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CW "I caught part of Barbara Walter's interview with Tina Fey last night. She seemed to think that her impersanation of Sarah Palin did'nt hurt her at all. I disagree. I did not see the whole thing, but I wonder if Barbara asked if she was a Democrat? I wonder if Tina would like a try at Michelle Obama? Any one think she'd do it? I don't think so!"

Fey is physically similar to Palin and she quoted her WORD FOR WORD.
When Palin's OWN WORDS can be used to mock her with such hilarious results then the problem is with Palin not Tina Fey!

In 1976 the Dems mocked the Repubs who claimed Reagan would be their standard bearer in 2000. He totally flubbed debates that year. Dems and moderate Republicans said, "he's too stupid, he doesn't know anything about foreign policy," etc. But he had something no other GOP candidate did...CHARISMA. And he learned over the next 4 years, wrote a book, appeared on talk shows, etc. Who was laughing in 1980?

Palin does have charisma....she has a lot of work to do but if she studies up and gets herself on sunday talk shows, she's got the personality to draw people in.

To clifford;
Obama got a majority of the smart voters and don't believe Zogby because they are the FOX news of polling. They edit polls and video. I bet they don't have a video of Mc Pallin voters.

[...] and there is a 2012 Republican contender Presidential list of candidates. According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey , former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and Alaska governor Sarah Palin head the list. So much for [...]

[...] even the 2010). But I do find it interesting that two popular and somewhat moderate Governors are topping the GOP list of 2012 presidential contenders: hirty-four percent of Republicans and independent voters who lean towards the GOP say they are [...]

I adore Sarah, however, she's not where the RNC needs to go.

I agree with almost all of her stances – but then I'm a woman who doesn't belive that I need to be a feminist. I don't believe that we need to kill our babies (I was raped and had my child and gave it up for adoption when I was 21, so NO excuses).

As much as I think she would be a good leader, the majority of the country belittles her and won't support her so no, I don't think Sarah should run – which is a pity, because she has MORE experience than the Osama Obama bin Obamanation that is going to destroy America.

[...] Huckabee and Sarah Palin are at the top of the list among Republicans looking ahead to 2012: In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey out Friday that serves as an early measure of [...]

Dumb and Dumber thanks RNC.

why and the heck are we talking about 2012 when Obama hasn't even took office yet. What the heck is the facination with Palin. Can you even in your wildest nightmare picture this lady in charge of our country. Yikes!

I believe Palin will be aroung a long time. She is newsworthy. an attraction, and has lots of sex appeal. That sells! She could have gone to 6 more schools, and it would not have made any difference. As long as she stays in Alaska, no harm done. In the meantime, there is a country to run, which happens to be in a world of trouble. Pray we get through 2009 before planning for 2012.

eh...don't really see Romney and the rest letting Palin slither past the primaries.

2 RELIGOUS FANATICS,DON'T BELIEVE IN SCIENCE,THE EARTH IS 5000 YEARS OLD,END TIMES ,SPEAK IN TONGUES,
WITCH DOCTORS IN CHURCH,TRYING TO FORCE THEIR BELIEFS ON THE WORLD.KEEP YOUR BELIEFS TO YOURSELF
WHEN WILL REPUBLICANS LEARN,YOU NEED A SENSIBLE,MODERN DAY, MODERATE TO WIN,NOT A THROW BACK TO THE SPANISH INQUISITION.
AS WE ARE SEEING OBAMA IS NOT THAT LIBERAL

Did the Republican party learn ANYTHING from the last eight years and the clock cleaning they got during the recent election?

No. For 2012 they are flocking to old farts and wack jobs for leadership.

YES, THAT'S THE TICKET – KEEP PROMOTING HUCKABEE & PALIN.

I predict another Democratic landslide in 2012.

Rahm Emanuel 2016!!!!

Polls at this early stage are probably silly. Still, I find the attitudes to Gov Palin very strange. If we can think of a presidential election as a hiring process, and since this is an executive position, then the first question I would ask of any applicants is; what executive experience have you had, for how long and during that period what have your accomplishments been? And can you vouch for these accomplishments with evidence and references. I am not so much interested in what you say you can do or how you say it, but what have you actually done, and what I can infer about your attitudes, knowledge and skills and how you applied them in practice. Of the four people on the ticket recently, only Gov Palin has had executive experience, although I would give Obama creditt for superb campaign management as a surrogate for such experience. No objective person with a sense of justice can deny that Gov Palin has accomplished much in her short time as Gov of Alaska. And at high personal and political risk. And, given her high approval ratings (still) the citizens of Alaska seem to agree. I am sure that in the process of reform she has made bitter enemies, who will dispute this conclusion. Yes, her executive actions as Gov can be critically evaluated. But the point is that there are actions to critically evaluate. The executive actions of the other candidates are pretty thin on the ground. Nor can I find any evidence that Gov Palin has allowed her personal (and obviously sincere) religious convictions interfere with her work as a Gov. There is no evidence that she has banned books, forced education authorities to teach 'creationism', etc. On the contrary, (and I stand to be corrected on this), i understand she vetoed attempts to rescind same-sex benefits legislation. There seems to be a trend abroad too that only unattractive women should aspire to high office. If a State is a microcosm of the US, then being a succesfull Governor is surelyt he best apprenticeship to high National Office. Time will tell but Gov Palin deserved to be given as much fair and just consideration as anyone else.

We should all focus on the new president getting things done, not on 2012 – hopefully Obama and team thinks of nothing but trying to solve the countries problems.

why can't palin be on the ticket with oj !gottayou

I disagree with most of your comments and think Sarah Palin is an incredibly formidable leader of the future. Obama is a hyped up egocentric, arrogant elitist who is going to put our country in more debt and danger than ever. Hollywood invented him, and the "non-thinkers" of America elected him.

December 5th, 2008 5:14 pm ET
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I still see that CNN is it's usual "accurate" self! (sarcasm off)

Evey other poll out there has Governor Palin leading the other front runners, Mitt Romney, Rudy and others by double digits! Huckabee is at the bottom!

In every other poll of Republicans and Republican leaning independents 60 to 70 percent chose Palin!!

This is just more of the dishonest media trying to to create a story!

Face facts, Palin will be the nominee in 2012. Did anyone pay any attention to Georgia?

Palin was a rock star down there. All of the hitters were down there campaigning for Chambliss. Governor Palin flew in and in ONE DAY drew more people than all the rest combined. And by "all the rest", I'm including Bill Clinton and Rapper Ludacris!

The day before Sarah showed up, Saxby Chambliss had a 5 point lead in the polls, and was gonna win anyway, but Sarah took that 5 point win, and turned it into a 16 point BLOWOUT!

By 2012 Governor Palin will have 20 years of chief executive experience under her belt!

You guys just voted in a guy who has never run a city, never run a state, and never run a lemonade stand! Good luck with that!

On the other hand, while the democrats and their social engineering, ACORN thuggery, and stupid mortgage loans have all but collapsed the nation's economy, Governor Palin is working on Alaska's budget that should have a 5 billion dollar surplus!

And Alaska has no state income tax, or state sales tax!

Can't wait for 2012 so we can get a leader in the White House for a change!

Sarah is the one WE have been waiting for!

Wow....CNN is just GREAT!

I've posted, and re-posted a rebuttal to this nonsense story, and yet, CNN has had this factual, and appropriate comment "in moderation" for over two hours while at the same time allowing every hateful smear to be posted by liberal haters!

No wonder CNN is losing viewers to Fox News right and left!

I would love to see Sarah Palin run 2012 because she is going to lose! Does not GOP have other candidates??!

Leslie December 5th, 2008 5:57 pm ET

RE: Annie said
While this is quite early, please, GOP. Please do not continue to alienate conservatives who are conservatives for political reasons, not religious reasons, any further. What's that about separation of church and state?
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What does "separation of church and state" have to do with this? Are you saying that a person of faith has no right to run for office?

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I don't think that's what Annie was saying. I think that the Republican party has been using their position as "the religious party" to pressure people into voting for repbulicans. Also, party leaders have been trying to make it look like people who are not voting for their party are somehow 'less religious' than others. I think this is what has been alienating us republicans that would love to have intelligent, qualified representatives to support. Personally, as a Christian, I am disgusted by the excessive use of the Republican parties "God card" that has been used much like the "fear card" and this has been one of my deciding factors in voting for Democratic leaders.

Check out the Zogby poll: How Obama got elected.com Proof positive what a bunch of uninformed,uneducated moron's Obama voter's where!!

December 5th, 2008 6:52 pm ET
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**I still see that CNN is it's usual "accurate" self! (sarcasm off)

Evey other poll out there has Governor Palin leading the other front runners, Mitt Romney, Rudy and others by double digits! Huckabee is at the bottom!

In every other poll of Republicans and Republican leaning independents 60 to 70 percent chose Palin!!

This is just more of the dishonest media trying to to create a story!

Face facts, Palin will be the nominee in 2012. Did anyone pay any attention to Georgia?

Palin was a rock star down there. All of the hitters were down there campaigning for Chambliss. Governor Palin flew in and in ONE DAY drew more people than all the rest combined. And by "all the rest", I'm including Bill Clinton and Rapper Ludacris!

The day before Sarah showed up, Saxby Chambliss had a 5 point lead in the polls, and was gonna win anyway, but Sarah took that 5 point win, and turned it into a 16 point BLOWOUT!

By 2012 Governor Palin will have 20 years of chief executive experience under her belt!

You guys just voted in a guy who has never run a city, never run a state, and never run a lemonade stand! Good luck with that!

On the other hand, while the democrats and their social engineering, ACORN thuggery, and stupid mortgage loans have all but collapsed the nation's economy, Governor Palin is working on Alaska's budget that should have a 5 billion dollar surplus!

And Alaska has no state income tax, or state sales tax!

Can't wait for 2012 so we can get a leader in the White House for a change!

Sarah is the one WE have been waiting for!…..

So much love and tolerance on this blog.

[...] [CNN Political Ticker] [...]

Considering that what remains of the discredited Republican establishment has jumped on the Sarah Palin bandwagon, they are showing the same incomprehensible stupidity that characterized their handling of John McCain's run for the Presidency. Mike Huckabee must scare those people to death. They are determined to act like he doesn't even exist.

I think this is terrific news. Convince the GOP that Pailn is a viable candidate, without really thinking about it because it's been hyped for 3 years, and we'll get another four of Obama. True, I cannot see the path he will lead, but it will be thoughtful and intelligent and probably the best that can be expected with the current environment. I cannot hope for more from THE leader of my country.

Um. Why is my comment still "in moderation" from FIVE hours ago??

mwanikjiji> Cute and sexy? Hardly. No, we dislike her b/c she sets the women's movement back 50 years by being such a troglidyt.

TJ Johnson> Speak for yourself. I feel no "shame and guilt" over not being as wonderfully angelic as Huckabee. People who believe in a mythological being do NOT hold the patent on being moral people.

Come on Democrat's admit it ,YOU ARE TERRIFIED OF PALIN'S STAR POWER!! Trashing her is not going to end it. But keep it up it anyway as it only show's what a bunch of bafoon's you are!!

IF THEY ARE THE BEST THAT THE REPUBS CAN DO THEN GOD HELP THEIR PARTY. IT IS MIGHTY STRANGE THAT "REDNECK" AND "REAL AMERICAN" ARE THE ONLY THINGS THAT THEIR PARTY LINE CAN SERVICE UP TO THE NATION. PLAYING A GUITAR AND SHOOTING MOOSE ARE NOT GOING TO GET THEM TO JOIN THE 21ST CENTURY. FIGURATIVELY, LITERALLY AND METAPHORICALLY SPEAKING.

Correction – Palin 2012 "Republican" nominee. Too much mention of parties whose candidates are identically self serving can cause confusion.

This is a joke, Palin was picked only to try and get Hillary's votes!
That worked real well, NOT!
Huckabee maybe, Palin is a laughing stock.
The republicans have been ousted!
Go Obama.

Hmmm... Palin is waiting for Jesus... and Huckabee tells a good joke and connects with the Joe the plumbers... These are the qualifications the GOP looks for... And ofcourse small government; so long as they can cash in their big bonuses and tell us we are in a mental recession.

These predictions are about as ridiculous as guessing who will be in the 2012 Super Bowl.

Well Palin is waiting for Jesus... and Huckabee tells a good joke and connects with the Joe the plumbers... These are the qualifications the GOP looks for... And ofcourse small government; so long as they can cash in their big bonuses and tell us we are in a mental recession.

Obama hasnt even taken office yet and the GOp is already talking about 2012. ARE U KIDDING ME?

I beleive with all my that Barack Obama will be one of the great est Presidents that nation has ever saw. AND HE WILL DO 2 CONSECUTIVE TERMS. NO DOUBT!!!!!

So 32% of Republicans and 100% of Democrats want Palin to be the 2012 Democratic nominee. Rather than bantering about Democrats' elitist math skills versus the Rupublicans' belief that with God's help they can defy the laws of math, they may as well just work together to make this nomination happen and postpone the bantering until about September, 2012.

It seems that for many of her supporters, Sarah Palin’s continued presence serves more as an opportunity to veil and safely spew one’s hatred and bigotry towards President-elect Obama then a belief that she would actually be successful as President.

The notion of Sarah Palin as President of the United States is beyond humorous or funny. It would be an utter disaster.

God help us all. I can't imagine we could be so stupid as to elect Palin or Huckabee. Then again I can't believe Bush was re-elected and that is exactly who Palin is Bush w/breasts. The main difference between Bush and Palin is when Palin is stumped during an interview or debate she flirts with the camera or reporter. We don’t need or want another Bush, especially one that takes advantage of her sex.

Only a few weeks ago there was a significant amount of discussion whether or not Palin had the necessary qualifications to be vice president. Talking about a 2012 run for Palin must be the result of the Republicans post election retreat where they were going to reevaluate the parties positions.

Ryan, the GOP is the party of the illiterate and uneducated, they have to change nothing at all, they already have a monopoly on stupidity and ignorance, way to go GOP, 'Greedy Ole Pigs' Party.

Way to go, the best deal democrats could have for 2012, the two biggest republican morons of the 2008 campaign, thank you republican morons, we will relish this next election as well.

What an incredibly choke hold the Evangelicals have on the Republican Party. No wonder they will keep on losing. What is the new mantra for them, "Non-Protestants Need Not Apply"?

Why is everybody worried about 2012? If the GOP really does put country first, they worried about helping put the country back in order with next administration.

You shouldn't be allowed to vote if you think Sarah Palin is qualified...because obviously you aren't qualified to make a rational decision. Obama had education. Palin needs to be educated...big difference...

Nice...now we know the Democrats will be in office for a while..

Well, if she does run then the republican party better start saving now for the shopping sprees she will demand for the campaign trail.
180K, you sure did not work as an executive for AIG?

Looks like Obama will see a 2nd term. Cool!

Can we please stop talking about Palin? Please? I don't care about the 2012 election. Come on CNN, report on the real issues. You know, the present ones? Not who's going to be Palin's hairdresser for her next big press op.

Of course she is favored by men – she is a cutie!!
She should wear dresses that show more leg.

I'd vote Hucabee before I would vote for Whackamole....

When will you get it Right CNN? The Pea-Nut Carter, before Regan. Johnson, the left-over of Kennedy. Ford, a left-over of Nixon..
Now you think you made the right decission... America when will you learn.... Maybe you a little too-big, for your shoes.... Obama will need a pair- of-Wellingtons, like they use in an Abutwah....

