This should give the Palin Derangement Syndrome sufferers some good cheer
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin remains a top favorite of Republican voters, but she’s also the front-runner they least want to see get the GOP’s 2012 presidential nomination.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 81% of Likely GOP Primary Voters have a favorable opinion of Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts and an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. Seventy-nine percent (79%) share a favorable opinion of Palin, the party’s 2008 vice presidential nominee, and 77% express positive feelings about another 2008 contender, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.
Still, one-in-three likely primary voters (33%) say Palin is the frontrunner they would least like to see nominated. Twenty-three percent (23%) feel that way about former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Fifteen percent (15%) say Romney is their least favorite of the leading candidates and 13% say the same of Huckabee.
Of course, the survey doesn’t actually ask “why”. That’s not a criticism of Rasumussen, simply an acknowledgment.
Now, I’m a big fan of Sarah Palin, even though she does have some squishy leanings on globull warming and illegal immigration, but, I don’t think she should run for president. She would make a fantastic president, but, the media and liberal fixation on her would make her toxic during the general election, and give her little chance to win. It wouldn’t be about her policies, but, the typical personal attacks the Left engages in. Nice Deb wrote a post a few months ago which encapsulates this perfectly.
Of course, any Republican that runs will be treated to a healthy dose of the politics of personal destruction, but, none more than Palin. I think she could do much more politically either doing what she is doing now, or, preferably, running for Congress.
