Poll: 64 percent of Republicans want Palin to run for president in 2012

[marmar]

from ThinkProgress:



Poll: 64 percent of Republicans want Palin to run for president in 2012.»

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:

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.

In the same poll, 69 percent of Republicans said that Palin “helped John McCain’s bid for the presidency,” even though exit polls found that 60 percent of voters felt that she was “not qualified to be president if necessary.” (HT: John McCormack)


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/07/palin-2012-poll/

[Trajan]

1. HELL YEAH !

Bring it on ......

Please ...

[BrklynLiberal]

2. ...and 100% of Democrats

[Midlodemocrat]

4. You betcha. *wink*

[Matariki]

28. you beat me to that one!

:rofl:

[robinlynne]

3. fantastic!

[BobRossi]

5. Please, please do!

It would be a sure bet for President Obama.

[TexasLawyer]

6. Excellent!

Obama will get his second term.

[Nite Owl]

7. Hey, go for it Sarah

hell yes

[Ken Burch]

8. Man, they must REALLY have got tanked on Tuesday night!

n/t.

[ixion]

9. w00t!!

yeah... excellent choice. :applause:

[pepperbear]

10. this only shows they keep making bad decisions. n/t

[AgadorSparticus]

11. did they go to the bible belt to take the poll?

[marmar]

12. That's pretty much the only place you'll find Republicans these days.....

n/t

[davekriss]

13. Amazing, isn't it?

And people wonder why the U.S. has eroded its competitive position around the world. Inbreeding, I tell ya!

[BronxBoy]

14. In the words of the immortal James Brown

Please Please Please

[muntrv]

15. Oh please nominate her! She'll be a Carribou Barbecue.

[marmar]

20. She's probably already tasted barbecued caribou.....

n/t

[Orsino]

16. Me, me!!!!

There's nothin' more mavericky than tryin' the same thing over and over, expectin' a different result. Also.

[NNN0LHI]

17. They are still suffering PTSD

At least most the ones I know are. They cant even think straight.

They mumble to themselves under their breath a lot.

Don

[sellitman]

18. 100% of Democrats want her to run too!

Run Bible Spice Run!!!!!!!

[ncteechur]

19. Who's going to buy her a US map and "US History for Dummies"?

She's obviously going to need it.

[Vektor]

21. I find that statistic EXTREMELY hard to believe...however, if that's what they want...

I'm all for it.

However, most people republican and Dem alike, think that she was tremendously detrimental to McCain's campaign, and only the most rabid right wing extremists (about 25 percent) actually like her.

But still, I'm all for the press pushing that inflated number. Let her run. She will be shredded.

I predict nobody will remember her name a month from now.

[TexasObserver]

22. Pandora is out of her box, and she ain't goin' back in.

The GOP is a mess. The overlords have lost control to the social issue driven fundies.

[Ishoutandscream2]

23. Oh, can't wait for the debates!

"Hi ya, can I call ya Barack?!"

[Historic NY]

24. So she would be the Titular head of the Republican Party.

[JanMichael]

25. Proof that 64% are pure 100% fuckin' idiots.

Good luck and off to the fucking dustpan of history with ya'!

[shadowknows69]

26. Please please please

There's eight years of Dem rule all but assured. Thanks Sarah.

[Marr]

27. They won't in four years.

The Republican establishment is going to thoroughly demolish Palin over the next four years. They're going to use her as the prime example of why Republicans cannot afford to pander to evangelicals with anything more than rhetoric.

Seriously, I think the Republican establishment was disturbed by the Palin phenomenon this year. The evangelical problem-- something they've all seen coming for years-- finally came to a head. Evangelicals tired of being held at arm's length and demanded one of their own on the national ticket. And worse-- their influence within the party had grown so much that this demand had to be taken seriously.

The traditional owners of the Republican Party do not want to reliquish control to a bunch of loony theocrats. Just as the DLC fights constantly to marginalize the left, the corporate section of the GOP is working to exorcise the evangelicals-- or at least stick them back in their impotent box.

[pitohui]

29. no they don't

make it a little believable, this chick plus the shitty economy made david duke pull the lever for...obama

look it up!

[xfundy]

30. RUN, SARAH, RUN! n/t

[skooooo]

31. sounds good to me

:thumbsup:

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

32. They're turned on by her

They like the fact that she showed up in front of a Newsweek reporter wearing nothing but a towel.

[ACTION BASTARD]

33. She's the greatest gift the Democratic party has ever gotten from Republicans.

Run Sarah RUN! Jesus wills it!

[Marr]

37. Yep- I couldn't believe it when McCain picked her.

It took all over 2 hours' searching to see he'd just ended his chances of winning. The woman was a wreck out of the box, and she just kept delivering.

[curse of greyface]

34. teh Republican brain drain has turned into a flood. NT

[Juche]

35. How can people be so fucking stupid

Seriously. What is wrong with people? She is a fricking retard and totally unqualified. Its probably not a coincidence that the GOP does better among 'less educated' people as the pollsters like to say. I have seen polls for examples where clear majorities of independents and democrats believe in evolution, but it is reversed for GOPers.



Religious nuts and high school dropout rednecks are all they have left. Fuck em.

[Raksha]

36. I'm very glad to hear that...I hope they follow up on it!

Unfortunately, the Repuke leadership isn't stupid enough to let it happen--even if the majority of the rank-and-file kool-aid drinkers are.

[Lil Missy]

38. Good! I hope so too!

:bounce:

[Douglas Carpenter]

39. I would say, "so do I' -- but I would be somewhat concerned about a historic accident -

- some unanticipated turn of events - then America and the whole world would really be in trouble.