Couldn't be any worse than Obama and his handout politics.

In all irony, I hear people mentioning "Ron Paul" as if he's some kind of political guru... he's a creationist just like Sarah Palin and Huckabee.... another horrible choice. He's your average Christian-right candidate promoting the "Wedge Strategy", both cautiously and timidly... there's a reason he's quiet about religion and it has Christianity written all over it. Is he still for the "gold standard"? Haha.

All the amusing comments....Keep em' coming! PALIN'S an IDIOT

Huckabee makes a realy good impression and has a lot of horse sense. Sure wish he was leading the country starting in January rather than the loose cannon from Chicago.

Palin has seen her highest point, might make a good Senator though. She'd fit right in with the current crowd.

THESE ARE THE TWO PEOPLE THAT NOT ONLY I BUT LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE I'VE SPOKEN TO WANTED TO HAVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE THIS TERM..........CHRISTIANS WITH VALUES! I PRAY THAT IT WILL HAPPEN IN 2012.

[...] candidate sound like they came out of a liberal journalist's recycle bin.   In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey out Friday that serves as an early measure of potential support [...]

No, and hell no! No more, never again!

Can you imagine a Huck/Sarah ticket?

Here's the 28th Amendment they'll propose:

1. No person shall speak the work evolution or ecology.
2. All non evangelical christian religions shall be deemed not "true" religions, and lose their tax exempt status.
3. All books and other documents attempting to prove the earth is older than 6000 years shall be burned to warm the earth in celebration of the end of the global warming hoax.
4. Women who have abortions shall be be burned at the stake to demonstrate our sanctity for life.
5. Fox News shall be the National News Station and opinion shall be legally equivalent to fact.
6. Drill, baby, drill.

Im a mod Dem who loves Obama but if you GOPers dont go with Jindal, Pawlenty or maybe Jeb Bush you are nuts.

incredible that this woman is being considered for anything .
A true commentary on the dismal state of the general GOP intellect.
Palin is a dishonest, empty -headed talking sound byte.
SURELY there are better choices .
Really sad.

Mitt Romney is twice as good as these fools. Lets get a real article here Romeny has a legit chance these two do not.

People for the last 28 years we have had a Republican president for 20 years and Democrat for only 8 years, so you got lucky this time. I was a Hillary supporter who believes that it is time for a woman to be president. I will vote for any woman that runs for president. Sarah is just as good as any man!!!!

As I read all the negative comments left by CNN's readers who are all obviously left-leaning, I'm reminded that this is the party that preaches tolerance and acceptance of all. How can you people be so vengeful? I mean, she/McCain lost, Obama won. You have your victory.

The fact that Obama beat McCain isn't that surprising to me. The Republican party is at an all time low in popularity, and honestly, rightly so. I'm a Republican and the last 8 years have NOT been conservative Republican values. Spending is way high, wars of aggression, civil liberties eroded ....
That's not the Republican party that I swore allegiance to.

Wow, what a scarey combination. This ticket would be a Democrats dream. A preacher and a redneck.....

Come on CNN – please stop stressing me out with this stuff. I'm SO TIRED of all this talk about 'the presidential race'!

If Palin is EVER president I'll have to SERIOUSLY consider a move out of the country. I'm not even kidding – not one bit. If she spends the next four years preparing to run – I WILL TOO!

If Palin is on the Republican ticket again, then God must be on the Democrats' side.

Obama/Biden 12

[...] CNN: In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey out Friday that serves as an early measure of potential support for the next GOP presidential nomination, Huckabee tops the list. Thirty-four percent of Republicans and independent voters who lean towards the GOP say they are very likely to support the former Arkansas governor if he were to become their party’s nominee in 2012. Huckabee surprised many by winning this year's Republican caucuses in Iowa and seven other contests before ending his run in March. [...]

well then i guess we can expect 8 years of democrats...

I vote Palin that way I know Obama wins again. I kinda like Huckabee until his Obama hit the floor joke.

That would be a glorious cheese fest! Bring it!

John, I don't believe fear is the sound coming from these incredulous responses. We had eight years of a Bozo in office. I cannot imagine another four years of someone that comes off with even less intellectual capacity. So, it's not fear, it's oh my gosh can you believe that Republicans have changed so much that they mirror the Middle Eastern countries in religious zealots? Our constitution is backed by great forefathers who knew that religion should be put aside when it comes to politics.

C'mon folks. Get off Palin already. You Dems won the election. The people spoke. Relish in the victory. Why continue beating up Palin? Ya got nothing better to do than sitting in front of yiour computer waiting for another chance to bash Palin. You guys are sick, sore winners!!

Imagine waking up on Christmas morning and finding the shiniest, prettiest package of all under your tree. Imagine opening it and suddenly realizing that it is completely empty. That is Sarah Palin. Great packaging with nothing on the inside – NOTHING.

How sad is this?

Proof that morons need someone to look up to.

WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR SARAH PALIN'S AND HER FAMILY'S WARDROBES? DON'T FORGET TODD NEEDS SILK BOXERS!

AMERICANS, I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO BE HER SPONSERS! DON'T FORGET PIPER NEEDS $700 HANDBAGS!

More proof that the Republican party is dead.

Ron Paul would have beat Obama this election and he could beat him 4 years from now. Ron Paul is everything the Republican Party needs but isn't right now. Honest, Principled, Intelligent, good moral character. Paul/Jindal 2012.

God help the GOP! I have friends and family who are Republicans who absolutely would never vote for Huckabee or Palin. Why? Because they don't want to live in a theocracy run by religious police demanding we all adhere to a narrow interpretation of the Bible, disregarding science and common sense.

BTW, am I the only one who thinks Palin's obssesion with the limelight is a great way for her to avoid all her challenging family issues? Shouldn't she be taking care of her special needs child and unwed daughter instead of galavanting around promoting herself as the next Messiah?

every1 join me and say, "I Luv This GOP"

I viewed comments from another fellow Alaskan and I totally agree, I will do everything I can to get Palin impeached and out of office in our state. People in the lower 48 just don't get it! Palin was nominated as V.P. because McCain did not look into this women's credentials but Alaskan's know she was only Riding High On The Wings of others hard work!

Serious question.....for those of you suggesting perhaps Jindal, aren't his views more extreme than most? And, I believe that hell will truly freeze over before Silly Sarah is ever elected to any national office.......

if the republicans can't find a better canidate than palin, they should just give up their party all together, it's plain they don't care what the majority of the voters want.

"Huckabee and Palin top early 2012 list" What list? The casting for the remake of "Dumb and Dumber?"

The 43rd President is still in office and the 44th President doesn't even start his first term for another 6 weeks. Hey if these 2 want to run in 2012 go right ahead. I would be very happy to have Obama for a second term.

Oh yeah there are a couple of Great Leaders.
Puhlleaase Republicans is this the best you can come up with.
I am an Conservative Independent, but would not vote for either of these 2. Palin zero experience, Huckwhack well whackjob. Please someone else from the Repubs stand up and help us out.

I hope Gov. Palin runs for POTUS in 2012 so as to make it easier for PE Obama to win his second term. She is one of the best Secret Weapons I have ever seen the Democrats come up with.

If either of these people ever get close I'll never vote Republican again.

After wasting my time reading some of these post you bozos put on here about Shara, I think I detect a little jealousy . I feel sorry for all you women who are fat and ugly. Oh I forgot stupid. I know you all wish you had her looks. And for all you so called born again Christians, do you think you will ever hear, well done o good and faithful servant.

Wonderful! I would enthusiastically support a ticket with either one of them, especially Palin. I would LOVE a ticket with both of them on it!

In the meantime......four years of mental/political hibernation for me until the Obama term is over. I hope for the best.....expect the worst.

Said it before, will say it again. Until the media – all of them – implement standards of conduct in print and word, with a no tolerance policy of sexist comments, no woman should even consider the VP or PRez position because she will be demonized just like Hillary Clinton and lose. I don't understand how we can have laws that prohibit sex discrimination in the work place, yet have these media conglomerates have a free-for-all with sexist, demeaning comments with impunity. Palin should forget about it.

Way to go, GOP! Back to the future! Please, please pick one of these. It will be a walkover for President Obama, who will win regardless, but very easily over either one of these extreme rightwing nutballs.

I would love to know which "poll" decided that those two deadbeats led the predicted GOP nominations for 2012??!! Has anyone heard of La. Governor Bobby Jindal? He is arguably the most intelligent politician in the country, as we speak. (Graduated from Brown University with Honors, attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and was accepted to Harvard Medical School and Yale Law School – only to turn down both to start his political career in Louisiana).

Instead, this "poll" chose a Religion major (and seminary dropout) -Huckabee; and Alaska's version of Katie Couric (also, a dropout of multiple junior colleges) as the early leaders to represent the Republican Party in the quest to be the next leader of the free WORLD!!?? Oh wait, Sarah Palin is a "soccer mom". She's qualified.

Ron Paul

All of you with the jerky little comments .....look at the change Obamha has done so far ha ha ha ha no change ...ha ha same of politics with same old clinton reserves...yea real changa huh....when will you learn

Huckabee-Colbert in 2012! Now that's a duo I'd cross party lines to vote for.

Palin though, she's like the Paris Hilton of the GOP. So dumb, so spiteful, such a trainwreck, but so painfully fun to watch stumble around.

[...] said it before and I'll say it again, stupid people shouldn't be allowed within 100-ft of a voting [...]

One question. Who were the top two Democratic contenders for 2008 back in December 2004? Why I believe that would have been John Kerry and John Edwards. Palin will be a footnote in history...never President or VP.

It'd be nice to see Jindal as President. He's like the Republicans' Obama, except with actual accomplishments....oops, is that racist?

It amazes me all of the hate on Sarah. She is a much better person than most, if not all, of the current Washington insiders. I guess our left loon leaning nation wants more corruption rather than to have some representation from someone who will represent the average citizen. I guess it is fear that she will rat on all of the cons in Washington.

I just can't stand her voice. Sarah reminds of a female boss I had. I felt miserable every day at work. She talked to everyone like she talked to her kids and her husband in her kitchen. She had an answer and an excuse for everything and nothing. She talked around and around very fluently about anything, defined everything her own way with absolute confidence and made extremely spontaneous decisions upon her PMS. She believed everyone loved her and looked up to her.

So far it looks consistent. The two biggest clowns of the GOP ready to roll! Amazing. Does Huckabee need a wardrobe allowance too?!

You people that keep bringing up church and state, please google or yahoo exactly what the separation of church and state really mean. I'm not even going to tell you, look it up yourself!!!!!

I WOULD RATHER TEA BAG A BEAR TRAP BEFORE I VOTE FOR PALIN.WHAT EVER HAPPEN TO VOTING FOR SMART PEOPLE?LOOK AT THE MESS WHERE IN BECAUSE OF A DUMB A$$. SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T GET IT.

I wonder if she knows what country The White House is in.After all you cant see it from Alaska.

Ron Paul 2012

My, aren't we presumptuous?

Are there truly some intellectual phenoms out there who actually think these two can improve on Obama's performance already? The man hasn't even been sworn in.

If this is the absolute best the Republicans can muster up for 2012.... I have all the confidence in the world that the Democrats will hold on to the presidency office. Shame to be able to think like this when they havent even taken office yet.

Huckabee and Palin are both good candidates; however, Huckabee is a better speaker and can navigate the minefield of news reporters and inpromptu speaking opportunities. Huckabee was truly the Republican candidate for this year, but the establishment turned their back on him, and with his weak financial resources, he had little chance of winning. Perhaps, the east coast Republican establishment will wake up and realize that Wall Street can not win the presidency for the party.

@Lesle...I don't think Annie meant a person of faith shouldn't be able to run for office. I think she meant the person of faith running for office shouldn't try to make laws that require the general public to abide by the theories of their faith.....like most of the conservative right wing evangelicals want and that includes illiterate Palin.

wow, Obama would have to be an exposed closet satanist in order for Huck or Palin to make it to the White House. If I was in the GOP I would start looking under rocks for a potential winner.

i will never vote for palin for anything.

Can someone tell Huckabee, former governor and evangelical scholar, that the Church Age is over ?

If you want to live in a real Obama Home.... A Wikki Hut, is much more Cheaper... You won't have to worry of trying to sell it; when the real truth comes....

I honestly don't know what is more hilarious.....that Caribou Barbie thinks she has any intellectual value what so ever or that her groupies do. Dumb as a box of rocks and 1/2 as interesting. Speaks volumes on the intellect of the groupies.

What a (horrifying) concept!

Are there really THAT many ignorant people in this (great) country of ours? Say it ain't so! Or is God really hugging them THAT much closer, so close, that he is cutting off their oxygen supply?

I love "down-to-earth" people just as much as the next "Joe". Though, is an "outsider" who is so out of touch with the rest of the country (except those parts there are out there that are really great ones), and so unfamiliar with Washington, and is so (uncomfortably) inexperienced with foreign relations, REALLY an individual that this (great) country wants in, or anywhere near, the Whitehouse?

It has been my experience in life that when a bad decision is made, recognize it, admit it, apologize and then move on. Don't go into denial, forge full-speed ahead continuing to deceive, ignore facts and lack of knowledge of them. Respectably and responsibly do what is best. Spare those who already have been, and will be affected, further turmoil. "Bite the bullet", don't direct it into humble, innocent, helpless victims.

When hiding nasty peas in a small pile of delicious mashed potatoes, the peas conveniently disappear. The now, once attractive, pile of mashed potatoes becomes much larger, though it is obviously and abhorrently unattractive and tainted. What remains is a big mound of waste that only belongs in the garbage disposal. Continue this process over time, and in the end, a LOT of what was once good becomes mere garbage. Rotting and festering into toxic bacteria.

Since when did the GOP decide on "entertainment" over substance when choosing leaders?

They still did not get the message... try running again with your hate speach and 2 Americas racist remarks... you will be beat again... plus we may not have long memory but 4 years is not a long time

Any ticket with Palin on it will definitely NOT get my vote!!!

Huckabee should've been on the ticket this time but people with influence wouldn't endorse him because they didn't think he could win. They're the reason we're in this situation. Huckabee could've won!

And, Palin? As a conservative Christian Republican I have to say "NO WAY!" She may have values similar to mine, but she can't say 'ing' to save her life, and trying to find her sentence structure is impossible.

Wow – they have some talent and they refuse to utilize it: Governor Crist and Governor Pawlenty are strong leaders, but the GOP keeps going for the shock – far right wing philosophy.

Does anyone think this matters at all? 4 years from now is a lifetime in politics and the polls now mean absolutely nothing. How about we have our next President take the oath of office before we waste money and time on who the Republican nominee might be in 2011?? People are idiots.

I guess the radical fringe that runs the GOP will keep ruining the party with the push for hate inciting fear mongers to head their theocracy – this is great news for people with hearts and brains. I guess it's going to be a long rule for the Democrats.

MsRotten December 5th, 2008 6:00 pm ET

I agree with you completely.

Plus men seem to favor her over women, so I hope her looks dont change by 2012.
what she needs to do is go back to school and get MORE education.
she talks and sounds like a 10 year old child. I wouldn't vote for her for dog catcher.
but if the repubs want her on the ticket agan in 2012, that will be a guarentee win AGAIN for President elect Obama.

Go President Barack Obama.

I am so Mike Huckabee 2012.

I supported him in '08, but we'll have to wait a few years first.

Palin isn't bad, but not quite as good.

I wouldn't mind Newt Gingrich either, but Huckabee is best at this point.

