72 percent of GOP still ‘likely’ to vote for Palin
Like a lot of the political chatterati, I figured Sarah Palin’s odd decision to quit as governor — and her all-too-characteristic press conference announcing the decision — had finished her as a candidate for high national office. But in my foolishness, I failed to account for the fact that among her following, she can do no wrong.
A new Gallup poll drives that conclusion home. Taken Monday night, four days after Palin’s announcement, it reports that 43 percent of Americans still say they would be very or somewhat likely to vote for Palin for president, a figure that rises to 72 percent among Republicans.
Logically, I’d suspect that showing reflects an instinctive reaction among conservatives to rally around one of their own. If so, you’d expect that support to recede over time. But then again, logic doesn’t do much in explaining the phenomenon that is Sarah.
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I Report :-) You Whine :-(
July 8th, 2009
1:50 pm
Now all we need is the real poll of her versus Obozo.
hehehe, perfect timing, 2012, Americans will despise democrats by then.
Slam dunk.
josef nix
July 8th, 2009
1:54 pm
Hello, my name is Jay and I’m a Palinoholic. Ah, say the-uh…thass a joke, Son.
TnGelding
July 8th, 2009
1:55 pm
Palin is Failin’. Let her go quietly into the Alaskan night!
Those independent numbers are scary.
Peadawg
July 8th, 2009
1:56 pm
” I failed to account for the fact that among her following, she can do no wrong”
Kind of like Obama can do no wrong according to his followers, right Jay? Bush adds to deficit=BAD. Obama adds to defict=GOOD. Right Jay? Godzilla? Normal?
josef nix
July 8th, 2009
2:01 pm
The headline reads
72 percent of GOP still ‘likely’ to vote for Palin
It’[s more significant that
43 percent of Americans very or somewhat likely to vote for Palin
Wyld Byll Hyltnyr
July 8th, 2009
2:01 pm
In the fourth year of the Obama Depression, Gov. Palin will be looking pretty good. My prediction is that Obama wins NY, Cali, IA, and VT, and Palin wins the rest in a landslide.
nana
July 8th, 2009
2:06 pm
ditto..josef nix
Road Scholar
July 8th, 2009
2:09 pm
Will she be able to remember a magazine or newspaper name the next time around?
Normal
July 8th, 2009
2:12 pm
There sure are a lot of DA’s out there…Oh well, another shoe in for the Dems…
jt
July 8th, 2009
2:12 pm
” But then again, logic doesn’t do much in explaining the phenomenon that is Sarah. ”
As opposed to the phenomnon that is Obama?
Normal
July 8th, 2009
2:13 pm
That’s right, I said shoe, think about it…
Joe Matarotz
July 8th, 2009
2:13 pm
Count me among the 28% that will not vote for her. I have to grit my teeth to admit it, but I would sooner vote for Hillary.
md
July 8th, 2009
2:13 pm
I’m not associated with any of the corrupt parties and I would not vote for her. What I find interesting is that 6% of democrats would.
Midori
July 8th, 2009
2:15 pm
no one ever said they were smart, did they?
md
July 8th, 2009
2:15 pm
and 17% if you include “somewhat likely”.
Mr. Snarky
July 8th, 2009
2:17 pm
I love the Conservative delusions of a landslide victory for Palin. All I can say is “Bring it on!”
josef nix
July 8th, 2009
2:18 pm
midori–devil’s advocate here
“no one ever said they were smart, did they?”
She’s plenty “smart,” it’s her intelligence and education which give me pause…
josef nix
July 8th, 2009
2:20 pm
jt–
“As opposed to the phenomnon that is Obama?”
My question, too.
RealityKing
July 8th, 2009
2:21 pm
And in light of our weak kneed liberal president.., she will probably win.
Joey
July 8th, 2009
2:21 pm
Would you have voted: For Carter in ‘73? Reagan in ‘77? Clinton in ‘89? Bush in ‘97? Obama in ‘05?
