Oh my: Palin’s favorables back up to 47/42
posted at 4:10 pm on November 19, 2009
by Allahpundit
PPP put her at 36/51 last month and ABC had her at 43/52 just three
days ago. Now Fox drops this. Good lord — Sullivan’s going to have to
take another few days off to cope with the data.
Despite being characterized by many as a divisive force in her party
and the nation, Americans are much more likely to give Palin a
positive rating (47 percent favorable) than another prominent female
leader — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (28 percent favorable).
Moreover, about six in 10 Americans (61 percent) think Palin has been
treated unfairly by the press, according to the latest Fox News poll…
Among self-identified Republicans in the survey, Palin gets the
highest favorable ratings (70 percent) amid a group of other possible
contenders for the GOP nomination, including Mike Huckabee (63
percent), Mitt Romney (60 percent) and Newt Gingrich (58 percent).
Palin’s favorable score among all voters is 47 percent, up nine
percentage points over last July’s reading of 38 percent…
President Obama recently stated that he “probably won’t” read Sarah
Palin’s new book. But his possible opponent in the 2012 elections
trails him in personal favorability by only seven points (54 percent
to 47 percent). Among the critical segment of independent voters,
they
are virtually even (Obama at 50 percent; Palin at 49 percent).
Have her numbers moved that much that quickly or is this attributable
to Fox’s sample, which split 38D/36R/20I? Likely a little of both.
Republican party ID is waaay lower than 36 percent right now if most
pollsters are to be believed, but conservative identification is on
the rise and the GOP’s been leading the Dems on Rasmussen’s generic
ballot for awhile. The D/R gap might be a bit narrow here, but only a
bit. Meanwhile, remember that she did well enough on Oprah on Monday
that even Palin-bashers felt obliged to say so afterwards. She’s
never
better than when she gets to show off her common touch, and Oprah was
a perfect opportunity. No surprise to see her get a bounce from it.
Via Dan Calabrese and North Star National, here’s video of her
arriving at yesterday’s book signing in Michigan; the cheers start at
around 5:45. The next event is in Indiana, where people slept on the
sidewalk overnight to be first in line. As Politico notes, this does
feel a bit like a campaign tour and seems surprisingly well organized
thus far given Team Palin’s reputation for sloppiness. Exit
quotation:
Is the ‘Cuda getting ready to take on Huckabee for the Christian
vote?
Hmmmmmmm.
Update: Forgot to mention that not all polls lately have had her
favorables in negative territory. Rasmussen, notably, put them at
51/43 earlier this week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELj91GjsPT4&feature=player_embedded

There are a lot of things I like about her.  She is fresh, quick, and not 
likely to sell the
cow for magic beans.  Reminiscent of Harry Truman, I think she might be a 
"buck stops
here" type of person.

We have had enough liars and politically correct sycophants.

I heard today that Obama has been informed that he does not have to bow to
Burger King.