She looks like my cousin,but thats never been a problem.

Huckabee was the "ONLY" candidate between both sides I would not choke to death voting for. It is sickening to me when people claim they are quote "CHRISTIANS" and "GO TO CHURCH" yet they vote pro gay and pro abortion candidates. What they really mean is they say that they are but they vote with their wallets. Money will not get you to heaven. That is the reason I refuse to set foot in a church unless it is the church that Huckabee is a member of. I do not understand how we had supposed success with a former Ark. Governor so why not put another one in. In the words of a Green Day song welcome to "IDIOT AMERICA". I have nothing personal against OBAMA but he BETTER DELIVER all that he has promised because I am a firm believer of Personal Accountability. Something else that has been missing in America.

She has my vote already! God bless the GOP . After four years americans will be crawling back.

Why do people in this country believe Sarah is stupid. Alaskan loves her. I don't think she is stupid she is a smart lady. i just can't believe how hateful the liberals are, i used to be a hard core liberal but i grew up and realize that liberalism means doing the wrong stuff. I am not a complete conservative but closer to it than a liberal. This country started to get screwed up when tha ACLU was started. This country was based on christianity and it is going to stay as a Christian country and if you don't like it get out we don't need you here. When a murderer has more rights than the victim that tells you how screwed up this country is. Merry Christmas. In the name of Jesue Amen

Will the Maverick Palin pick Maverick McCain for vp?
McCain is already vetted and they already have bumper stickers, buttons and posters with their names on it!

Obama isn't even sworn it yet, and the Reps are fronting this anti-choice extemist and that other old white guy as the best they've got?

Sarah Palin is an embarrasment to women, but if she would get nominated as presidential candidate it would ensure a democrat victory. She needs to pay more attention to her five children. And peruse a map of Africa.

Sarah Palin is smarter than most republicans.

Huckabee can string a sentence together, so that is progress for the GOP. I have heard him speak, and even though I am a liberal Democrat, I can see why he appeals to many people. I still think Romney would do better. A Romney/Huckabee ticket would probably be a good ticket. Too bad that the GOP's best likely won't be good enough in 2012.

I live in AK and am truly ashamed of the current gubernatorial office holder, although she really hasn't been the Gov since McCain's announcement on 8/29. With that said, if everyone agrees to stop giving her a national stage, we will accept her back for the betterment of the rest of the nation. Hopefully, we can elect a competent and intelligent person in 2 years. Maybe Fran Ulmer will run again and then the rest of America can see that there are women of integrity in AK.

YEAH !!!! I KNEW IT....

VOTE FOR SARAH KUDAH .... God is by her side and he will help her fix the Iran / Israel issue and the economic issues (if we still have them by that time....)

Just what we moderate Republicans/Independents need...two more neo-con right wing, out of touch, unqualified "thought leaders" at the head of our ticket.

Atleast Huckabee has a brain...Sarah Palin is a boob...

Just one name, but not til 2016, Bobby Jindal, who so far has done an outstanding job in Louisiana. He finds solutions, not problems...d

Wow. So the Republican Party is willingly consigning itself to the dustbin of history? Move over, Whigs and Know-nothings!!

You have to be kidding me! These two are the best the party can offer the country??!! Welcome to the age of the Democrats....

The GOP needs to find an intelligent well educated person who can get them back to REAL Republican values – small gov't and lower taxes. As long as they look to pulpits and not higher education for leadership, they will continue to lose members and elections.

I'm sooooooo sick of Sarah's name and face. I don't want to hear about her anymore. Is GOP crazy? They haven't learned a lesson yet. Why to bring this ignorant witch back if she was the reason why they lost. Oh my Gosh. This is so stupid. Sarah Palin is a looser, she will never win and she will never be reelected as a governor. She is an IDIOT.

If Palin Huckabee win in 2012 Intelligence and education will be meaningless in America

Republicans are in deep trouble and they continue to dig even deeper.

this is a HUGE mistake for the GOP. They need some fresh ideas, someone young with a diverse background. Huckabee? The GOP needs to distance themselves from neo-cons and the religious right, or else they will be looking at democrats in the white house for the next 20 years.

That would be a nightmare.

I rather like Huckabee, even though I tend to be one of those independents who usually-but not always-vote Democrat. But Palin? No way, no how. Personally, I'd like to see Bobby Jindal as the Republican standard bearer. He's almost as bright as Obama and definitely represents a fresh new direction for the GOP–away from the insulting,dumbed-down "Joe the Plumber" campaigns of the past. It would be an interesting match-up: one that would be good for the country: a real political discourse instead of the usual smears and divisive fear-mongering.

God let it be her!
Let's see...If the Republicans and leaners are down to about 40% of the electorate, AND only a third of them would vote for either of these clowns, AND that's the best the Republicans can do...

2012 Popular vote:
Obama/Biden 86%
Palin/Huckabee 14%

Has anybody ever won all 50 states and D.C.?

WHO CARES who the top GOP contenders will be in 2012? We have a country which needs to be fixed NOW! Let's focus on the man just elected into office, give him our full support, and pull this country together!

We don't need either of those two fools to run in 2012.
And I'm a REPUBLICAN.
Let's get somebody who has half a brain next time.
The GOP should've gone with Mitt in '08. BIG MISTAKE not to.

I can't believe the hypocrisy of the left. Making fun of Sarah Palin's religion and believing the made-up-stories about her beliefs but nary a mention of Rev. Wright and Obama. Rev. Wright is a hateful loon, but I guess discussing him would be "an inconvenient truth."

To all you Dems out there...enjoy Obama's honeymoon cause it won't last. Get ready for him to sound an awful lot like George Bush. It will happen.

Well, the mayan calendar did predict the world ending in 2012... this only confirms it!

Wow. Intellect is a dying breed in that party.

Dumb & dumber...

PTA Mom or roids + redneck with redneck-sounding name ("hey uncle huckabee, can we work on them corncob pipes sumore?)

A great story for say......2011?

Even better idea; let's vote for the Heisman trophy candidates for 2012. I know some really talented kids (some are still in middle school, but I'm sure they will be top notch when 2012 comes in).

LOL...that's what the GOP needs... failed retreads...

the republican party needs to figure out how to be a relevant... inclusive..and effective political party...they certainly won't be that with those two ...

All this hate from the democrats. If Palin is so bad, you should support her! Just like we supported Hillary. It almost worked.

Obviously this site is meant for liberals only based on the opinions expressed. You all seem to be VERY afraid of Sarah Palin. Whenever the left spews the kind of hate unloaded on Sarah, it means their nervous. It is the ignorance of the left and non-thinking Democrats that got Obama elected (see howobamagotelected.com). He is more inexperienced than McCain, but Sarah Palin as well. He has questionable ties to extremists and the left acts like he is the messiah. He's not – he was bought and paid for by the extreme left and he will do as he is told by those heavy handed, strident individuals. I am at a loss to think why lefties think he is going to do so great. Lefites hate Bush beyond reason, but he did keep this nation safe which everyone should be thankful for but no one on the left has even one shred of decency to acknowledge. Believe me, your glee will not last. Obama is not the messiah. Oh, and Ms. Rotten – you are indeed that, but you also need a spelling lesson. I'd say we could start you off at the 4th grade level and see how you do.

Nice choices republicans, you might as well not bother wasting money. Palin is a joke and Huckabee is goofy.

MsRotten...you have no clue. She has the highest approval rating (80%) of any governor. Try again.

Sarah.!!!!!.. too bad we must wait with a collective sigh for 2012, the year of a new level of intellectual sophistication. How bout Jerry Springer for her VP pick as we move forward towards heaven on earth!!!! Ohhhh soooo much to look forward to!!!!

I am FLAT OUT DISGUSTED about some comments posted on this site. Are we not good Americans? To all who make these awful and embarrasing comments about the hard working Americans who run this great country you should be ashamed. I know that even though I am a big republican and McCain supporter i will support the next president in hope of a better and more prosperous country. This will not be done only by one party, but by all who wish to seek out better times for the United States of America. Further more we should respect the hard working Palin and Huckabee for their service to this country.

You may disagree with me but please think about what i said.\
Thanks

Ron Paul is the only candidate who can resurrect the GOP, a party who's fundamentals are waning just as its voters. Conservatives need to be conservatives not tax happy, war mongering, bigots.

Sounds good if they totally want to lose. I don't think most people want to be ruled by a Christian Taliban – which those two seem to be.

Bring on Governor Palin! I'm already ordering my Palin 2012 T-shirts

Leslie
"What does "separation of church and state" have to do with this? Are you saying that a person of faith has no right to run for office?"

Are you serious? Palin is a right wingnut that is forever preaching "christian" morals as being the way we should all live. I'm sick to death of "christians" saying they can't have thier way anytime someone disagrees with them. "person of faith has no right to run for office? " are you kidding me?

you have to be insane to even consider Palin for President. literally, insane.

so...an era of the religious politics instead of back to true conservative values and fiscal responsibility...?

Let Palin run. Shes a Democrats dream. They know there isn't enough dummies around to put her over the top. Go Caribou Barbie !!!

It's hilarious to see just how afraid of Palin the whiney Dems (alias the me me me party) are. CNN wouldn't be spending so much time and effort trying to tear her down if they didn't think she was extremely relevant.

In other news, Jesus has announced his candidacy for 2016.

I love it! Clearly the Republican base didn't understand the message from this election cycle that they have moved too far to the right. Now they're lining up behind the two most polarizing figures in their party. I hope they keep moving that direction because they won't win another national election if they do.

As a moderate liberal female I can hardly wait untill Palin goes back to the frozen tundra and we can forget about her. I really don't understand why she is still being talked about by the media. If you would ignore her she would go away because she has nothing to offer us. And I would hate to think you-all promoting her celebraty would actually make her a viable canidate for anything outside of Alaska

Bobby Jindal – Huckabee would be better for a 2012 run.

And...to reply to Ms.Rotten's comment...we are not working to impeach Sarah Palin! Where do you get this information?! Most citizens of Alaska love her as the governor because in the grand scheme of things, she is doing a good job and she is doing things that Alaska would want. Talk all the crap you want...she's really not that bad. Just not right for president. The hope is she is re-elected as Governor.

Personally I think that is a GREAT IDEA....that would guarantee 4 more years without a republican administration in power...GO SARAH, GO MIKE....Late night would be hilarious again and Keith Olbermann...well, lets just say...the material would write itself!

@Leslie December 5th, 2008 5:57 pm ET
A person of faith can be in office. A person of ANY faith can be in office. Seperation of church and state simply means that as an elected official...we don't want to hear you preach to us about your religion and we don't want you governing our families based on your religious teachings. Take your religion and keep it in your church, don't let it touch our politics in any way, shape or form!

Pastor Huck won't get far when the media starts digging into his numerous ethics violations as governor or his pathetic whining as to why he pardoned a murder/rapist (who went out to rape and murder again) over the recommendations of the parole board ... and all the other dirt on this holier than thou preacher-politician. I personally don't like the idea that he named his first three dead pheasants after his rivals or that he recommends people who don't love the Confederate flag stick that flagpole where the sun don't shine ... really good Christian ethics there!

Thank You MsRotten

I would love to see that ticket and would vote for them.

Please–no more of her. If the RNC is leaning towards these two, it is obvious the direction of the party–right wing, non-inclusive, extremist ideology.

I live in Alaska...in Wasilla. I've known Sarah Palin all of my life. She is a dear family friend...that being said...if Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee are the best the Republican party is going to come up with, here's to a second term for the Democrats, possibly Barack Obama (depending on what he does with his first). Both are very religious and while I know for a fact Sarah does not necessarily try to push her religion on others, she is strong-willed and strong-minded and when she wants something done, she gets it done. Therefore, legislation with religious antics or undertones such as reversing Roe v. Wade, etc. will be decided religiously, because religion guides people's choices (when they believe in something). This is where the problem is: it's impossible to seperate church from state and it's wrong. Anyway...This is sad. The Republicans are screwed 2012.

I wonder if the president of Africa would support Bimbo Palin?

While I agree that having Palin on the ticket is both a laughable and scary proposition, I agree with som

This is such good news. Palin and Huckabee are such cartoon characters, the 2012 election is sure to be hysterically funny.

Are you kidding me? Republicans must be smoking weed. Huckabee is intelligent, kind and informed, but too conservative to win the Presidency. Palin is stupid, mean and ignorant, AND too conservative to win the Presidency. With Huckabee there is a chance. With Palin, none. Go Palin!

You never get a second chance to make a first impression and Sarah Palin's first impression was so HORENDOUS she doesn't stand a snowball's chance in hell of ever being President of the United States. She may poll well with Neo-Conservatives but thank heaven they aren't a majority. There are still enough intelligent Americans to see that Palin never settles into the White House!!!!!!! She is SO unqualified, it baffles the mind that 46 million American voted for McCain/Palin!!!!

Mitt Romney has more intelligence and experience than Huckabee and Palin put together.

in related news the Republican party is changing their name to the Wigs.

is their goal to make themselves irrelevant?

I see she did not return the RNC clothing. Phony is as phony does.

There is no reason to hate Sarah Palin. All she did is run for office???
The religious biogotry on this site sick.

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!! PALIN IS A JOKE!!! If she she is the republican's choice for president in 2012 then the republican party is ALSO a JOKE and not to mention RETARDED!

I love how people that believe in God could only be Republicans. The religous right wants a law that says that makes same sex marriage illegal. There is this little thing that called SEPEARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE! This means that you can't rule the population according to your religous beliefs. Marriage is a religous concept. We get a couple thumpers like Huckleberry and Falin in charge, we are going to have a constitutional tear up party. Are you ready for the Republican Inquisition?? [cue the dancers now] We are finally at the end of this 8 year nightmare, Bush is finally out, let's see how long we can go with out hearing the "word" nucular!! The good ole boy is headin home!

It just goes to show you the level of stupidity of some people. This woman has no right to be president. We need a leader and not a divider, We need someone with at least half a brain not someone that thinks Africa is a country. Am I worried? You betcha. When people honestly say she is ready to be president of the United States and they are of voting age you betcha it scares me. Maybe Obama will increase spending in our schools because stupidity reigns supreme in the Republican party.

I like Huckabee even though I wouldn't vote for him. He, at least, has minimal qualifications to be President. Palin has none that I can see.

It amazes me every day that people who were brought up in this country can so easily ignore that our government is based on the separation of church and state.

Why on earth would anyone want to vote someone into office based on their religous views? That is a private matter that should be shared only with one's family and friends.

Legislation and laws should NEVER be based on ANY religion's tenets.

You are all wrong we should take over Iraq and make them pay tributes to our political leaders who will them use the money to first fix our economy then find a cure for cancer.

[...] Apparently, Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee are the two leading candidates for the 2012 GOP nomination, followed closely by Mitt Romney. 1) Good news for Democrats. 2) [...]

OMG The return of the anti-Christ and his follower is going to occur in 2012? Now Jeb Bush wants to run for the Senate in 2010...Surely this world will soon see all of the Anti-Christ's followers...GOD help this country...

Can both of them be given an IQ test before any decision is made?

What is with the media? Can't we get a respite from Presidential politics. The prez elect hasn't even taken office and the media is into hype. As one real political junky who has followed this process for the past year I'm turning off CNN, they are really guilty of this along with FOX. It's like a battle between them. Sorry excuse for journalism.
Thank goodness for C-span, at least you can listen and decide for yourself on important issues like saving 3 to 4 million jobs in the Auto Industry. While CNN and Fox battle over who can spew the most BS over Palin, and others.
Sorry A$$$ journalism is what we have today. Fill the 24/7 news cycle. Hype and BS, over facts.

joe December 5th, 2008 5:54 pm ET

If Palin gets elected for 2012, she migth try to move the white house to Alaska!!!!

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She will move it to Wasilla! That's where she "works" instead of Juneau. And she charges the taxpayers of Alaska for LIVING IN HER OWN HOME (per diem).

RON PAUL 2012!

If that trend continues the Democrats and the country have nothing to worry about. The Republicans still don't get it.

Either one of those candidates would result in a loss for the Republican Party.

Know nothing Sarah Palin....Republican party has change to anti–intellectual party if Sarah has a chance.

why not run Palin /Limbaugh ticket.... between the two SNL would have a heyday!!!! unless the GOP does more than blame the recession on Bill Clinton.... what a joke they are... i think the right saying is "DONE" put a fork in em!!!!

One out of ten Americans is in forclosure or behind on home payments, unemployment is now staggering, we have a complete IDIOT for a president, WHO CARES ABOUT PALIN AND HUCKABEE!!!!!????? The media needs to wake up and smell the coffee!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's hilarious how so many Republicans think that Democrats are fearful of Sarah Palin running in 2012.....I am an Independent, but why would we be afraid of Sarah running? I am a born-again Christian who voted for Barack Obama this time, and if the Republican party are stupid enough to "run" this racist hypocrite in 2012 they will deserve the "beating" that they will undoubtedly receive at their own expense, once again....she will only receive 30% of the "right" vote...will that be enough votes for her to beat Obama? I don't think so....

Huckabee absolutely yes Palin Are you kidding... surely you are kidding..Please say your kidding... watch her interviews right now and tell me honestly you want a whiner leading you. Woman o.k., whiner please God no.

If this is all the Repubs have then why are we even discussing the issue. They have once again proven the irrelevance of the party.

Charisma, looks and the ability to read cue cards, do not qualify one as a leader. She doesn't even care that she's not qualified; she just wants to be President! Well, at least she gives me a reason to drink! I feel sad for the wildlife that has to live (and die) under her rule/ Hopefully Republicans will come up some qualified candidates by then and she will fall by the way side or into some deep snow..

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and expecting a different result. How many losing candidates for President have run again? Nixon, in 1968 is the last one I can think of. I don't think there has been one since.

Those of you who are making fun of them because of their religous beliefs should step back. They have as much right to believe in God and conservative ideas as you do the other way. And by the way, hope you are happy with your your liberal choices when you stand before God in judgement day.

CNN, can you let me know your criteria for printing comments? I'd appreciate it, considering that I actually read your site and take time to construct a well thought out comment, only to see it disappear. Thanks for your time.

ps. Palin stinks.

Fear tactics will not work.

This is a good laugh...Palin for President. Didn't you learn anything from having a rather un-intelligent, narrow minded, unthoughtful person as President? No wonder the Republican party is in shambles...

Maybe we all should support Palin running for president in 2012. It would be a landslide for Obama.

By the time '12 rolls around it will be, "Palin who?"

SaRahRahRah Stalin....the gift that keeps on giving.

She won't even get re-elected as Gov of AK in 2010.

The Good People of AK are working on IMPEECHMENT/RECALL as we type.

2009 is not going to be a good year for the Princess.

2010, even worse; her political career will be OVER!

Has the Republican Party not learned anything from this election, the Huckabee/Palin tickets are not what the broader American people want. Just like the auto industry, the refusal for self examination and direction will make the republicans irrelevant.

There is one thing common between run up to Iraq war in 2002 and the current media obsession about Gov.Palin. It is sensationalism stupid. For both of these events is is sad to note that media is greedy about money making. Nothing wrong with it, as long as objectivity is not lost at the expense of personal greed. If the media had acted responsibly in 2002, may be we would have avoided the Iraq war and its consequences. It is time for media to show they are Patriotic and let Palin take rest in Alaska for three years.

What was Ron Paul's standing in the poll? Let me guess, the media has excluded him yet again...

So far she has some results. Her support in Georgia was more succsesful than Bill Clinton's or [famous] Al Gore's or even popular president elect's 60 seconds add. And I am wondering why?

Wayne from Fullerton, CA December 5th, 2008 5:22 pm ET

Palin is a prime example of the five stages of death.
(In this case the death of the Republican party)

1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance

Problem is…, Republicans refuse to progress past stage one.
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LMAO!! That was great; THANK YOU! lololol

Oh Yeah and Todd and the Boyfriend will be SOS and Attorney General! SNL'S Dream Ratings come true for 2012! Tina Fey is already setting up consultations with her Accountant ! What a Hoot!

Isn't her 15 minutes up yet? Garsh darnit.

As a Democrat, I would love to see that clown on the ticket again. Bring her on.

Just love the fact that GOP men prefer Palin over Huckabee. Don't you think it has to do with Sarah's legs (which also explains why GOP women don't like her as much)? Here's the problem for Palin – she is riding on the hot babe factor and as she ages over the next four years her hot factor is going to go down. Being a beauty queen only gets you so far in life before middle age takes it toll. Another observation – if Hillary had Sarah's looks – we'd be "lookin" at a different President elect. And Bill would be stayin home more.

What a useless article. First, Palin won't win. Huckabee seems to be a sensible man, but his policies are not going to win him any favor in the next couple years. Finally, Obama isn't even in office yet, don't fill the news with this rubbish!

2 things CNN.

First it's not even 2009 yet, give us 2 years or so without presidential campaign questions before starting these polls.

Second you're pulling so many names into the mix who weren't even mentioned and aren't as well known. There are several other governors, Pawlenty and Barber, Purdue. I mean really did you think that some governors who are recognized as little right now outside of their state as Clinton was, might stand a chance?

Ha! Awesome!! Two holy rollers... nothing like drawing dividing lines across the country.... Obama/Biden 2012.

This is great news. Maybe they will both be on the GOP ticket together, ensuring a democratic landslide in 2012 even bigger than this time. The Republicans really don't get it and I'm gleeful.

CNN, stop talking about this half-wits! Can we please have at least one day to celebrate Obama's victory, the victory of reason over ignorance?! No one cares about the Republicans so please shut up.

If Huckabee and Palin are the top of the GOP, it will be Obama for the next eight years. Huckabee I can understand from a GOP standpoint, but Sarah Palin? Lots of luck with "that one!"

RE: Annie said
While this is quite early, please, GOP. Please do not continue to alienate conservatives who are conservatives for political reasons, not religious reasons, any further. What's that about separation of church and state?
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What does "separation of church and state" have to do with this? Are you saying that a person of faith has no right to run for office?

this is ridiculous.

Go ahead, both of you run....Obama will kick you to the curb – AGAIN

Why are we even discussing this???? Obama hasn't even reached office and we're already looking to the next election. If this is the way republicans can find solace is knowing that there will be an election in 2012 where they will have a chance at the top seat in office, then that is just pathetic. Why don't we quit talking about the 2012 election and focus on the politcal state of 2008-2009?

Good thing the next election isn't until 2012. That should give Palin enough time to read a newspaper and find out who the prime minister of Canada is. Oh, and maybe she should check out the status of "the country of Africa."

Even though I disagree with him on many things, Mike Huckabee seems like a decent enough guy. Better than Palin, anyway.

i agree with a good amount of people here, lets wait till obama takes office, give it 2 years and then worry about 2012, and when you nominate someone choose someone who is experienced in economics, like mitch daniels govenor of indiana, or a ceo of a company that happends to be progresing well even now

My My My....perhaps the religious nut that Palin used to get the demons ouy will put a spell on the rest of the United States and make them vote for her.
She supports the Independence of A laska from the US, and has the IQ of a dry piece of toast. It makes me wonder how she got elected? What were the voters of A laska thinking? Or I guess they weren't. Is there anyone there that will run against her in politics in the Never Never Land?
It is frightening to think that those in power actually believe in an invisible man in the sky watching over them. And these people have their finger on the button.
Palin is merely a small small footnote in the political scheme of things, would Bobby Jindal really sit back and let this happen to his party? I don't think so. Would Mitt Rommney sit back and take a back seat to Sexy Sarah?
She should be home planning her pregnant daughter's wedding with the redneck, and also getting sex education for the other daughter before she to is knocked up.

I heard a lot of great things about Huckabee. He seemed to look like someone that will do the right thing and not bow down to pressure. But, I dont know. I like Obama too. We'll see what happens in 2012, if America still around.

ENOUGH!!!!!! Please...I am BEGGING you....NO MORE of this horrid horrid woman. Talk about Charlie Crist....Bobby Jindal...just NO MORE of HER. Know why women don't like her as a rule...we see right thru her....there is NOTHING there.

If Palin gets elected for 2012, she migth try to move the white house to Alaska!!!!

doesn't make any difference. they're both the darling of the ultra religious right nuts. if they're the best the republicans can come up with the gop is in deep doodoo

The Republicans can't seem to decide what sort of party they want to be and to whom they want to cater. They claim to be the party that promotes fiscal conservatism, a less intrusive government, and adherence to the Constitution but the current figurehead of that party appears to have thumbed his nose at all three of those principles in an atttempt to curry favor with evangelicals. The so-called big tent has no room for you unless you're a religious extremist bent on pushing social conservatism on a populace that cleary does not want it.

If the Republicans believe that Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee represent their party's best hopes in 2012 then it appears that they haven't yet figured out that evangelicals represent only a very small minority of Americans and that pandering to their extreme views will only alienate mainstream Republicans and moderates. The Democrats learned a thing or two about tilting to the left in years past and now the Republicans will have to learn the same painful lesson about tilting to the extreme right.

If they both make the list that will be awesome news. Can't wait o see what God has planned for this country. I am praying form Obama and his family has they prepare for the WHite House and for Bush and his exit. God, I know you are in control and I just ask for your hand over both families. Amen

The best the GOP can come up with are two people who think humans used to ride around on dinosaurs?

Good luck with all that....

Having Palin or Huckaby as a candidate is a Democrat's dream.

Pin a rose on Ethel......unbelievable. The Republican Party is still in stage 1.

Well ... given that the Republican party has left behind all but a core of hard-core religious morons from the south, this doesn't surprise me.

Thank you Sarah.. keep running again in 2012 or even 2016.. I think the Democratic will love the good news as well as any other independents.. GO Sarah..

Gee... I guess we cannot even give Obama a chance to become President before we start talking about the next run. IF either of them run they too will have to become more centerist or forget it... I for one have had enough of the conservative right to last a long time.

just confirms that there are still a lot of stupid people in this country. be vigilant and show up to the polls during elections and insure they stay in the minority and irrelevant

My sense is America, for a variety of reasons, works best with two viable parties. However, if the GOP has any chance of being a viably competing party, they CANNOT have Sarah Palin involved....
The Economist in a recent article pointed out that she is simply not bright enough to be involved in politics on the national level.
No individual can make a cogent arguement that Sarah Palin has the political acumen. It is so unfortunate that your poll numbers show that Republican voters even give her any attention.

The Democrat have to giggling....

Mark my words...Palin is history...she simply doesn't have what it takes to lead the party or the Country for that matter, it has nothing to do with knowing all the right info, it's an issue of personality, character, and talent and she doesn't have it.
Evangelicals would be a LOT smarter to get behind Huckabee!

Another loosing ticket for the (Grand OLD!!! Party)

I don't think Palin/Huckabee would be a good mix. Both too religiously inclined. What would be a good tandem would be either Palin/Jindal or Palin/Ron Paul. Any of these combinations would be awesome.

The Lich Queen just won't admit her political career is dead and her army of mindly zombie undead would be happy to feed on the country's brains in order to reduce everyone to their level.

HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

A couple of things: FIrst, can we stop talking about Palin. GIving this level of press coverage to the Alaska Governor who can't put a coherent sentence together and who doesn't have a clear policy or direction for Alaska, much less the country, is absolutely absurd. Second, can we enjoy the next eight years of our fabulous new President-Elect who is already moving the machine forward with intelligence, clarity and grace? 2012? Seriously? WIth our mammoth problems mounting by the hour, we need to stay focused on the here and now. Anyway, no one stands a chance against Obama in 2012. We want him the full eight years; the second term will be when we hit maximum stride.

If Republicans keep along this "white-evangelical" neo-conservatism baloney they may as well fold now. It's time for those at the RNC to wake up and realize that their formula- which would most certainly be perpetuated by the likes of Palin and Huckabee- of empire expansion and theft of constitutional liberties by use of fear tactics on the American people, is played out and no one wants to hear it anymore (except for those that give money to the likes of Benny Hinn.) Republicans need to:
A: Stand up for constitutional law
B: Promote and restore individual rights
C: Rid itself of "morality" platform positions
D: Rescind the size and scope of federal government and institutions
E: Restore states' rights
F: Reject their current "pre-emptive" foreign policy
G: Focus on abolishing unconstitutional institutions like the Federal Reserve
H: Create of Sound monetary system
I: Protect American sovereignty

Somehow I don't see this happening. After a year I think the buzz on these two will fade into oblivion, and as a Republican myself, it is my hope that four years down the line we will have TRUE STATESMEN to choose from, that understand that the only thing that is popular which they can promote in their campaign is FREEDOM.

Enough!

really, I second the question...what intelligent American would vote for Sarah Palin? I bet that percentage rate is from unintelligent, "back woods" red necks that really think Obama is not a U.S. Citizen and that he's a "terrorist."

What was the definition of insanity again?

We should just buy the republicans a shovel so they can keep digging themselves in a hole! Perfect...it's about time us Dems got good news after 8 years of stupid republican blundering.

No wonder there is no bipartisan support in Congress as Americans lurch from one election to another with few politicians have the background to do what is right...just what is politically expedient...and, unlike other democratic countries where all of their parliament are voted on at the same time, gridlock continues.

And the press keeps pushing it to fill up air space.

This is truly the most rediculous thing I ever heard. These nuts rather put this country in the hands of dimwit. Unbelivable!!

I can't believe anyone in his or her right mind would consider Palin for ANYTHING having to do with leading our government. Are these people nuts? It's not only that she knows nothing (I suppose she could try to learn... or memorize), it's her frightening positions and views as well. SPARE US PALIN IN 2012 PLEASE!!!!

We Dems welcome Sara to run. ROFLMAO FUNNY!!!

Huckabee? The GOP continues on the bible-thumping, "We demand a Christian State!" path to self-destruction. Palin? Well, she's no Huckabee, and that's a good thing.

Before you blow off Jesse Ventura for being so unconventional, consider he that took on both the far left and the far right and turned this nanny state around, putting at least a temporary stop to the meaningless partisan bickering and getting important things done that neither major party could in 50 years. Minnesota citizens should still be grateful.

As for Al Franken, a bitter and vicious pretend comedian in the U.S. Senate wouldn't be so unusual, would it?

Dead in the water. These two couldn't lead us out of a tunnel, much less two wars. There's a reason PA went for Barack, we're suffering and we need help from someone other than right wingnuts.

wonderful – the far right fringe has the lead -we have nothing to worry about

Folks! Do not be brainwashed. There is no economic crisis. They say it so that they can take your money. Obama is support it. Big 3. Give me a break.

GREAT!!!! The PERFECT team to run for President/Vice-President in 2012. I hope and pray it happens! That way Obama will be set for another 4 years.