Mother Nature does wonderful things,
I guess it is true for me and for you.
Cause time changes everything.
josef nix
July 8th, 2009
2:24 pm
Mr. Snarky
“I love the Conservative delusions of a landslide victory for Palin. All I can say is “Bring it on!”
I’m a liberal and G-d forbid she go in, but the delusional thinking is just as prevalent over on this side of the political divide. Like it, lump it, love it or leave it, she is a force to be dealt with and the loyal opposition’s out-of-hand dismissal is not wise stragegy.
RealityKing
July 8th, 2009
2:24 pm
Logically, I’d suspect that as the Obama depression gets worse next year, more and more Americans will vote for anyone but him.
Normal
July 8th, 2009
2:24 pm
Joey: Yes, no, yes, no, yes…
AmVet
July 8th, 2009
2:24 pm
“Former Sen. George Allen is writing a book about politics and sports that is scheduled for publication next June.”
Apparently the working title is the “Macaca Factor – How Those People have taken over Sports and Politics in My America.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r90z0PMnKwI
And like Sister Sarah, just another of the innumerable crackers, chickenhawks and neo-conned dunderheads who are now working in the “private sector”!
md
July 8th, 2009
2:24 pm
And to add to that devils advocate:
If one had a resume from Palin and one from Obama sitting on their desk with no other info to go on, Palin’s would have more on it. Yet most folks here hired Obama.
Wyld Byll Hyltnyr
July 8th, 2009
2:25 pm
At least when Gov. and Mr. Palin are in the Whitehouse our nation won’t have to pretend that the First Couple is “galmourous”, “good looking”, and “stunning.”
Until 2012, we can only wait.
retiredds
July 8th, 2009
2:25 pm
I believe that 72% of the 22% of Republicans still adds up to a loss.
RealityKing
July 8th, 2009
2:25 pm
Personally.., I think Mitt Romney will be our next president.
Pokey
July 8th, 2009
2:26 pm
JB’s Palin obsession continues…
I wonder how many blog posts JB has made re: SP since he started this blog? I also wonder how many times Bill Kristol has writtern about SP over the same period.
Normal
July 8th, 2009
2:27 pm
I don’t get it. She acts like Betty Crocker with a shot gun, and people want that for President??? Man, if that happens, I’m going to New Zealand.
I Report :-) You Whine :-(
July 8th, 2009
2:27 pm
Well, I’m not so sure that being an incumbent is an advantage if the world seems to be going to hell and government is seen to be at least part of the cause for that journey. And though many conventional politicians might be seen as quitters if they resigned their offices, I have a very strong hunch that Sarah Palin is constitutionally incapable of being seen as a quitter. Because she is not. She constantly is taking on the biggest challenge on her horizon.-Tony Blankley
She is now an “outsider,” like all the rest of We The People are.
The elite inside the beltway bunch hates us just as much as they hate her.
jokerman
July 8th, 2009
2:29 pm
Wyld Byll Hyltnyr You say “In the fourth year of the Obama Depression, Gov. Palin will be looking pretty good. My prediction is that Obama wins NY, Cali, IA, and VT, and Palin wins the rest in a landslide.”
Are you a betting man? Oh, by the Wyld Byll if you haven’t heard forget the governor part!
demwit
July 8th, 2009
2:30 pm
Palin, Pelosi and Clinton need to be put back in their proper places.
The bedroom, washroom and closet; respectively.
Mr. Snarky
July 8th, 2009
2:30 pm
Since there are so few self-identifying republicans these day, I think its safe to say that most of them would vote for a labrador retriever over Obama. This doesn’t say much except that the Republicans don’t pay attention to reality when considering who to vote for. They just listen to Rush and the other voices in their heads and act like the zombies they’ve become.
