Sarah Palin losing more ground among Republicans, Post-ABC poll finds

[Turborama]

Source: Washington Post

By Chris Cillizza and Jon Cohen, Wednesday, March 16, 12:01 AM

Sarah Palin’s ratings within the Republican Party are slumping, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, a potentially troubling sign for the former Alaska governor as she weighs whether to enter the 2012 presidential race.

For the first time in Post-ABC News polling, fewer than six in 10 Republicans and GOP-leaning independents see Palin in a favorable light, down from a stratospheric 88 percent in the days after the 2008 Republican National Convention and 70 percent as recently as October.

In one sense, the poll still finds Palin near the top of a list of eight potential contenders for the GOP nomination. The former vice presidential candidate scores a 58 percent favorable rating, close to the 61 percent for former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and 60 percent for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, and better than the 55 percent that onetime House speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) received.

But Palin’s unfavorable numbers are significantly higher than they are for any of these possible competitors. Fully 37 percent of all Republicans and GOP-leaning independents now hold a negative view of her, a new high.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/post-abc-poll-shows-sarah-palin-losing-more-ground-among-republicans/2011/03/15/ABRtiNb_story.html

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Palin support fading, says poll

By: CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney

(CNN) - Sarah Palin's favorability rating among Republicans continues to slide as the former vice presidential nominee mulls a White House bid, according to a new survey.

A Washington Post/ABC News poll released Wednesday indicates 58 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents give Palin high marks, a 30-point drop from her favorability rating among the same group in the weeks leading up to the 2008 presidential election. It also marks a 12-point drop from a Washington Post/ABC News poll last fall when the former Alaska governor traveled the country on behalf of a string of congressional candidates.

In what could be another ominous sign, Palin's unfavorable rating is at 37 percent in the new survey, an all time high in Washington Post/ABC News polling and a number that far surpasses that of other potential presidential candidates including Newt Gingrich (26 percent), Mitt Romney (21 percent), and Mike Huckabee (18 percent).

The former Alaska governor has said she has made no decision about a potential run for the White House and will mount a campaign if she sees a path to victory. But Palin has engaged in few behind-the-scenes maneuvers, traveled to virtually none of the key early-voting states, and has skipped high-profile conservative forums that some other potential 2012 candidates lined up to attend.

Full article: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/16/trending-palin-support-fading-says-poll/

[madmax]

1. Oh noes...

I'm in a schnizzel.

Do you think she's made enough money off the stupidity that she can now stay home.

I don't think so, now it's not just the money, ut's Ego and Power.

[Voice for Peace]

4. She won't stop until she can be God.

[Kennah]

15. Virgin Sarah? No wait, sorry, that's her daughter.

[47of74]

2. ROFLMAO

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[buddysmellgood]

3. NOOOOOO. Sarah/Walker in 2012!

[MineralMan]

5. Her only hope now is a nude photo layout in Playboy.

That would "firm up" her support among teabagger males, a critical segment of her followers. The turgidity of the reaction among that demographic group has gone limp in recent months. :rofl:

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

10. Your wit and humor is in top form today...

Thank you for the laugh.
:hi:

[MineralMan]

14. Thank you kindly.

Now, I have to actually do some work. This is more fun.

[Name removed]

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[JNelson6563]

33. lolz

Good one MM. :toast:

[sabrina 1]

6. Why is the MSM still pushing the idea of this woman as a presidential

candidate? She has an overall rating of approx. 22% according to polls taken even before the shooting in AZ. The American people are not interested in her, except as cheap entertainment, yet the MSM continues to ignore the fact that she is nothing more than a tabloid figure whose only future will probably be, if she's lucky, a few seasons on a reality show. And even that didn't go so well for her airc.

Another example of why so many people seek their news anywhere but on the U.S. MSM.

[SoapBox]

7. Hilarious...

And ever so interesting.

As a kind of off topic, I was just banned from The Huffington Post for attempting (all Palin and Palin family articles on HP are moderated; you cannot post one single word without it going to a moderator) to ask them, through article posts (which are all moderated and never got posted), as to why the HP has SO many Palin articles. Many times, there were 3, 4, 5, and even 6 Palin articles on their home page.

I got told by some "senior" moderator that I seemed to have a "thing" against the Right and Palin...that is why I lost my handle and was banned.

Funny.

I guess they think that I'm really going to be upset or something...Hey HP, enjoy promoting, for free, St. Palin and her Clan.

FYI!

[SpiralHawk]

13. Huffington Post has sold out to the darkside (R)...

Ptooooey on their right wing propaganda...

[BumRushDaShow]

8. They have started part 2 of their strategy

First they started "writing" about how "conservatives" have tired of Beck.

Now they are "writing" about how "conservatives" have tired of Palin.

It will be interesting to see who is next. The Teabaggers perhaps (starting one group at a time)?

They are so amateurish that it's obvious what their strategy is and how it's playing out because as far as they are concerned, the election was "won", their ilk has been elected to office to carry out the fascist agenda, and the purveyors of their lunacy are no longer needed.

Mission Accomplished.

[JJW]

9. Run, Sarah, Run!

Might as well have a good laugh.

[Avant Guardian]

11. As if she ever had a snowballs chance in hell

[SpiralHawk]

12. "How could we have been so stupid?" - Republicons

"Wait, wait. Forget we asked. DO NOT answer that question. We cannot handle the truth. Time to go listen to Rush DraftDodger Limbaugh, and then catch some more Fox Propagnada."

- Republicons

[1776Forever]

16. When the Rushpoo turns against you - you know you are toast......

Check this video if you want to watch this idiot tear Palin down - like he is any better:

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2011/03/rush-on-palin-and-krauthammer-and-brooks.html

Rush's Presidential Standard (And Palin)
14 Mar 2011 09:34 pm

This is a fascinating moment. Rush Limbaugh tries to fathom just why any leading Repubican would trash Sarah Palin as the Al Sharpton of the right. Part of this, to my mind, has to be Limbaugh's deeply ingrained racism. To compare a Republican white woman with a Democratic black man prompts this kind of response:

"Look, I could understand not wanting her to be the nominee, I can understand thinking there's somebody better, but this? There's an all-out assault on her by our guys that puzzles me -- and now this latest to say that she's Al Sharpton? Our version of Al Sharpton in Alaska? So you guys gotta help me out out there. Somebody's gonna have to explain this to me because it makes no sense. You know, I'm totally immersed in logic and common sense, and some of this doesn't register that way for me. I don't get it."

(more at link)

.............

He is total BS!

:rofl:

[louis-t]

19. He's "immersed" in something, all right.

It ain't logic.

[No Elephants]

18. Who?

[jillan]

20. So Sarah - how's that arrogant, lying, bullying thing working out for ya?

[Dogtown]

21. Hoping she'll run

as Indie or Libertarian.

:patriot:

[Turborama]

22. I've been hoping for that, too

I wouldn't be surprised if she thinks she can run on her own ticket.

How long has she got to create her own party? We should have sweepstake on what she'd call it.

[Dogtown]

31. I really think there's a chance she'll naderize

the Repub ticket for 2012.

It may be the best shot we've got to hold on to POTUS.

In a 2nd term, President Obama may be a bit more assertive, especially if his reelection proves to be leveraged by a GOP splinter.

:hi:



Maverick Party
Straight Shooters
Wolf Killers
and, o/c, Grizzly Mom Party

[truthisfreedom]

23. And I was so hoping she'd run. Oh well. Maybe that republican pervert from Florida will step up?

You know which one I mean. Or don't you? Take your pick.

[Jmaxfie1]

24. Sarah Palin's 2012 Presidential prospects fade

Source: International Business Times

Prospects of Sarah Palin running for President in 2012 fade as the former Alaska governor continues to slip on Republican ratings, even as former George W. Bush aide Ari Fleischer articulated the sentiment.

A recently released Washington Post/ABC News poll has revealed that Sarah Palin's favorability rating has dropped to an all-time low among Republicans.

Establishing that her unfavorability rating among GOPers has risen to record highs, the poll found that 58 percent of Republicans think of Palin favorably, accounting for a 12-point drop since last October, and a decline from 88 percent just after the 2008 GOP national convention. Nearly 37 percent of respondents said that they actively dislike Palin, amounting to a 16-percent increase since October.

The bottom line: fewer than six in 10 Republicans and GOP-leaning independents see Palin in a favorable light.



Read more: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/123746/20110317/sarah-palin-presidential-prospects-alaska-governor-bush-aide-fleischer-rublician-nomination-gop.htm

[Skip_In_Boulder]

25. Good, now maybe she can fade along with her prospects. n/t

[Lucinda]

26. I wouldn't count her out...these things have a way of turning around fast

I'd expect to see her make use of her argument about tapping Alaskan reserves soon if she's serious about running. She could get traction there as an alternative to foreign dependence and nuclear power fears.

[regnaD kciN]

27. Oh noes...we've got to prop her up!

Palin 2012 is a highly-desirable for us. Either she wins the nomination (and gets stomped in November), or the Republicans pick someone (slightly-more-)sane and her loyalists pull a PUMA act and desert the G.O.P.

Well, if she's fading...do you think we can get Christine O'Donnell to consider a run?

[Javaman]

30. Wow, I didn't know it was possible to fade further from nothing. nt

[lbrtbell]

28. It scares me that 58% of Republicans are that insane - n/t

[groundloop]

29. $he'd better milk her ca$h cow while $he $till can

I'm not sure the former half-term governor ever intended to run for president. IMHO it's all about keeping her face and name in public for as long as possible so she can ca$h in (hence I refuse to put her name on the internet).

[IDemo]

32. Alaskan Exodus: Palin to visit Israel

By ANDY BARR | 3/17/11 8:40 AM EDT Updated: 3/17/11 8:43 AM EDT

Sarah Palin's hitting the Holyland.

A Palin aide confirmed to POLITICO on Thursday that the former Alaska governor will be making her first trip to Israel next week for a sit down with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Continue Reading

Palin and her husband Todd will arrive in Israel next Sunday for a two-day visit. The couple will make it over to Israel after Palin gives a speech in New Delhi the night before at a major conference of Indian business leaders and politicians.

Palin's trip will include visits to Jerusalem's Old City and holy sites in Nazareth.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51477.html#ixzz1Grp6K3VM

Will she ask for a pastrami on rye when she's in New Delhi?

[yurbud]

34. just as well. Democrats underestimate the appeal of the stupid

look at Bush in 2000. Even if he stole the election, he got enough votes to get close enough to steal it because his ''I don't know shit and I'm proud of it'' presentation validated the ignorant.