We really care who is running for office in 2012 when we still haven't had Obuma in office yet and Bush still has 6 more weeks left in office. What is wrong with this picture? Is the media so stupid that they want to continie with garbage like this when it has been shoved down this nations throat for over 2 years now, the media can take their points in polls and shove where the sun don't shine. Good heavens, what a bunch of idiots!

Not once have I heard this woman try to push her Christianity off on other people but I have had to listen to gays and atheist's whine. What is happenning to this country I ask? It seems that since Obama has been elected all the nuts are coming out of the woodwork. Why is that?

When I think Separation of church and state, I think Palin and Huckabee... NOT.

LOLOLOL!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!

Is this an April fools joke ? Anyway Palin made it good, just like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.

ENOUGH!!! We haven't even sworn in Obama yet and now we've started the next presidential campaign. And we thought the Democratic Primary was long... Can we please wait at least 2 and a half years before we start the nomination process? PLEASE???

Dems are just weird! If she is nobody why worry? She got power and you know it. Let her shine, it is her time now for the next four years.

Looks like we Dems have nothing to worry about!

[...] think that Sarah Palin will be ready to be President by 2012.  In a new opinion poll announced by CNN today, 34% of republicans and independents who lean Republican are very likely to support Mike [...]

Sarah Palin was a joke and now the joke is over.

That's good news. They are both too far to the right to win a general election.

Please pick Sarah Palin.

signed by the Democratic National Committee

Wow...they tried smearing his name, lying about his place of birth, good old fashion racism and Roveism. Nothing worked. So instead, they are simply going to ignore the next four years. Let them keep busy doing that while the Obama Administration and intelligent Americans at large get busy with the business of improving their lives and the country at large. Intelligence, pragmatism and common sense won this time. Thank goodness.

John Thune? any thoughts?

And why would we be surprised that Sarah Palin is more popular with Republican men and not Republican women? Most women, including Republicans, can see through her facade immediately. Most guys who like her are cannot see past the pretty beauty queen,spunky cheerleader personality she projects. A lot of dumb guys get taken in by women like her. Most women don't.

[...] Philadelphia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Barack Obama has not even been inaugurated and the first of 2012 GOP Presidential polls are [...]

GO AWAY SARAH PALIN!

Not as long as I am a U.S. citizen will we see a republican in office for the next 8 years. Huckabee is our modern day Buchannan and Sarah Palin is the scapegoat for the republican party... Those two are both religious zealots and bigots. We can only ask God to help us if that is the best the republican party can produce. For crying out load why don't they just have rush limbaugh or bill oreilly run.

Obama/Biden 12

Huckabbe/Palin running in 2012!!!!!! The dream ticket...for Democrats!

I truly hope that's how it goes

Nope.

Obviously there are very few Christians on this site. I would want someone who has morals and itegrity. We went through 8 years with the Clinton's being just the opposite. And oh yeah now that Obama got elected he has been going to the gym instead of church on Sunday. Played the good little boy to get elected.

Two losers are going to try to run again don't waste your time or money

Yahoo!

Now that's my dream ticket!!!!!

You libruls better pay attention. We're coming on strong.

Yeah, the same way the polls put Guliani & Romney on top even before the campaign started. Guliani never came close to winning a state. These pollsters should chill out; savor the Obama presidency as he faces and hopefully solves this economic crisis.

jeez!!

Silly Sarah Palin and the Huckster wow, what a combination of stupidity. Well, one industry that will love that combination is the christian bookstores that can sell text books that "educate" our children that the world is only 6000 years old!

If you like religious rulers in Saudi Arabia then, you'll love the leadership of Palin/Huckabee.

This is ridiculous. They are wasting taxpayer money doing this right now. Isn't she supposed to be in Alaska running things? She isn't going to do anything superb or even mediocre in the next eight years that will make her remotely qualified for the Presidency. She barely has political experience.

People say the good thing about her is that she is like "the people". And that we don't want a "politician" anymore...we want a "regular person". I DON'T! The American public barely knows in's and out's of politics. I want someone smarter than me. Someone who knows politics because it's not a guessing game and should not be played around with. Leave it to the professionals.

Palin has NO chance if Hillary runs in 2016. Obama is in it for TWO TERMS!

The good news is, by the time '12 gets here, no one will care about Palin.

Barack Obama hasn't even being sworn in and you're bringing up the 2012 campaign. Don't take this right from Obama and Biden. We don't even how our country will be in 3 months, much less in 2012.

Give me a break CNN!!!! What in the world are you thinking, ,talking about the pea brain hillbilly from Alaska. PLeaseeeeeeee let her go away and stay in Alaska. Let screw her state, NOT the whole USA.

GIVE OBAMA A CHANCE. Let's see how he is going to work the economic crisis we're in.

God Bless our USA!

Ha, I hope one of them is the nominee. That'll just make it easier for Obama to win his second term.

Oh please nominate Palin! You chuckleheads would guarantee Obama a 2nd term. Imagine a debate between Obama and her. It would be like watching the valedictorian debating the dim witted captain of the cheerleading squad.

You people slay me! The winner of this election HAS NOT EVEN BEEN SWORN IN YET and you are already covering the next one!!!! You guys aren't journalists; you should all be on Entertainment Tonight!

who cares. It's 2008.

Thanks for that snapshot of just how lost the Republican party is!

After his pathetic treatment at the hands of the media and the religious right, I will be plesantly surprised if Mitt Romney makes another run at the White House in 2012. But that would be the very best thing for the GOP and ultimately, the country. Romney has the leadership and economic credentials in spades that will be sorely needed after four years of Obamanomics.

But if all the GOP can field in 2012 is either Sarah "clueless incarnate" Palin or Mike upcHuckabee, then I truely fear for our republic.

Go Mitt!!!

Ok, we are just getting rid of a President who stated he gets direction almost daily/personally from Jesus. Now we want to elect Huckabee who wants to make the US into theoraracy and use the Bible to make daily desicions for the Country. Talk about Muslim nuts.

Palin would down right be dangerous for the Country. What the heck are these far right wing Republicans thinking. Do they want to loose even bigger than they did this past November.

Seriously, Mr. Steinhauser - put down the crack pipe and report some actual news instead of trying to invent some. 34% of likely Republican voters will support Huckabee and 32% will support Palin and 28% will support Romney and 27% will support Gingrich and 23% will support Rudy Guiliani and 19% will support Bobby Jindal and 7% will support Charlie Crist. Gosh, by my calculations, that means that 170% of 460 Republican-leaning voters will support one of those candidates in 2012!

W. is president now. Obama won't be the next president until January 2009. Please get back to us in 2011 or so when there is more of a tepid interest in the next presidential race and at that time write your story a little more coherently.

Mr. or Ms. CNN Political Director? Please control your monkey.

It's interesting to see that no one has considered Governor Mitch Daniels for 2012. He was named governor of the year, never ran a negative ad campaign in his life, and he brought Indiana out of a $400 million deficit to a $400 million surplus in four years.

I was so pleased and Inspired by Americans choosing Mr. Obama, it was obvious from the start you had a man of substance and Intelligence and great Character.

The difference between him and the DIm wit on his way out is extraordinary, I watched the debates with Bush from the begining and it was just incredible that such a simple minded man could get the most powerful position in the world..It was a sad day for the planet !!

Now with talks of Palin being the hope for the Republican party, Oh My God, lol...if thats the best they can do once again? wow! Democrats welcome to a multi-term Presidency and more..She cannot live down the lack of knowledge of her own Country and its systems of Government and ordinary communication skills, not good enough for the importance of the most powerful position in the world, not even close!!

We have a couple of clowns trying to take power in Canada, but they were denied for now, and I would rather they with the seperatist in Canada, run things than be a close to a Palin run U.S.A. !! I love your country, always have, had to take a step back while that simpleton was the President, but now, you have made such a great choice..Way to go USA, the best hope for freedom and civilization on the planet!!

Best Regards

Dave Stewart

Ont, Canada

I'm sorry, but Palin and Huckabee? You have GOT to be kidding me! If we are going to win this thing, we need somebody who can LEAD the GOP, not destroy it. I would definitely not vote for either of this candidates if they were nominated. Huckabee and Palin are both, in my opinion, not at all the best choice for the party.

If anything, Mitt Romney is the way to go...

i am so sick of her! How can sensible Americans even think about voting for her!!! I just don't get it. Do we not want smart intelligent people in the whitehouse?! Didn't we have enough of Bush why do we need a Bush duplicate such as Palin. Wake up Republicans!!!

So American GOP man prefer Palin (possibly with a beer can in one hand and a gun in the other or maybe librarian style!)
THAT GIVES US A PERFECT IDEA OF THEIR STANDARDS WHEN THEY VOTE!!!. They should get a grip! I cannot believe people let them decide the leadership of this country before!
Suggestion for the GOP man electors for 2012? What about some Miss Redneck contestant (non necessarly the winner,- just to meet your standars better) with a middle school degree and nice looking in a bikini?

Palin is a prime example of the five stages of death.
(In this case the death of the Republican party)

1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance

Problem is..., Republicans refuse to progress past stage one.

While this is quite early, please, GOP. Please do not continue to alienate conservatives who are conservatives for political reasons, not religious reasons, any further. What's that about separation of church and state?

I would take Mike Huckabee over Sarah Palin anyday. She is way out of touch.

Are you conservatives kidding me? If anyone in this country believes that Sarah Palin will be ready to become President, you seriously need to have you head examined!

I am still scratching my head as to how could she be a governor and you are thinking she can become commander in chief!

Is this the best the Republican party can offer? My God, what a joke! They are writing their own obituary if they nominate her and continue to align themselves with the lunatic religious right. The Republican party of small government, lower taxes, not meddling in our lives, etc. doesn't exist anymore!

CNN/Opinion Research Corporation needs to find something else to do. Palin, are you kiddin'?

The news finds some way to put her in an article.

Can we focus on the current government and the American people right now?

No Food
No Gas in spite of the prices goind down
No Job
No Home
No Car

Good grief...let her rest so that we may rest!!!

John December 5th, 2008 3:30 pm ET

These comments are so predictable….."I just wish she would go away?"…….."Aren't her 15 minutes up?"……."Why are we still talking about her?"……..I love hearing the sound of fear in your voices. Heheheheheeeeee

Dream on John-boy. What you are hearing is incredulity that anyone can be stupid enough to think this woman has the intelligence to run this country.

We're finally getting rid of one bone-headed president who shredded the constitution. Now, people are talking about Huckbee for president? The man wants to ammend the constitution to make the US a Christian nation under God ... his God, that is. Let cooler heads prevail!

Better start doing the 2016 poll, then.

I hope so ...

The GoP is still dripping with delusion ... I haven't laughed this hard in awhile ...

Kathy, the folks that have to suck it up and let their country be run by Obama aren't leaving the country. But, if you want to run from Palin in 4 years I'll buy your ticket!

It's inspiring to see just where the GOP is going. Lemmings off a cliff.

Please GOP, place these two people high on your list. It doesn't matter – Bush has guaranteed the WH for the Dems for a long time, because everybody can now see what happens when you put a pure neophyte and buffoon at the controls with a Cabal surrounding him!!!

So, do please nominate Palin and Huckabee!!! Start today, why wait?! Huckabee had Chuck Norris in his corner, who will Palin have – Sgt. Preston of the Yukon?!

Palin is the most pragmatic and effective Governor I have seen in my 34 years in Alaska. The only social legislation on her watch was same sex benefits, which she signed. Like Regan, in actuality social conservatives will get nothing.

Obama has the same Bailout/deficit spending solutions Bush has. Obama is beginning to sound like Bush when it comes to Iran, Pakistan etc. Contrary to 'landslide' talk, the Rs only had to flip 4 of 100 votes to win. I hope Obama works out OK but I don't see it...

I admit her extemporaneous speaking is flawed, so was Eisenhower's.

As a Democrat who feels as if he is coming in from the wilderness after 8 years of one of the more abysmal administrations in American history, I cannot tell you how it warms my heart to see that the top three prospective candidates for the GOP nomination in 2112 are (1) Mike Huckabee, (2) Sarah Palin, and (3) Newt Gingrich. No. (1) is a religionist. No. (2) is a national punch line and an ignorant, gold-plated phony. And no. (3) is perhaps the single most annoying, polarizing figure in American politics.

Huckabee could out debate Palin in his sleep. She obviously can NOT speak beyond well scripted sound bytes, even in a debate (where she often refused to answer direct questions, yet insisted on speaking "directly to the American people". PLEASE! That was only because she did not have an answer to the question, and her tactic was a clear dodge to get in a practiced sound byte). Huckabee is truly brilliant, and very smooth. He could debate nearly any topic, on the spur of the moment, and outdo even the most rehearsed and polished politician (including Barack Obama or John McCain). I hope Huckabee runs again in 2012, and that Palin stays home (where she belongs). I don't know how any logical person could watch/listen to her unscripted interviews, and walk away with any impression, other than that the woman is a simpleton. NOTE: I reluctantly supported Palin when McCain picked her, and after she gave interviews, figured out what a horrendous mistake McCain had made. I'm 100% sure Palin cost McCain LOTS of votes, as the prospect of Palin becoming President was truly frightening.

Obama would be very hard to beat in 2012–he's already on a roll. So I'm not sure it matters who the Republicans pick.

In 2016, if Sarah Palin is still around and seeming to think that God is opening a door for her to the presidency (cough, gag, spit!), then I hope Caroline Kennedy takes her on.

Good Grief, who are the people being polled?

I still see that CNN is it's usual "accurate" self! (sarcasm off)

Evey other poll out there has Governor Palin leading the other front runners, Mitt Romney, Rudy and others by double digits! Huckabee is at the bottom!

In every other poll of Republicans and Republican leaning independents 60 to 70 percent chose Palin!!

This is just more of the dishonest media trying to to create a story!

Face facts, Palin will be the nominee in 2012. Did anyone pay any attention to Georgia?

Palin was a rock star down there. All of the hitters were down there campaigning for Chambliss. Governor Palin flew in and in ONE DAY drew more people than all the rest combined. And by "all the rest", I'm including Bill Clinton and Rapper Ludacris!

The day before Sarah showed up, Saxby Chambliss had a 5 point lead in the polls, and was gonna win anyway, but Sarah took that 5 point win, and turned it into a 16 point BLOWOUT!

By 2012 Governor Palin will have 20 years of chief executive experience under her belt!

You guys just voted in a guy who has never run a city, never run a state, and never run a lemonade stand! Good luck with that!

On the other hand, while the democrats and their social engineering, ACORN thuggery, and stupid mortgage loans have all but collapsed the nation's economy, Governor Palin is working on Alaska's budget that should have a 5 billion dollar surplus!

And Alaska has no state income tax, or state sales tax!

Can't wait for 2012 so we can get a leader in the White House for a change!

Sarah is the one WE have been waiting for!

what makes people think she could beat Obama in 2012, when she couldn't even do it in 2008?

HELLO!! Is there any one home at the RNC? Are they all sitting on their brains? Maybe, just maybe they just want to scare us, maybe they are kidding, right? After the kick in the butt McCain got due to his selecting Palin, even from his own party, they would still consider a brainless tart like Palin. I guess we will have Obama for the next eight years-thanks to the empty heads ruling the RNC. Teach her to talk first, the poor idiot can't even think in a full sentence–forget a paragraph.

Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin in 2012 ? Thats like sucking on a hind titt !

After Obama and the libs get through with us, even those two will look like saviors.

WHO IS JOHN GALT?

And don't forget Joe The Plumber for Secretary of State!

