CNN: Palin’s favorables up seven points since summer, now at 46/46
posted at 5:30 pm on December 7, 2009 by Allahpundit
Not the first poll to show that her book tour’s helping her recover. The good news: She’s dug herself out of the hole she fell into after she resigned as governor. The bad news: Even now, swimming in buzz about what a monster success the book is, she’s only back to net zero. The keep-it-in-perspective news: Mr. Wonderful’s own favorables may be healthy but his job approval is not. Quite simply, there aren’t any overwhelmingly popular politicians on either side of the aisle these days. (Except, maybe, Colin Powell?)
Eight out of ten Republicans questioned the survey have a favorable opinion of Palin, with more than seven in ten Democrats view her unfavorably. Independents are evenly divided on Palin. According to the poll, 51 percent of men see her in a positive light, with an nearly equal amount of women view Palin in a negative way.
“The gender gap on Palin is not simply a function of the fact that women tend to identify with the Democratic party more than men do,” says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. “Even within GOP circles, Republican men like Palin more than Republican women do. John McCain put Palin on his ticket in 2008 to appeal to female voters, but it looks like men are a natural constituency for her.”…
“Palin is still not as popular Al Gore and remains more unpopular than Joe Biden, but her favorable rating is much higher than Dick Cheney’s,” adds Holland.
She’s never going to come down below 40 percent unfavorable, I think, given the left’s mania about her, so 55/45 or a few points higher is realistically her target. Favorables aren’t the problem metric anyway in her case; this is, and I’ll be curious to see if that number’s changed by the time the book tour ends. On a related note, am I right in thinking that the last nominee from either party who held no elected office when he was nominated was Reagan in 1980? Those are nice footsteps to follow in, but given the reservations about her qualifications, it’ll be a tough pattern for Palin to break.
Like the man says, though: “You can’t not talk about her.”
Update: Nope, I’m wrong. Mondale held no office in 1984, I believe, although he had of course been VP under Carter.
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GO SARAH GO!!!
Gob on December 7, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Who’s Colin Powell popular with and since when is he a politician?
Cindy Munford on December 7, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Speaking of the Governor…
I found Governor Palin’s hat, the one she wore at Fairfax book signing that has lots of the ladies clamoring to find, for sale at QVC if you have a special Palin supporting lady in your life and want to get it for them for Christmas. (Choose olive for the color.)
Enoxo on December 7, 2009 at 5:40 PM
What is not to like about her?
rjoco1 on December 7, 2009 at 5:40 PM
That’s my girl…!
Seven Percent Solution on December 7, 2009 at 5:40 PM
Allah, She needs to show they knows what she is talking about.
TimeTraveler on December 7, 2009 at 5:40 PM
Allah’s traffic Christmas post of the day
meerkat on December 7, 2009 at 5:41 PM
It’s a Plain thread!
Send in the trolls!
Juno77 on December 7, 2009 at 5:41 PM
The bad news? Come on now just be happy for one second.
rob verdi on December 7, 2009 at 5:41 PM
LOL *snort*
I actually laughed out loud ….
upinak on December 7, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Fortunately, everyone still remembered the Carter administration in 1984, unlike, say, now.
Snowed In on December 7, 2009 at 5:41 PM
TOTAL PWNAGE OF ALLAHPUNDIT BY TEH SARAH!!!!
victor82 on December 7, 2009 at 5:42 PM
If people read her book and she continues to be a thorn-in-the-side of the Obama administration (and they continue to overreact to her), she will come to be seen by the masses as the anti-Obama, or at least the antidote to him. Obama did very well painting himself as the anti-Bush.
John the Libertarian on December 7, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Second look at Palin, Allah?
OhioCoastie on December 7, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Sarah Palin >>> good to EXCELLENT.
Powell >>>>> always a bad news.
TheAlamos on December 7, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Ha! Made in China. See… she supports the ChiComs. What’s wrong with buying something made here? Why do you hate America, Mrs. Palin???