RB from Gwinnett
July 8th, 2009
2:31 pm
Logic doesn’t seem to explain the obsession you have with Sarah either, Jay. Does your wife know about this thing you have with her? Has there been a week gone by since she was announced that you haven’t posted about her? I wonder what a search of Jay’s computer for Sarah pictures would produce?
josef nix
July 8th, 2009
2:32 pm
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retiredds
I believe that 72% of the 22% of Republicans still adds up to a loss.
With all due respect, it is the fallacy of this type of thinking which “feels good” and ignores that 43% of all Americans which the anti-Palinistas need to be paying attention to. It still adds up to a loss, but a far less comfortable one…
TnGelding
July 8th, 2009
2:32 pm
Wyld Byll Hyltnyr
July 8th, 2009
2:25 pm
But wait until they open their mouths and parade their brood.
AmVet
July 8th, 2009
2:33 pm
Reprised from earlier:
She is a non-Republican’s wet dream, my man! And people all over the country are just praying (get it?) that she runs for ANY office. But alas, not for the reasons that her lamebrain “conservative’ “base” think.
And from Munch:
Sarah Palin declares “I am not a quitter.”
Facts: Palin has now QUIT every elected and appointed public position she has held. Also. She quit four colleges before she got a degree at her fifth.
“I am not a quitter.” Ranks right up there with “I am not a crook.”
And in case RB missed it downstairs:
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n158/codename_009/BushKissingSaudiPrince.jpg
josef nix
July 8th, 2009
2:33 pm
DB–left you a message from this morning…my mistake and I do apologize…call it bleary eyed on the way to work.
George American
July 8th, 2009
2:34 pm
It would be good for the country to have a Real American with common sense, like Sarah Palin, as POTUS.
demwit
July 8th, 2009
2:34 pm
Jay is clearly obsessed with Palin. Just like the rest of us middle aged men with fat ugly wives. Fantacy is always better than reality.
Brad Steel
July 8th, 2009
2:36 pm
Sarah Palin! Just look at her stellar education and job history. She is perfect for President ….
of the Wasilla High Class of 2009 (or would she be callled the Grand President?)
Wyld Byll Hyltnyr
July 8th, 2009
2:36 pm
Normal 2:27 pm
Delta is ready when you are:)
jokerman 2:29 pm
I had ocassion to run into Zell Miller, a great American, last week. I said, “Hello Senator Miller, you look well.”
Proper ettiquette, as well as good breeding, demand that one be addressed by one’s highest earned title even if one’s term has ended. Hence, until January 2013, it is accurate and appropriate to address her as Gov. Palin. I, as do the hopeful multitudes, eagerly await the day upon which it is upgraded to President Palin.
Mr. Snarky
July 8th, 2009
2:36 pm
I hope the conservatives get their hopes up. It’s quite entertaining to see the bitterness and gnashing of teeth that occurs when they lose…like in 2008.
TnGelding
July 8th, 2009
2:37 pm
md
July 8th, 2009
2:24 pm
Not when you include education. There are less than a million people residing in the huge state of Alaska. And between the federal government earmarks and oil company royalties, they’re living on our dime.
Jefferson
July 8th, 2009
2:38 pm
Independent white women shot her down last time, she must change their mind.
reebok
July 8th, 2009
2:38 pm
72% of Republicans would vote for whoever the GOP runs…Republicans are not known for being open-minded. I assume that figure would be just as high for Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh, Jeb Bush or Glenn Beck.
Brad Steel
July 8th, 2009
2:38 pm
Palin/Quail 2012
This would be the perfect “duh” ticket
md
July 8th, 2009
2:38 pm
It doesn’t matter who the repubs vote for and it doesn’t matter who the dems vote for, as they tend to cancel each other out.
What will matter, is who the independents vote for. And historically, they tend to dislike the far left and the far right. Pelosi and Reid may have more bearing on the outcome than the President, as they are pulling hard to the left.
Gandalf, the White! (!)
July 8th, 2009
2:40 pm
Brad! You are such an idiot! You owe everyone you know time and oxygen!