Who cares-dems are going to rule for at least 8 years. I guess that gives Palin some time to go back to school and learn a few things though.

It would be fun to have them on the ticket together.......we could call it the "Huck-a-Moose" ticket.

Gawd–no wonder they keep losing elections or producing "losers." (GWB). Republicans can't seem to recognize quality, or produce it, or something. Huckabee or Palin? Please! Let's hope a lot changes in the next 3 years.

is it April 1 already? because this has to be a joke.

check out what these mcdonald's workers think about Palin...this website is even more hilarious than this article.

deepfriedworldwide.com

@ Kathy

Pick Huckabee over Palin? I suppose I'd rather stick my head in a beartrap than fall in an industrial meatgrinder, but does that mean I'm going to do it?

It's about time the majority of this countries population be represented!

Palin
2012

I don't know what we are thinking. The Republican party got blown out this past election, and our response is to nominate a couple of Bible-thumping neo-cons with no economic plans. Really? If the GOP nominates one of these two, then we deserve the pounding we will inevitably receive in 2012.

j thinks that Gov. Palin's popularity is indication of how "whack" the center of the party is. My favorite thing about both parties is their blatant hypocrisy. It is the party that so despises Gov. Palin that currently boasts a Klansman as its senior Senator. Not to mention how close we are to Senator Franken (a fine sequel to Governor Ventura, Minnesota).

Can we inaugurate one president before we start the next campaign? Let's have a less campaigning and more governance.

This country doesn't need a wacko religious nut for a president. Both qualify.

KEEP IT COMIN CNN!!! I'm so hopped up on giggling at these Palin articles and the comments in them that I get a nosebleed every time I read one.

If you liked George W. Bush, you'll love Sarah Palin....

Please publish/post the rest of the survey. I'd like to know where the rest of the candidates stand.

...And deliver us from Huckabee/Palin and their ilk.
I am soooo sick of religionistas, evangelicals, etc., etc. Please, America, wake up!! Americans, I believe, are the most duped and easily swayed peoples of the world when it comes to politicians that wear their faith on their sleeves.

The problem is that we read this crap and fuel the fire!!!!! I'm a victim too!!!! If we stop reading this Palin media garbage, they will stop!!!! I PROMISE!!!!!

President Sarah Palin and Vice President Mike Huckabee in 2012! Thats the best news for Democrats ever! Sarah Palin is the new hope for the GOP. Governor Palin is the best candidate the GOP can nominate in 2012. She has made the GOP a laughing stock!

Isn't April Fool alittle to early? jajaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Good one 'op

Must be a slow news day. There has to be something more important than a survey of Republican voters on a 2012 ticket. Come on CNN we just had two years of media frenzy over the 2008 election and now you want four years for the next one.

The worst thing that has happened to this country and the world is 24 hour news.

the good news for the Democrats just keeps coming !!!

Palin..........Believe me, this woman could not run a two car funeral let alone the United States.

Do you guys think Bobby Jindal or Charlie Crist have a chance?

Wow, Palin and Huckabee, huh. Looks like Obama's got this thing locked for the full 8.
I used to be a republican but now consider myself a moderate democrat. I won't even think about voting republican until the GOP has seriously regrouped and new leaders in the party come to the forefront.

I thought the [R] party was supposed to learn a lesson from the 2008 election, and reform itself. Palin and Huckabee just represent more of the same-old narrow rightwing outlook that put the country in the mess that its in now. Good grief, the remnant of the [R] party is truly pathetic! That party is in serious trouble....

We need President Palin like a fish needs a bicycle.

So the religious nutjobs still run the Republican party. As long as that's the case, they'll have to live in the margins.

Dear Media – Please, please, please – stop talking about the 2012 elections. I don't even want to hear about 2010 yet. Please give us a break. The very day after the 2006 elections, we started hearing about 2008. Two full years was waaayyyy tooooo loooonnnggg. I cannot bear the thought of 4 years of nattering speculation about another election cycle. So please give us a break and knock it off already. Thanks!

To think that we could have had a Palin Huckabee ticket this year in the White House. It's crying shame. Then we could have Joe the Plumber for Secretary of State. Go GOP!!!!

Even if Palin/Huckabee/Joe the Plumber are not able to run the country, they would generate more great material for Saturday Night Live, which obviously takes precedence over the economy, wars, global warming, blah blah blah.

Stop talking about Sarah Palin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Patrick of Honolulu December 5th, 2008 4:32 pm ET

Tip – if you're a moron, stay silent. Just try not to speak. We'll all be better off.
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I take that to mean you won't be speaking anymore?

some people cook food over dried goat turds, but that doesn't make it mainstream.

Hey CNN censor, I guess my comments were not hateful enough towards Palin. Thats why they got yanked. Good job of throwing red meat to the Obamites, by the way.

Huckabee is only in it for Christians. I understand this country was founded on Judeochristian principles, but Huckabee is too extreme.

When is Palin's 15 minutes of fame end? Your cute, but, it's time to go back to Alaska and hunt and fish. Your a litle fish, in the wrong pond and you need to swim up stream...

The GOP doesn't get it....we need more jobs not just Jesus!

these are excellent picks for an Obama second term

Hey "YUK"...there's a difference between a slip of the tongue and purposefully saying stupid things you actually believe. Shall we list Palin's honestly held and stated beliefs?

Thanks but no thanks? See it from my house? Putin reers his head? I read all of them? Bush Doctrine? Socialism? Joe-the-Plumber? WHAT EXACTLY DOES THE VICE PRESIDENT DO?

2012 really? Let's see if we survive 2010 before we decide.

Will we still be allowed to vote in 2012?

The way things are TODAY aren't you glad Sarah Palin is
nowhere Washington.

Anything would be better then Obama. Can't wait for Obama to get impeached.

Three things:

1) Why are we running a poll about this before Obama is even inaugurated?

2) Why are all the liberals who watch CNN already complaining about this?

3) A lot can happen in 4 years. Obama could be outstanding. Or Obama could be a total bust. Sarah Palin could become a US Senator. Mike Huckabee could become the next Bill O'Reilly! Get over your biases that are based solely on political preference and pay attention to reality for a change.

Who did your poll? Maybe Joe the Plumber? When you add up all the percentages you get way over 100%. Duh!!

If thats the best the GOP can come up with, please go back to the drawing board. America does not need any more backwards conservative zeolots running our country.

Pathetic. 2 loosers who are throw backs to the dark ages...Yeah that 'll work for 'em you betcha!

Caribu Barbie will most likely have some very serious legal problems when the dust settles from this last mess.

Huck....I'd say he would have been fine around...oh...1300 ad.
No capacity for critical modern thought. Just what the jihad boys want.
You betcha!

the GOP will have to find it's way into modernity as it's major base will be leving the Social Security Rolls for the cemetary.

CNN get off it Palin's 25 min. died 2 months ago. Slow news day?

this is a joke! my man Obama is sure to serve 8 years! Give him a chance folks, and let him get sworn in 1st! He is not picking a lot of new people but with the mess we're in we need people with knowledge and experience that helped our nation in the best times.

Palin?? Get real! Has she finally decided to run her state again? I heard Alaskans were wonderingi whose in charge.
Obama 2012!

Okay, I have just about had it with this bimbo and the news coverage of her.
Does anyone know or can start an online petition TO STOP THE MADNESS AND THE STORIES ABOUT THIS WOMAN!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
We had enough of her for nine weeks but the media won't let her go like most of us want to do.
Please, if anyone out there could do it please start the petition. Maybe then the media will realize that we don't care a rat's behind about her.

This is good news for Democrats. As long as Palin stays as the fronrunner for Republican ticket come 2012 election, Democrats have nothing to worry about. Palin is a disaster always waiting to happen for the Republicans. If this is the best job the republicans can offer in 2012 then Obama will have an easy campaign to stay as our president. Keep Palin on top of the podium. It's a lot easier for the Democrats. A woman who says that part of her foreign policies is seeing Russia from her backyard and doesn't know if Africa is a continent or not. Is this the best the Republicans can offer? Don't htey have anymore intellectuals around in their party. COM'ON!

Palin...."you were a joke when you were picked.....you were a joke in the campaign....& you will continue being a joke." Do us all a favor and stay in Alaska and watch the sunset on Russia because you can see it from you backyard!

Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee Give me a break! You Betcha!

[...] That's the Ticket! [...]

If the Republicans really want to run Sarah Palin in the 2012 election, let's hope she picks Sean Hannity or Bill O'Reilly as her running mate.

What a joke!

Americans are so stupid.....The US is on it way to collapsing and all we can think about is 2012! UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

both of these folks are a bubble off of plumb – as my granddaddy used to say – sarah is a cartoon character – no common sense and Mike is a really funny guy until he starts talking religion and then he gets really creepy. Talks about modifying the constitution -etc. where do these folks come from!

but not to worry obama will win in 2012!

Yay, two looney birds. I think I'm going to barf.

The Republicans are aware of the current crisis in America, right? Maybe they should set aside their ambitions and focus on helping our new president find a solution. Greed isn't very becoming.

C'mon....... Is Palin the Best the GOP has to offer? I like Huckabee and I find it hard to believe that she will be on his level within the next 3 years.
Doesn't matter anyway...Obama 2012

GEE, I CAN SEE RUSSIA FROM ALASKA, ALSO.
GEE, I'M NOT AS SMART AS A FIFTH GRADER, ALSO.
GEE, I DIDN'T KNOW AFRICA WAS A CONTINENT, ALSO.
GEE, MY ACADEMICS ARE LOUSY BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SMART TO BE PRESIDENT, ALSO.

I'm Sarah Palin and I approve these four messages!

We're going to have to start a new party. Huckabee? Are you freaking kidding me? We're up against a party who thinks we can reason with an enemy which has been fighting the same war for 13 centuries and we're going to throw Palin and Huck at them? Thankfully the party will eventually take what we give them, which is going to be Eric Cantor, Romney and Jindal.

How depressing.

I think it's great. The blind leading the deaf !

It would be a slam dunk in Obama's favor! I hope she does run, maybe it will take so much out of her that she'd refuse to ever run again!

More ridiculous anti-Huckabee media bias. The headline puts Palin first even though she was second in the poll. They include a picture of Palin but not Huckabee. Clearly they want Palin to be the face of the conservative movement because they know she is a loser.

CNN, why do you keep insisting, and giving media coverage to old caribou from Alaska? Please stop!

To Jason: Surely you are joking! One of the reasons that this country is in the shape it is in is because of our devout love of Israel and the Jews. Read that however you want to.

Clearly Ron Paul is a much more qualified candidate than any of these two. Let's hope for the R3volution to hit the White House come 2012. Ron Paul '12!!!

Bobbly Jindal – Huckabee 2012 would be better.

Congratulation in advance BO and JOE for winning the 2012 election.

I will no longer be a Republican if that happens. Actually the Republicans will no longer be republicans if that happens.

Bobby Jindal only talks issues and has ideas, statistics and formulas to get things done. He's not your regular politician. I attended a town hall meeting of his this past week. After he brought the crowd up to date on the Nat'l, State and local front, he stood on the podium and greeted everyone in the room one on one to hear their issues. Most politicians work the crowd shaking hands with only the Big Shots. Personally I don't want him to run for President til he terms out here. He's a smart cookie and all business. He's doing a great job here, find somebody else.

With votes mentioned here adding up to 168% something is rotten in statistics-land. The people who determined these results need to explain how the votes were counted, since it's clear some must have voted for more than one candidate. And her I thought Republicans only had problems with science.

They're so out of touch that they don't even realize how out of touch they are. Yeah, GOP...keep pushing the pendulum to the right. Don't learn ANYTHING from the historic kick in the tuchas you got last week, just go FULL SPEED AHEAD with right-wing orthodoxy. You won't be happy until it's just you and few hardcore loyalists, huh?

Not at all suprised that Huckabee does better with Republican women than Palin - no right minded woman would want her to be their role model nor commander in chief.

Great News! Palin and/or Huckabee in 2012.

Obama 2012 (landslide)

It looks like the Republicans have an incurable case of "shoot yourself in the foot syndrome."

Absolutely unbelievable choices after what happened to them in this year's election.

Don't they have any conception about the separation of church and state in choosing these wackos?

Might as well not waste your time or money because Obama is in for at least 8. If this country can elect a complete moron twice then we better responsible enough to actually reelect someone with competency and intelligence.

Palin and Huckabee both are worthless, disgusting people.

John, " These comments are so predictable….."I just wish she would go away?"…….."Aren't her 15 minutes up?"……."Why are we still talking about her?"……..I love hearing the sound of fear in your voices. Heheheheheeeeee"

That's not fear you hear – it's exasperation and disgust.

I would pick Huckabee over Palin

Dear God, let's hope she doesn't get on the ballot for 2012.
I couldn't bear having to listen to her annoying voice. I would
leave the country, you betcha, darn right.

A two year presidential campaign was much too long. Let's not turn this one into a four year campaign. Conducting a poll for 2012 now is just one more example of the media trying to create news rather than cover the news. No one knows what conditions w/ill be like in 2012, how well Barack Obama will acquit himself as president, and what Palin, Hukabee or anyone else will do in the next few years.

I'd hope between now and 2012 the Republicans would take a good look at why they lost and foget Palin. She and Huckabee haven't quit campaigning . What world do they live in. 2012 will be Obama again.
The Republicans had better do something different than shove the stale candidates at us again. Palin made such a spectable of herself I cannot see for the life of me why we have to keep hearing about her.
I guess by then however, she'll need a new set of glad rags and no doubt talk them into that again. There is no cure for stupid.

Considering that at best the republican base is 1/4 of the countries registered voters this is not a concern. No President can win without the support of some democrats and mostly all independents. Neither of these two can get that vote. Just as with the primaries and the general election its Obama's to win or lose.

Boy, that's a pretty sad future for the Republican party if these two are the best they can do.

I guess if the Republicans want to turn their party over to the ultra-right, then that's their choice. But they might want to take some polls first and see just what percent of people who say they are Republicans are willing to support such a far ultra-right agenda.

Maybe the Republicans need to split into TWO parties– Republicans and Fanatics.

That's GREAT! The Republican party of the white, the rich, the aged and the extremely far right have learned nothing by the Democratic party thrashing that they have received during the past two national elections. They should continue to nominate the most radical far-right conservative candidates that have them served them so well, and they will continue to lose. Evidently the RNC has not learned anything.

Two of the most ridiculous people representing the radical right. I love this kind of comedy.

But if Republicans want to matter int he future, they need to reinvent themselves as a socially liberal, fiscally conservative party appropriate for the 21st century rather than the previous incarnation that was more appropriate for the Dark Ages. Then, the Palins and Huckabees of the world can blather on from the stupid right wing benches, balking at the stupid left wing tree huggers on the left wing.

Indeed, that might make for a good television show.

You've got to be kidding. She should go back to Alaska and keep her mouth shut.

I have never voted for a Democrat until this year. If these two religious (?) extreme right-wing nutjobs are all the GOP has to offer, I doubt that I will vote Republican again. I am 63 years old and either the Republican party is getting senile or I am; and I don't think it is me.

"I thought you guys believe Jesus was already elected this November?!?!"

ZING!!

Nice one, Jeff from Atlanta!!

Some people have nothing better to do then sit around and talk about ridiculous nonsensical things. No one cares, it doesn't matter, Obama has not even taken office yet.

After a long day in traffic and standing in line at the post office and the department stores, what I needed more than anything was a good belly laugh.

Thanks CNN!

