Gallup: Romney Leads Early 2012 Pack
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2012 Election, Palin, Republicans, RomneyBut Palin is still close behind???
Not only that, Palin has the most favorable numbers among Republicans and Republican leaning Independents…
Genuinely, I don’t get Republican’s fascination with Palin. Especially after her implosion a couple weeks ago, which was before this poll was conducted.
Long story short, the GOP better hope she doesn’t run. Because if she does it seems like she has a genuine chance at capturing the nomination. But there’s no way moderates and independents will make her the POTUS. Not a chance in hell.
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July 17th, 2009 at 8:02 am
The more Obama pushes a socialist/communist agenda, the more attractive people like Palin will look. In many ways she’s the anti-Obama, and if the dems overreach far enough, don’t be surprised to see her popularity continue.
July 17th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Well, as you say, you don’t get it. You don’t understand how she can be so unpopular after she imploded? The assumption that she “imploded,” without which your position makes little sense, is where you should focus. Once you understand that there are other ways people can (and do) view her resignation, you’ll be closer to enlightenment. :)
July 17th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Justin:
The reason for your confusion is simple: you start from the assumption that Republicans are rational. You need to understand that the old GOP no longer exists. It’s now an angry, resentful, paranoid cult filled with people who think the world is 6000 years old and believe President Obama is a secret member of Al Qaeda.
Expecting rational responses is therefore irrational.
July 17th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Michael, the world is 5000 years old. Get it right.
July 17th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Simon-
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July 20th, 2009 at 12:57 am
I’d love to see a good race in 2016 and the only promise I see of that is if it ends up with Huckabee vs Biden (assuming Biden runs). He’s the only one with charisma that attracts people from more than a narrow band of the spectrum. He’s certainly the only out of the bunch that I would consider voting for. Having driven to see Biden campaign in Iowa (I live in Nebraska) I can tell you, he’s no dynamo… and in 7 years that’ll be even more so.
All things being equal, I give the Huckster a fighting chance, maybe even a leg up, in 2016 vs Biden… depending on how things go the next few years. I can assure you though, if you Reps wanna go down burning, and watch independents like me make the blowout Obama showed McCain last year look like it was neck and neck, then put Palin out front in 2012. Romney’s the smart pick… not because he’ll win necessarily, but because he’ll lose with dignity if he does lose.
Palin would get slaughtered… I don’t care if you disagree, I’m not going to argue with you about it. I’m just telling you, as someone who literally studies how independents and moderates think, Sarah Palin might be someone who is good at preaching, and firing up, the choir, but to the rest of us she is a cartoon. Pick Romney, and save Huckabee for 2016… better yet, make him the VP for Romney.
Not like you’ll listen to us, but there you are.
July 20th, 2009 at 11:42 am
That was pretty much my take on Palin as well, Solomon. I don’t know that she could have developed into a remotely viable candidate, but she threw away any chance of being one when she quit her post. Her current major value to the GOP is as base-rouser and fundraiser and issue awareness “point man.” No more.
(Captcha is “misfired lustrum”!)
July 20th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Rasmussen just put out a poll that puts Romney neck and neck with Obama, with palin losing by 6. If the economy is still hurting in two years, that makes Romney an even better choice, with his financial experience and the whole very public turnaround he managed for the Salt Lake City Olympics. He’s got a few more years to convince evangelicals he’s not a cultist and the social conservatives that he’s not faking his fairly recenet conversion… he could put some populist types in his pocket if he got Huck as his VP, and he’s already got the conservative business folks on his side.
A whole lot of time for Obama to shine or fall, some new
July 20th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Shouldn’t there be a distinction between making money and running a successful business that actually ends up creating jobs? In our current economy I would think Steve Jobs or Bill Gates could say they have experiences that are apropos. Wasn’t it Huckabee that said Romney’s experience was making money for himself by putting others out of work?
I truly don’t know what his real story is. When he got involved were there more people employed when he was finished or less? I personally think that when I have to judge between viability of people or profits, I give people the edge. Having worked in the brokerage industry in the past, I know there are some that think that if you lost all jobs but made short term profits that is a good thing. Anyone know where Romney fits?
The dog on the car is hard for any dog lover to take.