've ever found impressive about her.

I mean, look at how long it took to get Americans to hate Darth Cheney -- and she's done it in less than two years!

;-)

[Jennicut]

12. So can the media stop showing her? I feel like I might smash my tv really soon

if I see her on it again and I really like that tv.

[Jakes Progress]

13. That's a hoot.

Here in Texas we have a race for the republican governor candidacy. The incumbent rick perry has palin campaigning for him. (Mind you, karl rove personally picked mr. goodhair as bush's lt. gov because he was so dumb he made george look bright by just standing next to him.) The challenger, our horrible senator kay b. hutchison, is running against perry with cheney's backing.

So each has a their own personal idiot cheerleader. Problem is that here in Texas, despite all we will do to keep it from being so, one of these two sleazy gops will most likely win.

Please not Texas jokes unless accompanied by similar comments about all the other states with dufus republican governors and senators.

[kimmylavin]

19. I'm in California - does that count?

We have a terrible governor voted in because people thought it was funny.
People who thought that politics didn't really affect their lives.
Whenever I get a chance, I like to check back in with those idiots - they have plenty of time now, as most of them are unemployed. (Los Angeles area...)

I live in the sticks outside of LA, so I get to deal with actual Palin supporters, too.
Sometimes you just want to shake people and ask why they're being so delusional!

[AwakeAtLast]

16. And she didn't even shoot anybody!

:D

[proud patriot]

17. +1

:thumbsup:

[rasputin1952]

18. Not looking good for her...Cheney is two points below...

gonorrhea on the "favorable" scale...she's not gonna like this...;)

[ProSense]

20. Warning! Warning!

'Warning: Tea Party In Danger': Leader Slams Palin As 'Wolf In Sheep's Clothing'


:rofl:

[lib_n_proud7650]

22. Let's hope she runs, and give the Dems an easy victory