This is simply irresponsible of CNN to try to make a story out of this subject before the winner of the 2008 election has even taken the oath of office. We have serious issues in this country that need to be covered by the media. This isn't one of them. Not now anyway. Please, for the sake of your viewers, leave this subject alone until 2011!

Is that the best the Rup's can offer???? lololololololololololololol Dumb and Dumber

Rather than concentrating on who's running 4 years from now.. why don't the repubs concentrate more on helping the next administration accomplish as much as possible. To do anything else would be treasonous

Palin may be a talented flute player, but that's about it. Huckabee – nice enough guy, but people want more visible leadership. Ideology aside, while he may be capable of it, he does not exude that feeling.

What about Mit Romney? And who did they poll because I sure wasn't asked. And unless we want another GOP fiasco like this time, I think we need to let Sarah run Alaska and not the Country. And Huckabee...well enough said.

It does not suprise me that she does better among GOP men, look at them, it dosn't take much for men all you have to have is good looks and the other parts that women have, thats all it takes for them you can even be stupid, dosn't matter.

yea! Palin and Huckabee. And the Republican Party becomes ever more irrelevant.

You said it all Bob from San Francicco,CA well said

Come on Sarah. You're the best thing that could possibly happen to Obama's hope for re-election.

Yes, it can be too early to talk about this stuff. We dont even know even know if she will be re-elected as Govenor. If I have anything to do with it she wont.

Please run Huckabee and Palin, please, please, please! This will bring us four more years of Obama! I hope Republicans keep encouraging Palin to speak out more and keep making public appearances.

Please, please, please, please nominate Palin. This will ensure Obama get 2 terms.

Please stop talking about the 2012 Presidential race. It's time to find something else for us all to talk about.

Those two have the lowest rating amongst independents. As long as Obama doesn't screw up royaly, the GOP will not see a viable candidate till 2016. Also, congressional Democrats still have some hope. As long as they do not screw up, there is still the 2010 election where they can still pick up a filibuster proof majority. Remember, those who were elected in 2004 will be held accountable for the economic crises they helped steer us into.

Glad to see the GOP is entrenching themselves in the myth that they need to become more overtly right-wing to win the presidency.

Palin and Huckabee are exactly what's wrong with the GOP today.

Ron Paul is exactly the direction where the GOP should be headed.

Wouldn't the GOP be better off nominating people who have real experience as seasoned executives. Mitt Romney may be a Mormon, which is a little out of the mainstream, but there is little argument he knows how to build and run a business. Bobby Jindal may be young, but all reports out of Louisiana are that he is well respected across party lines. Obama appealled to independents. Jindal and Romney have that capacity to appeal to independents. I don't think Palin or Huckabee have that same capacity.

Well as she is on a mission from God I guess we will see. Or is it that the media with too much time on its hands is giving her credence when there isn't any except for the fact that she thinks its cool to kill and maim animals from an aircraft. Bunch of sick, sick people!!!!!!

sarah palin scares me and she should never run for president ever.

Oh man, that's rich. The GOP have clearly learned nothing from this last election: pandering to the Christian right only alienates people who aren't evangelical or born-again. If they want to win in 2012 they should start looking at someone with intellectual capability and actual credentials, not someone who can wave the bible around and look good in a pantsuit.

Otherwise 2012 will be an easy re-election for Obama!

You'd think the Republicans would have learned that you can't win with a fringe candidate who represents extremist views. Palin is an extremist & she was one of the reasons why McCain lost.

Regardless of how she tries to "reinvent" herself, she will never convince SANE Americans that she is anything but a narrow-minded, uneducated, unqualified, religious right fanatic.

Consider some of the traditional RED states where McCain barely won. He won Georgia (a very conservative state) by only 200,000 votes ... if that isn't a sign that the GOP needs to move to the center I don't know what is.

I am using this opportunity to express my disgust over the issue of Barack's place of birth. He was born in Hawaii so that makes him a US citizen – period. However John McCain was born in Panama on US military base. Hello????????????????

Thats great news! Will make it that much easier for Obama in 4yrs.

So, which ones are more ignorant – GOP Men or GOP Women?

It would be so nice if you mean-spirited Democrats would emulate Obama's example of even-handed and respectful rhetoric. I can't believe what hate-mongers so many of you are.

I'm so happy to hear that the Republicans are still hanging on to Palin! Some people never learn! But that's fine with me! We will have 8 years with Obama!!!!!!!
I'm not surprised that more men want Palin. Shows that a pair of legs have more attraction to them than brains! Women are very hard on women and can see right through a fake! Thank God there are still women to vote for brains!

John, are you serious? You sound like a petulant child. Have you really convinced yourself that the majority of Americans fear Palin? That is such a second-grade argument device, it's pathetic. What I fear is that there are people like you who fail to see how woefully inadequate she is as a public figure. I can't figure out if it's willfull obstinateness, failure to admit that your ideology is flawed, or plain stupidity. Either way, keep on supportin' Palin, you betcha!!!! I will even re-register as a Republican so I can support her in the primaries. Don't be such a sore loser. Enjoy the new civilized world! We prefer not to shoot wolves from helicopters here.

Dumb and Dummer

This is what the GOP has to offer... je,je,je.... and the legacy of W for years to come...i'll be funny if we were better off but what a hole this people digged out for us.

These polls are done by and responded to by people who apparently have nothing better to do to amuse themselves. Don't forget that just two years ago, and for the last four years, Giuliani was the front runner–and where is he now? And don't forget, also, that in a few months things will be so vastly different than they are now that polls like this will be irrelevant. Also, don't forget that a complex society requires competent, trained people to deal with its problems–you don't hire a plumber to do brain surgery, nor some smooth talking con to manage your transportation logistics, or some believer in a flat earth to develop your missile guidance systems.

Lord help us if Palin should ever reach the White House. I guess if Americans are dumb enough to elect her, then we deserve what we get. But imagine if 9/11 were to happen on a Palin watch.

pathetic.

If Sarah Palin is still taken seriously by the right it only shows how whack the center of the party is.

As a Democrat I pray to God that Palin is on top of the ticket next time. She would be the easiest possible candidate for Obama to beat. I doubt he'll have a problem getting re-elected regardless but if Palin wins the GOP nomination we may as well just skip the election and spend all the campaign donations on paying down our deficit.

As an Arkansan, I promise you, you don't want Mike Huckabee as your local dog catcher, let alone President of the U. S.

NO INTELLIGENT VOTER COULD POSSIBLY SEE SARA PALIN AS A REAL CHOICE. i'LL BET IF THE NEWS MEDIA STOPPED TALKING ABOUT HER, SHE WOULD QUICKLY BE FORGOTTEN . DO WE REALLY WANT ANOTHER MINUTE OF THE LAST EIGHT YEARS? OR WORSE??

That shoud go in the alaska and north and the arkansa and south. We would have a red neck dream team. OOPS we just got rid of a red neck administration. I can see them both in overalls, at least they can get clothed in walmart instead of Nieman Marcus.Might have trouble getting that re head in a straw hat.

Ok. Maybe I am missing something but the economy is in the toilet and people are getting paid to conduct these idiotic polls?

2012?

Really?

How about focusing on NOW????

The whole GOP landscape can change in four years. Why even bother?

As a Republican, if Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin are the best team the Republicans can come up with in 2012 or ever, then I'll do like I did this time, vote either Independent or Freedom. I do not believe religion should be dictated from the White House. It is for every man and woman to chose for themselves. We've already seen the self acclaimed "religious" group rule from the White House and look at the unbelievable mess we now find ourselves in as a nation.

Palin and Huckabee. The GOP is a joke. The base of that party is clueless. Although I'm a Democrat I know there are better people in the GOP than those two. Oh I forgot, these are going to make sure gays don't marry.

I can't even believe how stupid the republicans are who seem to love Palin. She's a clone of Bush: simple thinking processes and shallow understanding of the issues. Absolutely over her head and doesn't even understand that she's over her head. That got us where we are now, why do they want to go do it all again?

This is merely further proof that the corrupt and incompetent Republican Party is now officially plummeting toward EXTINCTION. And...America STANDS UP and CHEERS!

There they go again bringing Church into government, they are fools. They push too many conservatives away by stealing our civil rights. Face it us or them.

The Republicans have 4 years to get their act together. They are not going to win a presidential election with Sarah Palin. Huckabee would have to start campaigning now and do it in a way that erases his failure to impress this last time. There are good, serious politicians in the Republican Party- They need to find their Obama.

This is hilarious. Those two chuckleheads to lead the party down another DEFEAT! Two losers representing their terrible party.

Such a shame. If this is all the Republicans can offer in 2012, what a mess our country would be in then. Bush has put us all in dept, and you want more?

Time to start ironing the earth.........

I am going to go to ebay and search for a deserted island

there are 57 states in the US.

I AM OBAMA AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE.

The pollsters need to take a holiday..we don't need them right now. The viable candidates for the Republican ticket are doing their work behind the scenes now and these two jokers that lead the polls will be afterthoughts in 2012 (see Clinton, Hillary and Guiliani, Rudolph).

Why doesn't the Republican Party step in and say something? Could it be that the party thinks Palin could possibly win the nomination for POTUS? She can't even string two sentences together without going off in forty different directions and then she makes statements that do not tie in with her original thought. Its mind boggling.
Please, CNN, lets talk about subjects with substance and intellect. Palin does not fit in either catergory.

Be afraid....be very afraid.

How much more ridiculous can the republicans be? If they want to have a prayer, no pun intended, in 2012, they must distance themselves from this fool. Turn her into an Ice Road Trucker.

Ron Paul 2012!!!

AKDC,

Please advise..."talented" in what respect? I am always intrigued by the folks that ambiguously state that Sarah Palin is so "talented."

Please...enlighten us all with a reply.

This is just ridiculous.
The 44th president hasn't even spent his first day in office yet and CNN's discussing Palin in 2012?? Isn't there much more important things to cover? Step it up CNN or you will become a tabloid news source along with Faux News.

Sarah Palin has sound record as Governor. I trust her and her exective experience. She is the REAL CHANGE for Washington.

There's not enough on the far right to elect either one of these losers. They'll play well to their base, but will lose moderates and independents and they certainly can't count on cross-over votes from liberals. They're way too far to the right to appeal to the middle.

Palin isn't suited to run a state, much less a country. She's more weather girl than president.

CNN,I'm trying to decide if it's worth my time to post anything here,if I write anything that isn't full of hate and demeaning to the Republican politicians and the party ,the moderator here at CNN won't post it.And if I write anything that doesn't say that Obama is not the best thing that's ever happened,the moderator won't post it.Is this blog just for the far left,or is it just the people that CNN has moderating???

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Another GIFT to us forward-thinking Dems! Do it Palin, do it!

Let's get out of the current mess before we embrace another one.

How much support does Palin have from people with an IQ higher than their height in inches?

hhahahaha this is funny GOP is done for 18 years if they come back their only chance is if Democrats make bad moves for this country... mark my words Obama will be in white house 8 years

You conservatives think we're afraid of Sarah Palin because she will win?

We're afraid you are so dumb as to let her near the nukes and nothing else.

Palin is a MILF – Moron I'd Like to Forget........................ FADE AWAY ALREADY!

WHO CARES!!!!!!!!

The Alaskans are wondering who is running the Gov's office,Palin or her 1st dude

My favorite is "ohio for oboma" below. "Relection" for this oboma dude is apparently now sealed. It's emotional illiterates like this that give the left such a weak platform on which to stand when insulting the intelligence of Republicans, Palin, conservatives ... whatever. Tip – if you're a moron, stay silent. Just try not to speak. We'll all be better off.

Can Obama get into office first?

CNN, please stop giving coverage to these people. Palin lost, and for good reason, and if she runs in 2012, she will lose again. She doesn't get it, no one wants a religious lunatic to run the country. She irritates millions of people with her incessant abuse of the English language, and she knows nothing, she's a moron. Let's move on.

Oh my lord, what a formidable pair they will make Sarah will be out there rabble rousing again and Huckabee can be forgiving her sins as she goes along!!!
I guess there will be a place for her old sidekicks, Joe the plumber and Cowboy Hank.....now there's a team you can believe in!!!

Obama can win again if not joke

Oh, brother... Palin would be a total repeat of GWB, mangled English and all! But if this is the direction the Rep Party wants to go – God Bless them.

ohhhhhh myyyyyy godddddddddddddddddddd – say it isn't so!!!!

If this is the best the GOP can come up with then Obama's second term is guarenteed.

CNN, why are you letting Republican-biased moderators censor commnents on the ticker?

Any old right-wing extremist hack can post drivel, but you lleave thoughtful intelligent responses in 'awaiting moderation' limbo.

Are you afraid of the people waking up to the utter economic destruction the Republican party has inflicted on America?

huck would be best for republicans. but, as a liberal independent, i doubt i would vote for any republicans ever again.

If they top the GOP poll then the Republicans are still clueless and hopeless! All the better for us Democrats!!

That's great news. Huckabee could be the next Reagan IMO.

I caught part of Barbara Walter's interview with Tina Fey last night. She seemed to think that her impersanation of Sarah Palin did'nt hurt her at all. I disagree. I did not see the whole thing, but I wonder if Barbara asked if she was a Democrat? I wonder if Tina would like a try at Michelle Obama? Any one think she'd do it? I don't think so!

Will the media ever get tired of talking about Caribou Barbie.Give us a break.The only way she gets on the ticket is if President-elect Obama does such a great job that the Republicans decide to offer up this incomprehensibly incompetent woman as fish bait while serious Republicans get ready for 2016.Ever hear of Charlie Crist,Bobbie Jindal, Mitt Romney,Jeb Bush.Although I think Bobbie Jindal might be a little to "not like us" for conservative Republicans.The only reason Palin is frightening is because,this is the country that elected,Richard Nixon twice,George Bush twice,Anything I suppose is possible,anything.

I like Gov Huckabee and I think he is a fine man and administrator; however, the people of our country that ridicule men of Christian values will never support him or anyone like him. His example puts too many of us to guilt and shame since so many of our people no longer believe God.

So far she showed some results. Her presence in Georgia scored better than Bill CLinton or the famous Al Gore's support for Deocratic Martin. And I am wondering why?

Ron Paul is the only Republican with a message.

Hey CNN, note to self:

WHO CARES.

Obama hasn't even taken office yet and you're already guessing at who's going to run in 2012? Give it up. Stop with the speculation and start reporting the news. You know, the business you're supposed to be in.

Obama has not even been sworn in!!! THIS ARTICLE IS SO DISRESPECTFUL!!! I HAVE NEVER READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATE RIGHT AFTER AN ELECTION. I AM DONE WITH CNN!!!!

Oh MY GOSH!!!!!! What is the attraction to Sarah Palin? I though America was smarter than that. She thinks she can see Russia from her house, she allowed herself to be pranked by two very cagy DJ's from Canada, didn't know Africa was a continent and refused to answer the questions at the debate and openly told the moderator she was going to talk about what she wanted to talk about. So, does that give everyone enough information that the woman needs a lot of training and I am not so sure there is enough time to do it. Let's keep Sarah Palin and her journalism major in Alaska!

Can the media please stop talking about Sarah Palin and the displaced Republican party – they LOST – get over it – and why are we wasting time speaking about her wardrobe and the others when Obama won by 8-9 million votes and an electoral college blow out? End the madness now, stop talking about Sarah Palin (let her govern Alaska and their declining economy with less oil royalties pouring in now for their residents while the rest of subsidized that for years) and don't bring her name or the rest of that bunch up again until January 2012.

