rssIt’s Always Good News for Sarah Palin
Wednesday, December 09, 2009 at 12:39 pm
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A month ago, “The Persecution of Sarah Palin” author Matthew Continetti argued that Sarah Palin’s lousy poll numbers didn’t matter because maybe, just maybe, she could reverse them.
In last month’s Gallup poll, Ms. Palin had a 48% unfavorable and 41% favorable rating among independents. Not good, but not insurmountable. Flip those percentages, and they could be serving moose burgers in the White House in 2013.
Today, we have a CrossTarget poll from New Hampshire that finds a plurality of Republican primary voters frowning on a 2012 run by Palin. Continetti’s response:
[Forty-two] percent of respondents said Palin shouldn’t run in 2012. But 36 percent said she should — and 22 percent had no opinion on the matter (which is a little odd, frankly, since Sarah Palin seems to be one topic on which everyone has an opinion). In other words, Palin has to bridge a six-point gap. Not impossible.
It’s true that strong candidates can turn around negative numbers–in 1980, Ronald Reagan overcame many polls that found Republicans were worried about his age–but this is getting silly. In 2005, polls found majorities of all voters, and huge majorities of Democrats, ready to back a Hillary Rodham Clinton candidacy in 2008. In 2009, Palin defenders are left arguing, as Continetti does here, that the fact that 47 percent of Republicans think she’s up to the job of president is fantastic news for her.
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6 Comments
Comment posted December 9, 2009 @ 1:45 pm
This bit of hackery by Continetti is ridiculous
“Forti's group highlights the fact that 42 percent of respondents said Palin shouldn't run in 2012. But 36 percent said she should — and 22 percent had no opinion on the matter (which is a little odd, frankly, since Sarah Palin seems to be one topic on which everyone has an opinion). In other words, Palin has to bridge a six-point gap. Not impossible.
Forti doesn't mention the response to question number two, probably because it undercuts the message of his release. In response to the question of whether Palin is qualified, 47 percent of respondents told the robots yes, and 36 percent said no (17 percent had no opinion).
So, while the respondents seem to think Palin is qualified to be president, they are divided on whether she ought to run.”
So 42% to 36% on 1 question means people are divided on the issue but 47% to 36% on another question means there is consensus on it.
Comment posted December 9, 2009 @ 2:59 pm
Continetti is such an obvious, shameless lap dog for his pro-Palin overlords at the Weakly Standard. He appears contractually obligated to render nothing but praise for the Martyr from Wasilla, and spend at least 3/4 of his writing time on Palin-favorable propaganda.
Comment posted December 9, 2009 @ 5:21 pm
Does it really need to be said that Continetti has some very, very serious Mommy issues with Sarah Palin?
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Comment posted December 30, 2009 @ 12:48 pm
Palin for Prez would be the liberals dream ticket….they will say she's a quitter not worthy of office and as slow as she is on her feet she is sure to embarass herself and the rest of the conservative movement in her next interview. We need someone with charisma AND brains.
Comment posted December 30, 2009 @ 5:48 pm
Palin for Prez would be the liberals dream ticket….they will say she's a quitter not worthy of office and as slow as she is on her feet she is sure to embarass herself and the rest of the conservative movement in her next interview. We need someone with charisma AND brains.
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