Via Andrew Malcolm; Sarah Palin’s numbers are rising as fast as The One’s are dropping:
Not that it matters politically because obviously she’s a female Republican dunce and he’s a male Democrat genius.
But Sarah Palin’s poll numbers are strengthening.
And Barack Obama’s are sliding.
Guess what? They’re about to meet in the 40’s.
A very wide variet of polls are showing Palin’s numbers are moving up:
Riding the wave of immense publicity and symbiotic media interest over her new book, “Going Rogue,” and the accompanying promotional tour, Palin’s favorable ratings are now at 43%, according to ABC. That’s up from 40% in July.
One poll even gives her a 47% favorable.
And this includes the big one…:
Most recent media attention has focused on the 60% who say she’s unqualified to become president. Her unfavorable rating is 52%, down from 53%, which still doesn’t ignite a lot of optimism for Palin-lovers.
On the other hand, 35 months before the 2008 election, that Illinois state senator was such a nobody that no one even thought to ask such a question about him. Things seem to change much more quickly these days.
So we have a candidate who was swept into office on a wave of uncritical – dare I say, “know-nothing” – media adulation, versus a candidate whom the media framed from the word “go”; every move the media made with regard to Palin was intended to show her as “dumb”, a “hick”, a scatterbrain, in way over her depth, who is having to earn approval one vote at a time.
And she’s approaching those voters, one at a time and in big crowds as well…
Everybody thinks 2012 when they think of Palin, who last week pushed Oprah’s show to….
… its highest ratings in nearly three years. Remember, though, in 2012 the first hurdles a rehabbed candidate Palin would face are her own party’s primaries, where diligent conservatives conscientiously come out to play.
…and all of a sudden, leaving the Alaska governor’s office is making more and more sense.
Indeed, something jumped out as me as I was writing this:
That same ABC poll finds Palin’s GOP approval right around 76%, 45% among independents and a surprisingly substantial 21% among Democrats. Among self-described liberals she’s seen favorably by a slightly larger 22%, among moderates 38% and among conservatives 60%.
This past year has seen an epic resurgence in bottom-up conservative – not necessarily Republican – sentiment around the country. You can tell it’s working, because it’s being met with top-down media condescenscion intended to, again, frame the discussion as one of “smart people” versus “teh dum ReThugLiCons” in the media’s mind’s eye.
The phenomenon is so organic and grass-roots that it doesn’t have a leader yet; there is momentum, but nobody to ride it.
Palin’s campaign book tour might change that.
How did quitting her job help her get higher ratings on Oprah?
RickDFL, I predict you will vote Palin in 2012. Orwellian socialism doesn’t attract a lot of voters.
How did quitting her job help her get higher ratings on Oprah?
Hahaha! Again with the old “what I said, but with the context warped into something utterly unrelated to what I said” bit. That never gets old.
It’s not that complicated, Rick. Without a state to run, she can run a campaign to exploit the gains she made last year while the iron is hot and conservative anger over the destruction of our country is rife.
OK. Now, try it again, but this time actually make sense.
“she can run a campaign to exploit the gains she made last year while the iron is hot and conservative anger over the destruction of our country is rife”
Couldn’t she do this while still Governor? What has she done since she quit that she could not have done while still Gov. (other than accept some speaking fees)?
Couldn’t she do this while still Governor? What has she done since she quit that she could not have done while still Gov. (other than accept some speaking fees)?
Dunno. Ask her.
The GOP and conservatism face a huge job in 2010 and 2012. It seems to not *not* make sense to choose to do one job (in addition to taking care of the four kids still at home – which, let’s not forget, is both non-trivial and something she’s not appeared to fob off on nannies yet) well rather than two (really, three) poorly.
Mitch:
“Dunno” If you don’t how can you assert that quitting “is making more and more sense”?
Should Goldwater have quit being a Senator in 1963? Should Reagan have quit as CA Gov in 1975 when he challenged Ford for Pres. in 1976? When has a politician needed to quit their job to lead a national debate?
Terry:
“Orwellian socialism” You know Orwell was a socialist, right?
He was a socialist who ferociously criticized unthinking, unreasoning groupthink.
He’d have puked at the state of our media today.
“He was a socialist who ferociously criticized unthinking, unreasoning groupthink.”
I know. I just can’t figure out what work Terry meant “Orwellian” to do in the phrase “Orwellian socialism”.
“He’d have puked at the state of our media today.” Agreed.
“He was a socialist who ferociously criticized unthinking, unreasoning groupthink.
He’d have puked at the state of our media today.”
He certainly would puke at Limbaugh and Fox News who basically tell listeners “I have all the answers, just listen to me” – talk about ditto, I mean groupthink..
Mitch, I’m willing to bet you 10 pints at Keegan’s that Palin will not win the Republican nomination in 2012 let alone the Presidency.
Quitting a job because you are a lame duck is as lame an excuse as lame excuses get. Seriously, based on her convoluted logic, any President who wins a second term should simply quit as soon as they’re sworn in because, after all, they KNOW they won’t be running again, so why not get out of the way (that was one of the excuses she used).
She’s looked like a petty, childish quitter, getting into snits with a 19 year-old boy. Her star is as done as Tom Daschle’s. If I’m wrong, oh well, but if I’m right, the right has some really serious issues to face, namely, that it supports an out of touch candidate who serves mainly to foment hatred and to polarize.
One could argue that “orwellian socialism” is redundant, but probably the nicer thing to say is that the writer is trying to point out similarities between the current administration and the situation of “1984”.
By the way, it actually turns out that at times, a politician is required to leave one stage in order to enter another. Reagan quit his radio gig to run for the Presidency, for example. Sadly, it seems that it is only when a man is in the private sector that people see a conflict of interest.
If I’m wrong, oh well, but if I’m right, the right has some really serious issues to face, namely, that it supports an out of touch candidate who serves mainly to foment hatred and to polarize.
Well, she’s pretty good at getting you all sputtery.
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“…an out of touch candidate who serves mainly to foment hatred and to polarize.”
Pernicious Peevee, could you provide some substance; we sure would like to agree that Obama is such a candidate, but will wait for you to back up your accusations.
And please leave out the SNL skits.
Come on boy, put up or STFU.
She won’t or at least shouldn’t run in 2012. The two I’m watching right now are T-Paw and Rick Perry. Oh and if we take the House in 2010 I would LOVE to see Bachmann as Speaker of the House just to see the left go totally nuts over it.
Do coservatives really think this: “in this country, hardworking people of every race, color and creed can get ahead on their own merits”?
to parrot KRod it sounds like your describing Obama there.
“…an out of touch candidate who serves mainly to foment hatred and to polarize.”
Pelosi and Reid seem to be that too.
He certainly would puke at Limbaugh and Fox News who basically tell listeners “I have all the answers, just listen to me” – talk about ditto, I mean groupthink..
Yeah, yeah, I know – “I know you are but what am I”. Gotcha.
Whew.
Mitch, I’m willing to bet you 10 pints at Keegan’s that Palin will not win the Republican nomination in 2012 let alone the Presidency.
No action on that bet. It’s way way way too early; we have 2010 to deal with first. But she’s doing a great job out the gate this year.
Quitting a job because you are a lame duck is as lame an excuse as lame excuses get.
Not sure that was her excuse – and the whole resignation thing was very very risky. No doubt about it.
Seriously, based on her convoluted logic, any President who wins a second term should simply quit as soon as they’re sworn in because, after all, they KNOW they won’t be running again, so why not get out of the way (that was one of the excuses she used).
Well, you did leave out the bit about running for a much bigger office and having to overcome huge name-recognition gaps and a full-court defamatory media press in the process.
Like I said – a calculated risk. One that could scupper her, or pay off bigtime.
She’s looked like a petty, childish quitter,
Well, no. That’s the way some, including you, have spun it. She did nothign of the sort.
getting into snits with a 19 year-old boy.
A 19 year old boy?
Just any 19 year old boy?
Or any one in particular?
Say, one that is sliming and defaming her daughter? I’m sure that you left that bit out purely as an oversight, right?
Her star is as done as Tom Daschle’s. If I’m wrong, oh well, but if I’m right, the right has some really serious issues to face, namely, that it supports an out of touch candidate who serves mainly to foment hatred and to polarize.
Pen, you do realize that the left says that about every Republican to the right of Chuck Hagel, every time – dont’ you?
“An out of touch candidate that serves mainly to forment hatred and to polarize.” You mean that`s what she causes you libs to do, right?
I can’t say I’m much of a Palin fan. That notwithstanding, I’d vote for her for no reason other than to see Garrison Keillor do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY-03vYYAjA
I’m not much of a fan either, but I do remember something about double digit dismissed lawsuits against her when she was governor. It made her explanation at the time seem plausible. *shrug*
I think in this case the supposed “forment hatred” and “polarize” charges are made to excuse someones own hatred and far, far, far left positions on all things political. Right penigma? 😉
Troy, it’s not her fault, peevee lacks a basic understanding of history and logic.