Abby Adams on December 7, 2009 at 5:44 PM
I think that the tour has helped her in more ways than one. Not only is it improving her numbers but, it is giving “ordinary people” and opportunity to really see her for who she is. Thousands of people stand in lines waiting for the oppotrunity to talk to her speaks volumes. Without the constraint of being in office allows people to see her as “one of us”. It’s a win-win. Like it or not, she has a gift.
milwife88 on December 7, 2009 at 5:44 PM
Toonces the Driving Cat could have been marketed as the anti-Bush and won in 2008 after McCain played his I’m-suspending-my-campaign-to-vote-for-TARP card to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Snowed In on December 7, 2009 at 5:45 PM
That was my exact question. He ain’t with me.
russcote on December 7, 2009 at 5:45 PM
he was sec of state under bush 2001-2005.
upinak on December 7, 2009 at 5:45 PM
It’s a Plain thread!
Send in the trolls!
Juno77 on December 7, 2009 at 5:41 PM
No doubt. I’m still waiting for something of substance to prove that she is sooooo dumb. You know, just as the media says.
And when dopes whom parrot the CW of the State Run Media, they can NEVER back it up with facts. Most don’t know she has more experience than Turkmanbama.
Dan Quayle. Kenneth Starr. Linda Tripp. George W. Bush and now Sarah Palin.
Gob on December 7, 2009 at 5:46 PM
+1
John the Libertarian on December 7, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Net zero before one single campaign ad runs? Yeah, that’s bad news. Terrible even. I mean, how will she ever turn half the country into half the country +1? She’s toast. Wrap it up. Turn out the lights.
Ronnie on December 7, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Ah yes, The Hat.
That Hat cannot be kept in stock, I bet. It has become a fashion rage. Sarah will, I predict, conciously become a fashion icon over the next couple of years.
victor82 on December 7, 2009 at 5:47 PM
How can this be? The omniscient Proud Rino says she is irrelevant!
rukiddingme on December 7, 2009 at 5:47 PM
that’s a pretty meek “surge…?” on the front of the thread AP.
Mewwww.
ted c on December 7, 2009 at 5:47 PM
I thought to be a politician you actually had to run for an office.
Cindy Munford on December 7, 2009 at 5:48 PM
And when they read her book, the beginning life, many people actually remember back when you drank powdered milk and canned food.
I hate milk… because of powdered milk. And anyone who has had bad (and I am talking slimy and brown) lettuce, will understand me… but if you wanted something green on a sandwich, you took off the bad layers. I hate iceburg lettuce to this day.
upinak on December 7, 2009 at 5:48 PM
How dare you, AP…you RINO anti-Palinite…
;)
That would be the Palin worshipers. Of which I was one for a couple weeks…before I returned to my senses.
JetBoy on December 7, 2009 at 5:48 PM
He’s popular with anyone in DC who can invite him to a party….
If John McCain were president today, he’d be rubbing elbows with him.
Loyalty.
ted c on December 7, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Depends. Anyone appointed to a position of power like that has to put in a resume… to be looked over, vetted and then appointed. It isn’t always friends who get that position.
upinak on December 7, 2009 at 5:49 PM
I love that woman…
jwehman on December 7, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Considering the slope she had to climb, that’s great. Only going to improve from here on out.
Spirit of 1776 on December 7, 2009 at 5:50 PM
rukiddingme on December 7, 2009 at 5:47 PM
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/12/07/video-second-most-pathetic-book-promotion-idea/
LOL!
Gob on December 7, 2009 at 5:50 PM
No, you just have to shift your loyalty to whatever is popular that day, or whatever gives you money that day….elections don’t matter.
ted c on December 7, 2009 at 5:51 PM
I heard once that Sarah Palin was done, finished, toast.
Wa hoppen?
Bishop on December 7, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Jesse Jackson–not elected, but a politician
Al Sharpton–same same
ted c on December 7, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Well, here’s hoping she spends some time getting serious. A compelling personal story is the left’s forte- competence should be ours.
drballard on December 7, 2009 at 5:52 PM
can also be found on any dead South American commie
Doctor Zhivago on December 7, 2009 at 5:52 PM
That’s 46 irrelevant/46 doesn’t matter, right?
