Politics
Rick Perry Leads While Voters Want Sarah Palin on the Sidelines
Around the State
Sarah Palin and Gov. Rick Perry of Texas
The poll was conducted by Anderson Robbins Research and Shaw & Company Research.
Perry topped the poll with 29 percent followed by Romney with 22 percent. Congressman Ron Paul of Texas and Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota tied for third with 8 percent each. Businessman Herman Cain placed fifth followed by former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania in sixth with 4 percent. Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich took seventh with 3 percent. Two former governors -- Jon Huntsman of Utah and Buddy Roemer of Louisiana -- tied for eighth with 1 percent each. Former Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico, activist Fred Karger and U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter of Michigan garnered less than 1 percent.
When other candidates -- including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani -- were added to the mix, Perry remained in the lead. Both Palin and Giuliani have left the door open to running for the Republican presidential nomination.
Perry led that scenario with 26 percent followed by Romney with 18 percent. Palin took third with 8 percent followed by Paul with 7 percent. Bachmann fell to a tie with Giuliani and Cain for fifth place with 4 percent. Gingrich and Santorum took 3 percent each. Huntsman and Johnson were still tied with 1 percent where they were joined by Johnson. Karger, McCotter and former Alabama state Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore took less than 1 percent.
The poll of 341 Republican primary voters was taken from Aug. 29-31 and had a margin of error of +/- 5.5 percent.
When Fox News looked at all voters, they found very little support for a possible Palin presidential campaign. Palin will be stumping in Iowa, which holds the first caucus, and New Hampshire, home of the first presidential primary, over the Labor Day holiday weekend.
Only 20 percent of all voters wanted Palin to run for the White House while 74 percent opposed the idea -- and the voters who wanted her staying out of the contest included a large part of her base.
A mere 25 percent of Republicans backed a Palin presidential candidacy while 71 percent were lined up against it. Even among voters who considered themselves part of the tea party movement, Palin flopped. Only 28 percent of the tea party voters supported Palin entering the race while 66 percent opposed it.
She did even worse among independents and Democrats. Twenty-one percent of independents wanted Palin to run while 66 percent did not want her in the race. Palin floundered with Democrats, with only 16 percent wanting her to run while 80 percent wanted her to stay on the sidelines.
The poll of 911 registered voters was taken from Aug. 29-31 and had a margin of error of +/- 3 percent.
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Comments (13)
In 1969, I received orders for Viet Nam. I could have refused to go, but I didn’t. When I took my “oath of office”, I said I would do whatever was asked of me. I didn’t quit my post. Sarah Palin, on the other hand, QUIT HER POST as governor of Alaska simply because the going got tough. Palin’s resignation of her post was an insult to the people of Alaska and to every service man or woman who stayed THEIR post in the face of adversity. Is a quitter really someone we want leading this country? If things get tough, and they will, is she just going to up and quit again?
No one who has ever stood guard in the freezing cold of the Arctic, the desert heat of Iraq, or the mountains of Afghanistan and stood their post should even consider this woman for ANY government position at all. She’s nothing more than a coward.
1 more dancing Neocon salesman
Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann will beat Perry in the Nomination or good by GOP. Simple as that.
Therefore it's just propaganda designed to shape what you should think. It should be laughed at and derided, that's the only defense to a corporatist trying to sell you something and keep you asleep.
If the election of 2008 had been held in 2007 Rudy Guiliani or Fred Thompson would have been carrying the right's hopes. McCain's popularity had plummeted.
Similarly, if the election of '92 were held in the spring of the year, Ross Perot would have been president. He was up 15 over Clinton.
It should be soooooo obvious that it doesn't matter right now how many people on the right aren't thrilled about a Palin presidency. If she gets the nomination the right will vote ABO--anybody but Obama. If Ron Paulshould pull off the upset and get the nomination he will suddenly become VERY likeable on the right.
None of these numbers matter.It will all come down to the debates. The person who wins the debates will get their party's nomination. It's really that simple and I don't think right now any of those people in the "71%" are ready to bet the rent on how they will play out.
Ms. Havemeister was one of at least five schoolmates Ms. Palin hired, often at salaries far exceeding their private sector wages. "
She isn't going to run anyway, but I do have a question.....how does it work when a person with a trademarked name runs for prez? Can she sue anyone who damages her brand with criticism?
People who make lots of money don't run for President.
Palin makes alot of money.
Therefore Palin will not run for President.
That doesn't work. Perot was a billionaire.
How about,
People 70% of the public would never vote for don't run for presdient.
70% of people would never vote for Palin.
Therefore Palin will never run for President.
That doesn't work either. Ralph Nader runes every four years.
Just give me your premise. What is the one indisputable fact that leads you to know--as opposed to guess--that Palin isn't running?
BTW, Palin can sue for anything but you're likely suggesting an action for defamation and as a "public figure" as defined in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, she would have to prove malice which is extraordinarily difficult to do and which is why celebrities often are passive even when the Enquirer features the most defamatory articles about
them.
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