Alaska voters still like their former half-term governor, but definitely do not want her to run for president. A Public Policy Polling survey found:
If Sarah Palin runs for President in 2012 she can’t count on a whole lot of support back home. 62% of Alaska Republicans are opposed to her making a White House bid and she gets only 17% in a hypothetical 2012 primary in the state tying for her second with Mike Huckabee behind Mitt Romney.
Since resigning as governor, Palin seems to be trying to use the tea parties to form a grass roots movement to back her for the nomination. It is not working:
Among voters who say they support the goals of the Tea Party only 31% want Palin to run and even with ones who consider themselves to be active members of the Tea Party there are still only 42% who think she should make the leap.
These findings in Alaska are consistent with national polls showing that a minority of Republicans think Palin is qualified to be president. While I can’t imagine why, it is one thing for people to get excited by her and turn out to see her. It is an entirely different matter to back her for president.
I’m surprised by the thoughtfulness. I have not been giving Repugs enough credit.
They number may drop even further after they read the latest Vanity Fair article about ole Sarah.
RT @RonChusid: Alaska Voters To Sarah #Palin: We Like You, But Don't Run For President #p2 #topprog #p21 http://bit.ly/c5Mj0h
Someone told me I looked like Sarah Palin the other day and I almost cried. No wonder a lot of republican men think women shouldn’t be in politics! I am all for a women president, believe me, but she gives us all a bad name.