LibTired on December 7, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Too good to be true. I knew it was a hoax.
upinak on December 7, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Speaking of which. I heard a story during the campaign that her model of glasses were flying off the shelf. Anyone see anyone else wearing that particular model?
Holger on December 7, 2009 at 5:52 PM
I just met Sarah at a book signing today. She is the real deal. She has an amazing ability to connect with people in the few seconds she has with each and every person she meets at the signing table. It’s hard to fully desribe it to someone who hasn’t met her. She is a force to reokon with. Trust me…
takeamericabackin10 on December 7, 2009 at 5:53 PM
But please, no more blaming her handlers- if she can’t outwit Katie Couric, how will she do against mullahs and soros?
drballard on December 7, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Yeah, they were a brand Costco sold… but I forget the brand.
upinak on December 7, 2009 at 5:53 PM
The left can be incredibly transparent sometimes – Just about every Conservative is either Stupid or Evil or both, and just about every Leftist Politician is an absolute genius.
That’s the template and they’re sticking to it.
Of course the NSM Always plays along for some odd reason.
Juno77 on December 7, 2009 at 5:53 PM
AP, you are an expert provocateur…
tommylotto on December 7, 2009 at 5:53 PM
I know exactally what you are talking about. We were stationed in Japan for a while and milk and lettuce was almost like gold, if you could find it. I refuse to use powered milk because of that and I am very picky about the lettuce too.
She is all American and it kills the libs. She is such a threat to them because she is all American. Not to mention very attractive. Who do they have??? Hillary? Pelosi? Pahlease!
milwife88 on December 7, 2009 at 5:54 PM
no, was no hoax…I really was into her as a POTUS contender…but it was based more on emotion than intelligent reasoning.
JetBoy on December 7, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Seeing as Obama is going down, and Sarah Palin’s is going up…I think Sarah is doing just fine.
Obama on the other hand…this hopey changey thing ain’t workin out so good…
right2bright on December 7, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Or more accurate, your target. We don’t know what her target is.
Spirit of 1776 on December 7, 2009 at 5:54 PM
I dunno, I think she’s done a pretty good job against the White House.
LibTired on December 7, 2009 at 5:54 PM
So you’ve seen other people wearing the same style?
Holger on December 7, 2009 at 5:55 PM
I agree, she has really shaped the debate, but we need a pro. Here’s hoping she is up to it.
drballard on December 7, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Obama doesn’t, yet he’s getting away with it.
BuckeyeSam on December 7, 2009 at 5:56 PM
I have a pair that are comparable but I got them a year before they were popular. But she has 10 different pairs.
upinak on December 7, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Also, consider that this poll is of all adults. Likely voters would yield a much stronger favorable number…perhaps over 50 percent.
takeamericabackin10 on December 7, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Who amongst the usual contenders in the GOP do you think will undo the disaster BO has and continues to create – you go girl!!!!
karra on December 7, 2009 at 5:57 PM
They’re weren’t custom made, so I’m sure there are many people wearing the same style.
Ronnie on December 7, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Ugh… milk. GAG!
Okay Jet, whatever you say. But how do you feel about Rubio?
upinak on December 7, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Oh man, now this is the JetBoy I know!!!
OT: I met Sarah and Todd today. Great couple, very personable, and was a great experience! It was an honor to meet her :)
deidre on December 7, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Wow! Palin now has Obama numbers. Or is Obama now has Palin numbers?
elduende on December 7, 2009 at 5:59 PM
I have a pair and I gotta say…I am a very sexy b!tch. She has different styles, you can find those styles every where. I got them at LensCrafters.
milwife88 on December 7, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Watch Sarah’s favorability with woman start to increase. At some point, even liberal mothers will figure out that the Democrat’s policies are bad for their families.
huckleberryfriend on December 7, 2009 at 5:59 PM
What utterly worthless speculation.
No one knows what Palin’s upper and lower limits are on either side. The maniacal lefties who pay close attention and froth at the mouth at any stray Palin thread on the internet are a sliver of a splinter (kind of like rightwing political junkies, ahem).
Take her highest national approval levels – around the time of her Convention speech – as an intermediate goal, and recall her stratospheric favorables in Alaska as an upper limit.
The independent/centrist women who have abandoned her might calve off the leftwing iceberg all at once – and then she’d be unstoppable until and unless she screwed up again. Could be happening already, might not happen until election eve 2012, might not ever happen. Might depend upon their being convinced that she could win, might be a more subtle process.
None of which is the same as saying that she will or should run and win in 2012.
CK MacLeod on December 7, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Oh yeah? Did you hear she was for gay marriage or something?
Spirit of 1776 on December 7, 2009 at 6:00 PM
So can we assume that 37% fav is her base since that was the lowest her favs ever went. Therefore She is starting out with a core base of 37% of the population. More than 1/3rd of teh country. all her negatives are out. Now it is just a function of her showing her leadership skills and how bad Obama screws up. Mitt should be talking with her about his chance of securing the VP slot form him. If Palin/Mitt make an agreement now before the bruising primary fight the GOP could have a leader in ecxile for the next 2 years to stiffen teh spines of the GOP in DC
unseen on December 7, 2009 at 6:00 PM
You changed your mind, in part, because you thought she was a Birther. You fell for that one.
Then 10 minutes later she posted her explanation on Facebook which was widely understood to mean that she was not a Birther.
So much for your intelligent reasoning. Flip-flop much?
We want our cookies back. :)
Geochelone on December 7, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Jet would like to interview him…alone…over a bottle of wine…
right2bright on December 7, 2009 at 6:00 PM
gimme a break, 2 year old kids can hold their attention longer…and come up with better reasoning, but hey whatever puts wind in yer sail.
NY Conservative on December 7, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Mitt would be a good VP, but he would never, serve under a woman, let alone Sarah Palin…
right2bright on December 7, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Won’t be a legit Palin thread until you-know-who shows up to tell us about Paul Newman’s Racing Team. He was on Nixon’s Enemies List, you know.
Del Dolemonte on December 7, 2009 at 6:03 PM
I do like me some Sarah, but that hat?? Looks like 60s Barbie attire. eck.
but… Go, Sarah, go. As long as she is an irritant to this administration and Liberals everywhere, I love her.
I don’t care if she runs for office or not. :)
tickleddragon on December 7, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Sarah and Rick Perry. What else does one need?
Cinday Blackburn on December 7, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Crist, up. Always Crist.
btw I never did get my cookies…
As for the rest of ya…it’s not my intention to interrupt a religious service, so please carry on with the worship of your own “The One”.
Boehner 2012
JetBoy on December 7, 2009 at 6:06 PM
*shakes head*
bad boy.. no cookie for you.
upinak on December 7, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Sarah 2012.
She’ll get my money and my vote.
Zorro on December 7, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Well, Ms. Abby, could it be that due to stupid tax policy usually introduced and passed by liberal politicians, NOTHING IS MADE HERE ANYMORE? Just wondering.
jimmy2shoes on December 7, 2009 at 6:15 PM
JetBoy on December 7, 2009 at 6:06 PM
You don’t really think that comments like that do you or your favored candidates any good, do you?
CK MacLeod on December 7, 2009 at 6:16 PM
I just met Sarah at a book signing today. She is the real deal. She has an amazing ability to connect with people in the few seconds she has with each and every person she meets at the signing table. It’s hard to fully desribe it to someone who hasn’t met her. She is a force to reokon with. Trust me…
takeamericabackin10 on December 7, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Wacko!!
rjl1999 on December 7, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Jetboy’s affinity for orange people won out. I sure am glad you don’t get to vote for Crist.
Cindy Munford on December 7, 2009 at 6:16 PM
If she runs in 2012, and if she gets the GOP nod, she has to thread the electoral needle.
