Poll: Palin plummets, Huckabee leads field of GOP hopefuls for 2012

http://www.examiner.com/x-13600-Philadelphia-Opinion-Polls-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Poll-Palin-plummets-Huckabee-leads-field-of-GOP-hopefuls-for-2012

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Two recent polls show a further decline in support for Sarah Palin while Mike Huckabee leads a hypothetical field of Republican candidates for President in 2012.

Sarah’s slide is a rather sudden one after several months of maintaining fairly steady numbers. The presence of the electrifying GOP upstart who joined John McCain’s Presidential ticket last year was greeted warmly by Republicans and many independents alike. Her recent struggles have been reported on by the likes of Gallup and Rasmussen Reports. In late-July Palin’s favorable ratings dropped into the negatives for the first time. Now her numbers amongst adults are mired at a 40% positive against 50% negative split, by far the worst ratings she has received since her introduction to the national stage in late-August of last year.

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I don't believe anything this crappy website says but it's fun to see the right wingers humping Mike Huckabee as a front-runner. What, Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo haven't declared yet? And where is Kenneth the Page?

He'd be fun to run against too. Not as much fun as Palin, but that was always verrrrry unlikely.

In three years, Huckabee's going to be older and more out of touch. Palin will be about as welcome (and redolent) as one of those dead fish she's so fond of. I think the Republican nominee will be someone practically nobody's heard of yet. Look for a medium-size state governor, or some middle of the pack Senator.

A poll in October 2009 will have no bearing on a poll in October 2012.

I'm just having fun.

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I was thinking that someone, somewhere sank money into a poll of Republican presidential hopefuls in October 2009. The sheesh factor was too much for me.

That guy is so big a moran that he makes * look like Eisenhower and Eisenhower look like Lincoln.

and came to their conservative senses!

Cough! Ahem! Oh did I say that?!

She hasn't just jumped the shark, she's actually jumped Fonzie jumping the shark.

I never thought I'd see the day, but apparently George W. Bush has ruined stupid for the Republicans.

candidates gnawing the flesh off each other and pretty much stays that way through at least May or June of 2012.

Part of that would be the various little GOP darlings trying to out-crazy each other to grab the lion's share of the nutbag demographic.

The more successful the eventual nominee is in appealing to the unstable and crazy GOP primary voter, the easier it will be for us to re-elect Barack Obama. In a manner of speaking, in winning the Republican nomination, a Republican candidate ensures his or her defeat in the general.

IMO Huckabee is the most formidable of their possible candidates because on the surface he seems perfectly calm and normal. Given real power, the other Mike Huckabee -- the psychotic Far-Right demon -- would emerge.

popularity of the incumbent.

Palin, Romney, and Huckabee have no electoral scaffolding. They're free agents, so to say. They have no current office to build a positive profile on one hand and no current office for their opponents to pluck objections. It's clear the three of them are extremely interested in living in the White House.

Republican supporters of Sarah Palin, IMO, risk losing the gamble that she can win their nomination and in the process, they also risk losing their own positions in the GOP apparatus. Public GOP enthusiasm for Palin has visibly cooled. I don't think she believes she's history yet, but that doesn't mean she's viable either. I'd like to see her jump in to the Republican primary and scramble the outcomes in Iowa and New Hampshire at least.

Romney and Huck both are ego-monsters. The best outcome for us is that they both perceive the GOP nomination within their grasp and behave in monstrous ways, often in the public eye, to secure their position as "frontrunner." Maybe Huckabee wins in Iowa and maybe Romney in New Hampshire. That ought to prolong the bitterness, the discord, the hyper-competitive ego-driven nomination process well into the spring.

Likely there'd be at least one dark horse candidate to rise on the GOP horizon after Palin falters. In another set of circumstances it might have been John Ensign or Mark Sanford. Instead, it could be Mike Pence, the bullet-headed fascist from Indiana, or someone even worse. I'm not thinking Jindal here and not Gingrich. But if Huckabee and Romney are deadlocked by late March it could set the stage for a Jeb Bush late entry.

The Republicans are so crazy it's really difficult to guess what they'll do next.

If Palin's internal polling suggests that she cannot easily win either Iowa or New Hampshire or both, I could see her making a third party run, which would likely draw a few flies away from the eventual GOP ticket.

The "pundits" were all certain that Hillary would be the Democratic nominee...there wasn't anyone else on the radar close to her while Barack Obama wasn't on many radars. Such is how good the "punditry" and the "activists" represent the rank and file.

The GOOP is a very fluid party right now with no real leadership or direction. The only thing that is binding is its hate. I'm not surprised by Hucklenutz doing so well...he's the least "offensive" of the candidates. Mittens still is a moron and a Mormon...still unelectable in the current GOOP primary set up and Mooselini continues to piss off the party regulars and remain the butt of jokes. By not being either of the two, Hucklenutz is carefully positioning himself as the "reasonable" rushpublican despite being as bat shit crazy as any of 'em.

A lot rides on next year's elections...moreso for the GOOP than Democrats. They can't afford any more losses and it would be hard considering most of the remaining rushpublicans come from the reddest districts around. If they fail to recapture either house, their current leadership stands a good chance of paying the price and in a party that is fragmented and heading further off the abyss the void will lead to even greater divisions into 2012. Hate may keep a party together, but it won't win elections.

Of course he's the GOP choice for 2012.

Although his belief in local folklore may get him face time with the crazies asking his opponents to sign a piece of paper with "I'm a big fat liar" is not a good campaign tactic. :dunce: