Poll of GOP “insiders”: Palin ties for seventh as pol with brightest future
posted at 7:50 pm on May 15, 2009 by Allahpundit
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She’s lost the elites, although of course her fans would say she never had them. Bear in mind these “insiders” also say, by an overwhelming majority, that Dick Cheney’s media campaign has done more to hurt the party than help it notwithstanding Obama’s climbdown on the detainee photos and the ongoing circus surrounding Madam Speaker. Caveat emptor:
She finished three votes ahead of … “no one”? Surely these people know how much the base adores her and how much money she’s capable of raising; to put her on an equal footing with Mitch Daniels under those circumstances means they think she’s either already destroyed her credibility or that she’ll inevitably destroy it once she’s back in the glare of a campaign. I’d like to believe that’s not true, but with the media poised to seize every mistake to push its narrative that she’s the second coming of Dan Quayle, she’d have to play error-free ball to prevent it — and how likely is that?
If this poll means anything, it means she’ll have to work twice as hard now to convince skeptical fundraisers and organizers that they’re better off joining her campaign before the 2011 primaries than that of a more polished candidate. How she’d go about doing that at this point, I just don’t know. Raise money money money, I guess, and the talent will follow.
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This is my main concern with Gov. Palin. I want to hear her positions on the issues, not McCain’s. My concern is the people with whom she surrounds herself–her staff, her advisers. People who won’t betray or contradict her.
She has the X factor that few have and she’s able to “attack” with charm. But she has an uphill battle. She’s a Republican (Conservative?), a Republican woman, and she has a media and Beltway establishment that abhors her. She does have to work twice as hard. But she needs a capable staff if she wants to run and win.
conservative pilgrim on May 16, 2009 at 1:06 AM
“I think we should start the Conservative Party…
CCRWM on May 15, 2009 at 9:51 PM”
I don’t think that is a bad idea.
“Without those “dregs” you’d have had presidents Gore and/or Kerry.
ddrintn on May 15, 2009 at 9:55 PM”
Incorrect. Neither party has enough voters to elect a person to national office. It is the independent vote that decides. The candidate that wins the independents wins the election. Neither party has more than 40% of the voters appearing at the polls. If every single Republican voted for a candidate, that candidate would lose a 65-35 landslide if all the independents went the other way.
““We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…”
I believe that too, and believe it should be taught in CHURCH, not in public schools and particularly not in science class because it is religion, not science.
crosspatch on May 16, 2009 at 1:19 AM
Quibbling. The “base” of a party doesn’t consist only of those people who are formally members of a party. The “dregs”, or Republican “base”, also includes people who have no party affiliation at all, but who on “socon” grounds, for example, vote for the Republican generally. Without these “dregs”, no Republican could ever win.
ddrintn on May 16, 2009 at 1:26 AM
I don’t get why it’s president or bust when it comes to peoples opinion of Palin. I think she is great! but not necessarily the right person to sit in the oval office. Maybe she will be a great speaker of the house in a couple years… or Senate Majority Leader…
p.s. damn she’s hot….
Ampersand on May 16, 2009 at 1:33 AM
I don’t get why she’s not the right person, but Jindal (for example) is. I don’t get the “anybody but Palin” mentality, which I suspect is more a reflection of buying in to what the MSM want attitudes toward her to be, more than anything to do with Sarah Palin herself.
ddrintn on May 16, 2009 at 1:38 AM
Actually, I probably find myself more in alignment politically with the Modern Whigs than with the Republicans these days:
Still a bit vague, but on the right track.
crosspatch on May 16, 2009 at 1:46 AM
“You know who’s a great candidate for POTUS?
GovernorAmbassadorChief Bootlicker to China Huntsman(R-UT)(D-best administration evah), that’s who.”— GOP insiders
Y-not on May 16, 2009 at 1:47 AM
Look at all the attention she is getting, from both sides, without even running.
I bet she is studying world history and politics. She needs a deeper understanding than that she had in the last election, where she was asked complex questions, while BO was asked how he was “feeling” playing to big adoring crowds (and media) while campaigning in 57 states.
Could Obama’s credibility survive even the Miss USA questions?
ornery_independent on May 16, 2009 at 1:51 AM
I think she could be the right person. I’m just saying it isn’t White House or nothing. It’s more the anti-Palin people who love to use any evidence she wouldn’t be a shoe in to the next POTUS as proof she is horrible and should go away. I’m not yet convinced she is the right person to be the next candidate, but I definitely think the GOP is better with her around.
Ampersand on May 16, 2009 at 1:51 AM
gop insiders= a not big deal at all allah. she has never had them. she will get ALOT of them over the next few years. I guess you forgot the poll that also came out today at rasmussen. The poll asked “who is the leader of the gop”? Sarah came in 3rd place behind John McCain and chairman steele. Here is the link you forgot to mention allah:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/only_37_of_gop_voters_now_say_party_is_leaderless
ousoonerfan15 on May 16, 2009 at 1:53 AM
” Without these “dregs”, no Republican could ever win.
ddrintn on May 16, 2009 at 1:26 AM”
And I disagree. The “base” is less than half the independent vote. If the party lost 100% of its base but gained half the independents, it sill wins.
Look at it this way, the Republicans are, last time I looked, about 34% of the electorate. Say a third of those comprise the “base” and I am being generous, “the base” is probably smaller than that. So roughly 10% of the electorate. The independents are about 25% of the electorate. “The Base” (al Qaeda in Arabic) doesn’t really matter as much as the independent vote does. For example, a good part of “the base” stayed home the last election but Obama didn’t win by any larger margin that Bush did in 2004. He won the independent vote.
The problem with the Republicans these days is that they don’t put forth anything to be FOR. They only put forward things to be AGAINST. People will follow a proactive leader. “Vote for us because the other party sucks more than we do” isn’t a particularly inspiring strategy.
crosspatch on May 16, 2009 at 1:54 AM
And the reason the Republicans don’t put forth anything to be for is the same reason the Democrats don’t speak about any specifics other than vague buzzwords like “hope” and “change”. Because if they got specific and pandered to their base, they would lose the independents and lose the election. The same is true of the Republicans when Republicans get specific about social issues. It plays well to the base but it costs independent votes which costs the election.
The middle is the kingmaker. Now if the Republicans would knock it off with the social rhetoric and concentrate on role of government issues, I believe they would attract the votes needed to win.
crosspatch on May 16, 2009 at 2:02 AM
That’s another thing her and Reagan have in common. The “insiders” were never big on him either. I am certain that she would not mind to be considered in the same vein as him
ConservativePartyNow on May 16, 2009 at 3:30 AM
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Sarah Palin shows courage and decency in her actions–not just in her speeches. She is the REAL DEAL in my book.
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I hope to vote for her in 2012–for POTUS. Go Sarahcuda!
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John Bibb
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rocketman on May 16, 2009 at 3:33 AM
President is not a role that one should simply “study” for. Reagan was well versed in world affairs long before he became president. Paliniacs say she should study for the debates like this is some kind of high school popularity contest. Ask Palin if she has read “The Road to Serfdom” and I bet you get another embarassing Couric moment.
As this poll shows it at least gives some encouragement that not everyone is as enamored with her as a good chunk of the HA crowd.
Reagan was a man. I’m a man. I’m a lot like Reagan.
Pick any single attribute and make a comparison to Reagan and it makes Palin another Reagan — very tortured logic you are using.
Bradky on May 16, 2009 at 4:56 AM
The poll is bullshit. More fodder for the character assassination machine. I filed it in the Recycle Bin, which just got emptied.
Find a candidate who didn’t study for the debates, and you’ll surely find one that LOST. And, if I’m not mistaken, Palin has never run for President. She DOES run a state though, a really big one, with huge resources and international commerce. And it looks like she’s doing a damn fine job, despite the character assassins following her every move. She has a lot of other accomplishments as well, as opposed to the empty suit who currently occupies that seat like an outdoor lavatory.
ornery_independent on May 16, 2009 at 7:06 AM
YOU being the authority on religion. LOL. Our nation’s POLITICAL FOUNDING DOCUMENTS may not be taught at school. Since you have chosen to not attend church, you are unaware that politics have been legislated off the pulpit. So you’ve just determined that ALL public reference to “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…” verboten ist. History ist verboten. Logic ist verboten. Liberty ist verboten. Equality before the law verboten ist. Arbeit Macht Frei!
maverick muse on May 16, 2009 at 7:36 AM
First Poll of “insiders” (THEIR identity label, aka RINOs)
Left leaning: 18
Right leaning: 17
Second Poll, missed the stats, Palin’s lucky #7.
Perhaps raise the money, money, money and the talent will follow.
As ever, TACKY.
Telling us all we’re untalented, that Palin has no talent, that she must buy or bribe talent to her side, that only YOU have talent. Fred Thompson, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity did not need to be bribed to stand by Palin and be her friend. Neither do her supporters.
Principles matter. Principles in practice matter. Correct practice makes perfect.
Don’t make yourself a purchasable commodity, aka political whore. The NEED to be an “insider” burns, it burns like a ring of fire.
maverick muse on May 16, 2009 at 7:54 AM
The GOP establishment owns you. They will have their way. They snuff you all out during the primaries to get their man elected. The Rockefellers own the conservatives. Very sad.
True_King on May 16, 2009 at 8:11 AM
I live in California. I can see Mexico from my house!
You probably believe in plastic turkeys too – you are one.
disa on May 15, 2009 at 11:25 PM
I live in Ohio i can see you’re a dip shit
norryrr on May 16, 2009 at 8:33 AM
As a Republican voter of almost 40 years, I don’t recall being asked my opinion. Maybe THAT’S why the “pollsters” get their screwed up, unreal results. Crist at 13%? Who did the poll? His mother?
oldleprechaun on May 16, 2009 at 8:34 AM
I’m going to give Palin supporters a piece of advice. Don’t use this as one of your arguments, I cringe every time I see it. As if governing a vast acreage of desolate land (of which 70% in owned by the Federal government) bolsters her credentials somehow.
lowandslow on May 16, 2009 at 8:35 AM
If you vote for Palin she will win…it’s that simple
Vote for her…..Hell there are millions of us and a few hundred of them….vote for her
norryrr on May 16, 2009 at 8:38 AM
And the “insiders” who thought Gov. I sit on the fence on everything Huntsman would be a good choice, would they think Spector or Snowe or Collins would be good choices too?
Deanna on May 16, 2009 at 9:11 AM
If she had returned to Alaska with the resolve to build her experience and get serious work done, deliberately shunning media attention, she’d be looking much better today. Ironically, I think FOX and RushCo share the blame for her demise. They were and remain so desperate to promote her, and she doesn’t have the savvy to see the downside of it. She’s just a celebrity now, but she’ll make tons more dough at it than she ever would as a public servant.
sanguine4 on May 16, 2009 at 9:19 AM
Didn’t the insiders and elites give us McCain? No more. The northeastern elitists and media talking heads can all take a long walk off a short pier. I will do whatever I can to see that the insiders and punditry don’t pick our next candidate. It’s about time to get mad-dog mean, conservatives. We have nothing to lose but our country.
SKYFOX on May 16, 2009 at 9:21 AM
The one good thing McCain achieved in 2008 was bringing Sarah Palin out of the shadows (no offense, Alaska!) I think her voice is one better suited to POTUS, not VP, and certainly not in the Senate.
She may very well choose to avoid running in 2012. It’s too early to say. But she will continue to be a voice that everyone notices.
disa on May 16, 2009 at 9:32 AM
1) Shun media attention? You are naive. The media dogs her. The only wise alternative is to try to channel that.
2) Not everyone is all about money, you know. Some of us have passions that exclude pursuit of wealth. Not shunning it, per se, but there is a lot more to life, don’t you think?
disa on May 16, 2009 at 9:42 AM
I read the list of “insider” names. I’ve only ever heard of five of them and I’ve been a Republican since 1972!
Where did they find their “insiders”? Inside a coffee shop in Dubuque?
Mr. Grump on May 16, 2009 at 9:49 AM
OK, run another moderate candidate (preferably moderates at both the pres. and VP slots)– or even one specifically tailored to appeal to those “independents” — and we’ll see how your construct works out.
ddrintn on May 16, 2009 at 9:50 AM
LOL…it reminds me of the “Carrie Prejean is an attention whore!!!!” line of attack. And if Palin had shut herself up in the governor’s residence it would’ve been “well, if she hadn’t been so reclusive she wouldn’t have met her political demise…” It’s just hilarious sometimes.
ddrintn on May 16, 2009 at 9:54 AM
The insiders definitely haven’t helped her one iota. What’s interesting to me is that McCain was completely floundering until he brought her on board. At that point, his campaign revived. There was some energy at last. She’s a great campaigner, focused, and stayed right on message. She was completely unafraid to tackle the dirty work of the VP candidate, which is to go after the opposition.
Yet, McCain wouldn’t even clear up the stupid clothes brouhaha.
I don’t know if Palin is even remotely ready to run for president. She’d have to really sharpen her game. Her verbal style needs a lot of work, in my opinion. Succinct is good. Rambling on is not. Obama can get by with that by sounding professorial. That won’t work with her, since her very persona is much more practical and experience-based.
One thing I’m sure. She should not waste her political energies on the GOP. They will simply use her for fundraising and then let her sink politically. If she’s sharp, she’s already got that one figured out.
They have to give to get. She should hold firm until they start doing something other than ignoring gross attacks and acting like stereotypical old men who are sexist.
It’ll be fun to watch.
AnninCA on May 16, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Loxodonta on May 15, 2009 at 11:54 PM
The blogger poll is a very limited pool. For that matter, the insiders poll doesn’t look very broad to me either.
My question was simply why AP made a post about this poll, included reference to the Cheney question, but didn’t make any mention of the blogger poll accessed by a link in the first sentence of the article he linked?
To drive home the “she’s tied for 7th” and will have to run a flawless campaign to have a chance, then put the snarky (IMO) “farewell” tag below her picture telegraphs his opinion of her pretty clearly. Not that he’ll state it clearly, from what I’ve seen over the past few months.
Maybe the “political bloggers place her tied in 2nd” would have undercut his message?
I did see the VDH piece as well. Pretty funny.
I guess while Ed’s on vacation, this site is gonna have lots & lots of Palin and Meghan McCain posts. Whatever drives the traffic, I guess.
cs89 on May 16, 2009 at 10:00 AM
I agree that this is a poll of GOP “strategists”, people who think they are the center of the the party.
Interesting that they ranked Palin behind a guy who must hav so little interest in the GOP that he’s given up being a governor to dance at the whim of a Democratic president. Of course the GOP voters want a guy like that to rally behind. /sarc.
I can believe that the Rep insiders would be willing to do whatever they can to make sure Palin desn’t advance on the national scene. Sometimes it is harder to figure out who her worst enemies are. She interfers with the GOP insiders getting acepted by the “cool kids”.
But the GOP insiders better tread carefully. They fail to understand that many Conservatives don’t see having a Dem-lite president as any better than having the actual Dem. While a lot of people held their noses and voted for McCain – if the insiders screw the conservative base over – can really draw enough Independents to replace the base?
katiejane on May 16, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Forgot to include that I ABSOLUTELY agree with this. The insiders will be more than happy to use her ability to pull in the Conservative base to whatever milktoast squish they think we should accept.
If Gov Palin decides not to run or strikes out early, her fundraising abilities should be directed to helping other Conservatives. If she allows herself to become a tool of the same insiders who dismiss her, she may well lose a lot of that conservative support.
katiejane on May 16, 2009 at 10:18 AM
It’s too soon to pay really any attention to the “insiders.” First of all, the insiders represent the immediately past campaign of moderate appeasement that went over so so well with the electorate. So let’s see how things start to shape up the more people realize what a bad choice they made in Obama.
After all, one can only blame the past administration for so long before he must assume ownership.
Tennman on May 16, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Her fans? Do you have some evidence that the elites of the party ever supported her? The elites of the party are afraid to take on the MSM. They abandoned Bush, the MSM’s whipping boy for all that ails America, and wouldn’t even let him attend their last convention.
If we are lucky the next GOP presidential candidate won’t be decided by the elites.
Basilsbest on May 16, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Utah governor Huntsman 6%…
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
So much for wisdom you Beltway insider, RINO knuckleheads!!!
Dr. ZhivBlago on May 16, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Thaddeus McCotter 2012
modifiedcontent on May 16, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Governor Palin entered the big time political scene unknown and as an enemy to an historic event. A black President was the most important thing this nation could accomplish to begin atonement for a failed national history and the “ONE” had come” and with the “ONE” hope and change. What hope and change was nobody knew and nobody cared it sounded great. Nothing was going to interfere with this. Especially a qualified woman Republican Vice President! She became a threat even at the Vice President level. She must be introduced as an incompetenet and totally demeaned by the MSM and the liberal community to the extent that she will be damaged beyond repair forever and ever. The Republican Presidential candidate was not a factor he was a loser right out of the shoot and by far not the most qualified and competent candidate that could have been. Besides, hate Bush was enough to turn voters away. In addition his age made it certain he would die in office and then this woman would become the President raising a fear flag. No this person could not be one heartbeat away ever!
She will be redeemable only if Obama is a total failure in the first four years and Obama supporters understand what they did and change their ways. Part of changing their ways would be to confess what they did to Governor Palin and say they were wrong. The probability of this occurring is somewhere near zero. The Republicans have no face on the horizon that can change the direction. It is Obama’s to lose.
rsl775 on May 16, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Talking about this poll fails
the failure of the poll…. let me show it to you.
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BLOGGERS POLL
Cheney Leaves Left And Right Divided Again
Political Bloggers Split On Former VP’s Value To GOP; Jindal, Schweitzer And Granholm Lead List Of Governors With Brightest Futures
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Click here to see how National Journal’s Political Insiders responded to these questions.
Left-leaning bloggers:
Sean-Paul Kelley, The Agonist; David Kravitz, Blue Mass. Group; Brian Leubitz, Calitics; Greg Dworkin, Daily Kos; Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny!; Cheryl Contee, Jack And Jill Politics; Robert Farley, Lawyers, Guns And Money; Barbara O’Brien, The Mahablog; Taylor Marsh; Ellen Brodsky, News Hounds; Chris Bowers, Open Left; Mark Kleiman, The Reality-Based Community; Tracy Viselli, Reno And Its Discontents; Lee Papa, The Rude Pundit; Matt L. Barron, RuralVotes; Susie Madrak, Suburban Guerrilla; David NYC, Swing State Project; Big Tent Democrat, TalkLeft
Right-leaning bloggers:
Dan McLaughlin, Baseball Crank; J.R. Hoeft, Bearing Drift; Betsy Newmark, Betsy’s Page; Bookworm, Bookworm Room; D.S. Hube, The Colossus Of Rhodey; Doug Lambert, GraniteGrok; Robert Miller, JoshuaPundit; Soren Dayton, The Next Right; Jon Henke, The Next Right; Walter Olson, Overlawyered; Steven Taylor, PoliBlog; Michael van der Galien, PoliGazette; Debbie Hamilton, Right Truth; Rob Port, Say Anything; David Gerstman, Soccer Dad; Martin Solomon, Solomonia; David Kopel, The Volokh Conspiracy
So…. a HANDFUL of Blogers people actually read and other then Henke, Dayton, Hamilton,and Dworkin no one with anything resembling a large scale readership.
If this poll say involved folks like Instapundit or Michelle Malkin or Ace or hell Pat Hynes. Bloggers that are politically connected AND have decent readership we might have something useful
karasoth on May 16, 2009 at 12:22 PM
Further proof that we need to clean house of “GOP elites”.
mcassill on May 16, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Good post
Remember when a political party was a voluntary assembly come together for somewhat common purpose?
THe PR campaign continues. Redefining the Republican Party every which way to create an impression there is a concensus
It used to be done at conventions when folk used numbers of delegates (and bribes, blackmail and motel photos) to convince delegates to join the consensus.
The last election, both parties wanted consensus before the election began, and the pre packaged ad agency videos were played full blast for the pre picked stooges
The GOP had a problem however, because the conservative voters did not obey and libs had a better liberal candidate. Bring on more ads. Leak more polls. Create a consensus and one day conservatives will accept their new ideals because it came from outside themselves and that is where all ideas begin
entagor on May 16, 2009 at 1:18 PM
rsl…….I totally agree.
AnninCA on May 16, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Sarah Palin is, by my estimation, serious about politics. She’s really protecting herself after a brutal campaign. I noted how Todd handled the questions in one interview by saying, “This isn’t our first trip around the block.”
Her book deal convinced me. She’s going to make a move, in her own time.
She has all GOP contenders nervous, naturally. She’s a natural campaigner, truly gifted.
Whether that translates to growing the base? We’ll see.
AnninCA on May 16, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Another day, another Alluhamateurism. Being a Republican fundraiser for over 30 years I can tell you one undisputed fact…power is not where the “insiders” are, but rather where the money is. If Palin outraises all comers, believe me the “insiders” will fall all over themselves to tie themselves to her. This poll and Alluh’s comments are amateurish at best.
jmell7 on May 16, 2009 at 2:09 PM
The money raised by McCain, jmell, wasn’t all that impressive.
He was hurting for even media dollars in key states.
AnninCA on May 16, 2009 at 2:48 PM
You are correct about McCain, but then there was noone else in the Republican primary who was “impressive” either. There were many of the big donors who simply sat out last cycle with their disillusionment with Republican leaders. But you better believe that had someone else set the world on fire with their fundraising efforts…John McCain would not have been our pathetic nominee.
jmell7 on May 16, 2009 at 3:06 PM
Pretty much this. The folks who donated to the GOP have been pissed off in 06 and 08 and may be pissed off in 10
karasoth on May 16, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Since the Alfalfa Dinner she has only been out of state once. She has hardly done any national media appearances. Most of the msm continue to mock and belittle her. The GOP establishment consistently either ignore her or treat her with disdain (except Steele). AP constantly tells us she is irrelevant.
Yet she goes to Evansville to make a pro life speech (turning down the local offer of a Sarahpac fundraiser) and sells out so well they have to have an overflow hall and the police have to close the streets – then she goes back to her Alaskan exile. When will it be grasped that Palin is a totally different politics? She does not fit into the standard pattern. She is unique. She has a huge army of devoted supporters as part of a genuine bottom up movement that has been absolutely spontaneous. It has not been astro turfed by someone like Axelrod. It has not been financed by a personal fortune like Romney.
Palin has no need of courting the GOP Insiders and they know it. In politics, like sport or show business one sure sign of strength is the ability to fill a hall or a stadium. Palin has that strength in spades. You wont find a Frum or a Brooks there or an AP. But you will find thousands of ordinary people there – and most of them wont be wingnuts or political junkies or even subgroups of the conservative tribes that flourish here (fiscal, social, pro life, Ron Paul..) a lot of them will not even be politically active. But they will connect with this woman more than any other politician.
Who knows if she wants to be President? Nobody yet. But even if she does not she will remain a force in the GOP. Or put it another way – if you were an aspiring GOP politician whose endorsement would you welcome most? A GOP “insider”? Allahpundit? Sarah Palin?
I rest my case.
callingallcomets on May 16, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Well usually these insiders know nothing, but in looking at this poll I can’t say I disagree with it too much considering Jindal and Barbour are at the top. Two solid Conservatives right there.
Daemonocracy on May 16, 2009 at 6:38 PM
AnninCA on May 16, 2009 at 2:48 PM
McCain got a big fundraising bump when she was announced as VP candidate, and she did help with a few fundraisers. It’s hard to know how much she could have contributed due to the schedule- McCain/Palin staff pulled her off the fundraising schedule at one point to prepare for her debate and accompany McCain to stops (at least one article noted she helped draw a “buzz” to McCain rallies) and McCain took the public funds soon after she joined the campaign, which complicated the fundraising procedures at that point.
She seems to be a good fundraiser from what I’ve seen. We’ll see how Sarahpac & the Legal Defense fund do when they release reports.
cs89 on May 16, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Let her build up a good record as governor first. Maybe even two terms. Then the MSM will have a harder time pulling her down on the hillbilly stuff.
Fortunata on May 17, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Before we go any further with this, look at the names at the bottom and tell me how many you recognized as an “elite” within the Republican party?
Of far more interest is the clickthrough to the bloggers. Again, no recognizable names, but a completely different result — except for the top, where Jindal still leads. What’s even more amusing is that Ahnold makes it onto both lists.
Huntsman is the sad case. By taking a job with the Obama Administration, he’s tainted himself. Just like I wouldn’t buy a Government Motors car, I won’t be buying anyone who served a man who destroyed our economic base.
unclesmrgol on May 17, 2009 at 10:16 AM
And again of the Insider list
its like the bloggers… only a handful of insiders people know
karasoth on May 17, 2009 at 11:39 AM
The only way this would have impacted my support of Palin was if this poll of “GOP insiders” had endorsed Palin. That would have been a warning sign, as I detest “GOP Insiders” as much as do Obama & Pelosi.
Try a poll of Conservatives instead…
Norwegian on May 17, 2009 at 7:49 PM
It doesn’t even have a million residents — only big in terms of geography. Please – Rhode Island has double the population.
Stop the Paliniacs from harming themselves with their mental pretzel logic. Alaska is big so Palin is a heavyweight governor….
Bradky on May 17, 2009 at 11:35 PM
Farewell? Yeah, farewell to the GOP. When a rino like Charlie Crist gets 13% of the insiders votes to be 4th place, you know it’s over. No, wait, when a rino like McCain gets the nomination, you know it’s over.
hogfat on May 18, 2009 at 8:23 AM
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