My evil fantasy: Sarah wins with 271 EV, clocks in with 48% of the pop vote to The One’s 51%.
Invest in mops. Donk heads will be exploding.
BTW, she’s here in Minny today. Colder than the bejeebzus out. She should feel right at home.
Bruno Strozek on December 7, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Come on, dammit! We want the picture with the green hat!
Give the people what they want!
nickj116 on December 7, 2009 at 6:18 PM
E tu’ Jetboy? E tu’?
portlandon on December 7, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Just leave Jet alone. He is still young and I know he was using the Palin card as a ploy.
He can go worship the orange one now.
upinak on December 7, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Good, you never could hold the Worship candles steady anyway…. =o
portlandon on December 7, 2009 at 6:21 PM
I disagree with Hitch on a number of issues, but he’s right on target with this assessment of the vacuous populist you Palinbots can’t seem to get enough of:
http://www.slate.com/id/2237638/pagenum/all/#p2
dakine on December 7, 2009 at 6:22 PM
I used to think you made sense…..
donh525 on December 7, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Yaaawwwwwwn.
rightheaded on December 7, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Fixed.
rightheaded on December 7, 2009 at 6:26 PM
dballard on December 7, 2009 AT 5:52 PM
WELL, HERE’S HOPING SHE SPENDS SOME TIME GETTING SERIOUS
dballard on December 7, 2009 at 5:56 PM
…WE NEED A PRO. HOPE’S SHE UP TO IT
dballard, I suggest you first go to 3 speeches that Sarah has made in the past year: her Lincoln Day speech in Anchorage, her Evansville speech to a pro-life group and her Hong Kong speech in which you can find at her Facebook. And speaking of Facebook go to the entries starting with her comments on death panels and read all of them right through to her most recent post on Pearl Harbor and then tell me that Sarah Palin is not serious and not a pro.
And of course you can go back to Sarah’s convention speech on Sept 3, 2009 on You Tube if you want confirmation that Sarah can perform under pressure. By the way in Going Rogue Sarah recounts about the time she made the joke about the lipstick on the pig that she gave the rest of the speech WITHOUT A TELEPROMPTER.
Hemingway called courage, grace under pressure. Sarah Palin is one of the most courageous polticians in the modern era of American politics.
technopeasant on December 7, 2009 at 6:27 PM
hitchens huh… he seems to be having a temper tantrum at this moment in time. Thanks for noticing.
upinak on December 7, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Sarah Palin 2012.
Her favorables will only rise, and she is the only appealing candidate with a very loyal and enthusiastic base. She has star power, is a great conservative and governed as so, and besides, we have many pathetic candidates so far in the GOP with Mitt, Huck, and Pawlenty.
cubachi on December 7, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Someone is saying Team Sarah is supposedly reporting that a liberal was arrested at the Mall of America today for throwing tomatoes towards Governor Palin. They missed her and hit a security guard, and were quickly arrested.
Enoxo on December 7, 2009 at 6:31 PM
Mitt would be a good VP, but he would never, serve under a woman, let alone Sarah Palin…
right2bright on December 7, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Well it is the ONLY way he will ever be elected President. He can serve sarah’s third term. And if he follows her agenda he will get a second term and if he does a bush and returns to the big spending ways. He loses like bush 1
unseen on December 7, 2009 at 6:31 PM
That’s good. But what about her running mate Lt. Col. Allen West?
Browncoatone on December 7, 2009 at 6:32 PM
And of course you can go back to Sarah’s convention speech on Sept 3, 2009 on You Tube if you want confirmation that Sarah can perform under pressure.
technopeasant on December 7, 2009 at 6:27 PM
any clear thinking person should look at that speech and say “that’s all I need to see. she has my vote”
unseen on December 7, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Yeah, you are Hitchens your self to the wrong star….
right2bright on December 7, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Allah, why do you hate Palin?
/sarc :)
ThePrez on December 7, 2009 at 6:36 PM
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