Oh goody – that means the Democrats will win again!

I always surmised that Republicans were a little light in judgement!

Are Hickabee and Palin are the best the GOP can offer? I suspect they are at the top of the list because they are malleable and can be manipulated by the GOP machine. Don't forget about the entire Palin family "makeover" by the GOP. There are some people behind the scenes who want a folksy candidate out front, but you can be sure that the Cheney's of the world will be pulling the strings of these candidates. That 32% needs to put on their thinking caps.

Ones a Preacher, the other Needs a Preacher.

Huckabee should've been the candidate this time, but people with influence didn't think he could win so they didn't endorse him. It's their fault we're in the situation we're in. Huckabee could've won!

I would love to see Obama smash Palin in a debate. As an Obama supporter, I say, "Bring it on."

A Palin/Huckabee ticket sounds great to me!
It will give Obama the four additional years he will undoubtably need to clean up the Republican mess we are in now.

So four years (i.e. high school or college length) will provide Sarah Palin with the know-how to run a country? She's still lagging behind, having just proven a month or so ago that she couldn't name a newspaper that she read, much less any Supreme Court cases of historic significance. Aren't there any more prospective John Warners out there that can answer the call? I'm sick of a Republican leadership that taps its feet under lavatory stalls and squanders money from the underprivileged every day. We may not need to be forced to provide for the less fortunate but we certainly should have leaders that know how to lead...by example, of course.

Hope they run as a team. That would be great. cuzz if they do, we're gonna see 40+ states go blue in 2012.

If Obama gets us out of this recession and 2 wars, the Republicans could put up Jesus and Obama would still win.

Huckabee? Palin? This is great news for Democrats far and wide. Maybe they could decide on being running mates and we'll have an all Jesus ticket!

This the best news the Democrats can get. The Republican(cons) Party is done. Palin is a brainless politican with an inferior education to handle the Presidency. She is clueless.

John .What fear do you hear in the sounds of our voices? In case you been sleep since Nov. 3rd until today Your gal lost . Bad too. You have been saying this Dems are scared nonsense since september. Nobody is scared of the 08 loser future 2012 loser we are sick of her, not scared get that through your head you her and your kind lost. And will continue to lose.

great. Obama will win handily.

I actually fear for a Palin candidacy. She has the novelty factor. We've elected a black president and now we should elect a female president. Palin has that going for her and, we, Americans are fickle like that.

But, man, is she a re tard.

Another boring news about air head Palin ☻

this is the best news I have heard since the Obama win. I am thrilled to know that if this holds true the Democcrats will have 8 full years. Palin is the best thing that has happened to the Democrats.

Sarah Palin is not prepared to lead anything whatsoever that has to do with national politics. To continue to attempt to brainwash Americans in believing this woman is a formidable politician is an insult to the intelligence of the people. Huckabee is a religious man, period! Religion and Politics can only end up in Constitutional clashes, leaving this country in even more debilitating circumstances and view around the world. Right now the Republicans don't have anyone that has the chemistry it's going to take to help the people of this country. President Obama will move thru them like an overdose of laxative. Obama 2012

I hope Palin do wrong for president in 2012 so she can look like a fool on Tv again she is the weakest link in politic's... American should be ashame on saying who should run in 2012 Obama have not got sworn in yet this is disgusting..

Let Obama get sworn in first.

Where's the famous exorcist Bobby Jindall? He's just as big a religious cook as those two.

Can you imagine Sarah Palin managing our current economic crisis?
Tell me the Republicans are kidding?

The damage has not even left the white house, and America is enlisting some more. Well these are the people who have gained from the Bush administration and want to continue selling the turkey pakage to every one. But as Democrats we will stay united and keep fresh in our memoreis the 8 years of autrocities, and most Americans are being laid off there jobs the wil not forget the hunger pains that their children a re going through. This must be some kind of joke or ploy on the people to keep prancing around the republican part when all hell is breaking lose in America. Oh hey that wasn't 150,000.00 worth if wardrobe Sarah palin spent an additional 30,000.00 on cloths totalling 180,000.00 more money tha I make in15 years of hard work. Slap in the poor mans face. However I will be continue to campaign also , agaisnt this knightmare team.

She killed McCain and she'll do the same for anyone she's with in 2012. Peel back a layer or two from the onion and you'll see that she may be popular but she's not fit for public office. I say let her run, the repblican party needs to go a long way before they can win me back. They can start with a hard line against the fundamentailst god and country groups.

The Republicans should go over to the Afgan-Pakistan border and recruit some Taliban fundamentalists to inject some new blood into what their party is becoming.

The REPUBLICAN party (knock of that GOP crap CNN) is going to religious extremist irrational ends. It has no use or understanding of science or scientific principles. It is turning into a medieval dark-age-type of organization. It is just a short hop from torturing suspected terrorists to torturing by inquisition suspected sinners.

For those of you who suscribe to what the Republican party is turning into, you are not American, you're evil.

As a mouth-breathing idiot, they have my vote!!

GREAT!!! The Dems should walk away with a win if those two top the list!!!

Yawn, the GOP is history, old ideas, wrong solutions.
Let's give Barack a chance to create his changes, though I see very little differances in his solutions.

...And one year before the 2008 election, everybody thought the republican nomination would come down to Guiliani and Romney – while Hillary was a shoo-in for the Dems. Funny how things can change ina relatively short time. Here's a thought: How about waiting until the new president is sworn in before starting the next Presidential campaign?

The only one who can win and is good is Ron Paul. That is it.

2 Creationists on one ticket? I can't think of a better way of alienating the rest of the world from us than throwing some pre-Enlightenist thinking in the White House. America is now going to be run by Sunday school teachers and religious zealots?

Let's hope she will get the Russian story straight this time. She has to catch up big time to run 2012. Not only Sarah even Huk. has to do a lot more with Obama holding Joe – Clinton – Richardson on his team. It is unthinkable to see Obama lose if he run again 2012.

Palin and Huckabee as the frontrunners for the GOP in 2012? Obama just got his second term!

Ever notice that any time a Republican gets elected, the intellectually bankrupt trickle-down Reaganomics and War-For-A-Better-Economy tactics they try and enact leaves the country in shambles?

Huckabee would be a fine candidate. He would have given Obama a much tougher fight than McCain did. However, there is no way that Sarah Palin would be a credible national candidate. The fact that the Republican party would even consider this shows how deep their problems are. Because Obama is so popular, intelligent, confident and presidential, the American voters definitely made the correct choice this time. The Republicans have left him the worst mess that any new President has had to contend with so if he helps the country turn around, solves many of the problems and restores your reputation around the world, then it would take somebody with incredible depth to beat him. She would have to do quite a make-over to even be in his league.

to the tune of "aquarius": "oh this is the age of oba-a-ma; oh ma-a-ma----" yea – the 'bama was born in a manger on another planet and has come to earth on the space ship of the "ancient mariners" to make all the geniuses who have written their comments here happy and all the simple people who cleave to their guns and religion will learn to love the 'bama and drink kool aid too. and he will visit with the republicans and they will dispute with him no longer and he will visit the nations and they will hail him as great and the 'bama will not let the united states fight any other country unless all the world agreed that we should (not like that nasty bush) and the world will be a better place – la la la.

well that should seal the fate of the Republican party once and for all. Two Creationists directing the country? I think not. I hope the rest of the country is ready for anti-Christian backlash. I fior one think my Athestic prayers have been answered.

Well, she wouldn't get my vote if I could vote. Her career is dead in national politics. Surely her huge loss with McCain proved that. She ought to retire from office, become unemployed and leave the Democrats and good Republicans to clear the mess up right wing Republicans like her have caused.

Save the animals she has killed in Alaska.

God help us!

For those of you Republicans who think us Dems are "afraid" of Sarah Palin running agagin..... Are you delusional??! Nice way to twist that around. I don't want to see her again because she has nothing to offer and I think her ego needs to stop being fed. On the other side, to echo most people's comments, bring her on! Obama will be a shoe-in in 2012 if she runs again! I love it!

THIS IS THE BEST THE REPUBLICANS CAN FIND? Out of all the Republicans in the country, these are the top two? After 8 years of Bush, most Americans are sick of born-again, holy-roller, dogmatic leaders. Time for America to wake up and lead with intelligent and pragmatic solutions.

OMG, this has to stop. As to all the potential "wanna be's" the so-called "unknown", Jindal, has a better shot than any of the rest of those right wing nuts. Rudy Guiliani is SO last millenium, let it go, Mr. Noun-Verb-9/11, and Palin, well, please. Huckabee is at least a person one could listen to without having one's intelligence go down a peg or two with every syllable spoken. Any way you cut it, folks, with such people on the roster, Obama is GUARANTEED a second term!

This is a joke right? Palin? Sure, Huckabee seems like a decent guy, I admire him, but I will never vote for a candidate who is so religious. As for Palin, the woman cannot string ONE intelligible sentence together. She is like a bad rash that won't go away.

So 32% would support Palin and that is a statistical tie to Huckabee. It is also a statistical tie to the 28 or so % of people that thought Bush was doing a good job as president. That says an awful lot right there of who those people are.

Go Palin.. I love you but women hates you because you are cute and sexy.

I guess with all the budget cuts, the mental institutions must have released a number of patients who just happened to be polled on Palin and Huckabee.

Yeah, and in 2006, we thought Rudy Giuliani was a sure bet for the GOP ticket.

Newsweek's 2004 "How He Did It" issue (following the general election), didn't even mention Obama as a 2008 hopeful.

I suppose you just "forgot" about Ron Paul huh? This is typical MSM censorship/propaganda for your corporate masters. Everytime I hear the phrase "free press" in this country it makes me want to puke!

Why does anyone car?

Great. Just shows that Republicans are regressing to ultra religious and ultra conservative types that turn off the moderates and independents that they desperately need to win. They just can't re-invent themselves. Just like trying to sell McCain as an agent of change. It will be great having a 2 term Obama presidency.

This is one of the best endorsements Obama could get. This is the Republican way of saying we don't want the office. Maybe they have learned.

We do need a true conservative party, absent the religious extremists, to help this country get back on the right track. We need the Republican party to repair itself and get back to being a serious party that has something positive to offer America. Palin and Huckabee have nothing to offer or they would have been viable this time.

Stop already. Enough please

Huckabee/Palin 2012! Obama will get 400+ electoral votes!!!

Please give us a break! Who cares who is ahead in a poll for the 2012 election? One thing learned this year is that whoever is ahead now may well not be part of the picture then. Give the election thing a rest. It is time to take care of the problems now not the election in 4 years.

By having either of these two on top of the ticket will make GOP the permanent minority party. GOP needs to move to the center not further to the right to be relevant.

Perfect! Music to every democrat's ears. Put her on the ticket again, so that Obama can walk into his second term.

Maybe you should move there so you can truly show your support.

are you kidding? Even if she can learn the many countries of North America by then, or if by some miracle she opens a geography book and concludes that Africa is not a country...................She'll still be Sarah "you betcha Joe" Palin. ......come on people, let's let this klondike rube go back to Alaska and let that be their burden. They elected her to an office, not the rest of us.

Huckabee? man oh man.......might as well look to 2016. Huckabee/Palin or vice-versa (sic), would be another loser, even bigger than this election, which was McCain/Palin........I thought the "GOP" already voted that McCain was better than Huckabee, which proved again to be a loser. LOL. What is this, the "presidential hopeful recycling program"?

Jesus/God '16

LOL, bye bye, "GOP"

To know Palin's future, you simply have to look at the oil commodities market. Thankfully for everyone except Alaskans, that market has collapsed and will recover extremely slowly over the next 2 years. So Palin's windfall tax checks are gone, as is painless funding for her energy production and transportation projects (which were only in the planning stages, regardless of what the campaign said). She won't make it out of her term as governor in any type of shape to run for President. She had a good 15 minutes.

PS: And I was a republican for over 40 years but NO MORE!!! The republican party has become the party of very uneducated right wing nuts!!!

Dear Republican Party:
Oh, please please PLEASE run this pair as the 2012 ticket.
Sincerely,
The Democrats

I truly believe there is no new information today. Still this woman has no brain. And to make it worse she actually believe that she would be able to make a full coherent sentence coming 2012!?!?!?!? What a joke she has become. She will be remember for her looks and NO brain. Go America!

Palin beats Huckabee in a landslide. Afterall, Huckabee doesn't have foreign policy experience like Palin...Arkansas isn't close enough to a foreign country.

Sweet!!! Another Victory for the Dems...Oh Sarah what is NAFTA stand for again. Hahahahahahahah. Is Africa really a Country? Good God Sarah, just sit up in Alaska, and act like your doing something important.

How the hell will the GOP win the white house in 2012 if Obama does his job well (which i think he will be) in his first term? Stick to what is working for America!

Palin runs in 2012....

I predict a Democratic electoral landslide that might put the landslide of the Reagan vs. Mondale campaign to shame (Mondale only got 13 electoral votes). The democrats might even walk away with 100% of the electoral vote in that election!

Talk about one for the record books!

On a slow newsday there is nothing like a good laugh. Obama won because of change and pulling to the center. Extreme views like Huckelberry Hound and Sheena Queen of the Frozen Tundra are out of tune. Anyway give it a rest. Happy Holidays to all.

Huckabee? Maybe.

Palin? Who's going to be her running mate? Joe the Plumber? By the time 2012 rolls around, Palin is going to be the answer to a trivia question.

Either way, if President-elect Obama does a good job, there's no chance for any Republican. It would be great to see Palin as the candidate. Obama would have a chance to sweep all 50 states, including Alaska.

If the Christian Right keeps a strangle Hold on the GOP , well then I guess Democrats will keep winning across the country.

Get with the times folks...times are a' changin..

What's her name has 4 years to flash more leg and wink at the repug men and get them to boost her popularity to the top of the ticket.

Palin/Huckabee 2012

Please, Please Please, let this be a prophecy that comes true!!!!

That is great news. If that is the best the GOP can come up with...a preacher and a brain dead woman the Democrats will be in power for a very long time.
There is no middle with either of these people and they will only attract the ever shrinking Republican base.

Guess they are looking to lose the 2012 election along with the 2008 one. Huckabee does play the guitar, and Sarah does hunt moose, so they will have something to start campaigning on. Their voter base,of guitar playing moose hunters is a start no matter how small it may be.. You Betcha!

These elections are turning into a circus.

Brilliant Comment Gerri.

I'm not surprised that a significant number of Americans still back the uninformed, polarizing and incompetent Governor from Alaska.

Obama won the presidency and the citizens of our country – and the world – shouted and danced in the streets. Name ONE person in the Republican party that could ever get that kind of adoration. It ain't Sarah Palin or Mr. Huckabee. Republicans still haven't learned there lesson.

Why doesn't someone ask this good Christian woman why she
champions the brutal slaughter of wolves in Alaska? Also, why
she is pushing to have trophy hunting of Polar Bears, an endangered species made legal. She is such an evil hypocrite, too stupid to
realize that other life forms wern't made for us to slaughter at a whim.

If this is a Christian, I am so glad I am not.

In other words, the party as a whole just set themselves up to loose again.

Yikes! Please not either of them. Aren't there other qualified republicans out there that can invigorate the party?? The moral vote happened in 2004 and we see where that got us; don't let it happen in 2012!

@ RAEFORD IN NC........ dude, we ALREADY tried the "folksy, ah-chucks" president! WE DO NOT WANT ANOTHER BUSH!

PALIN IS JUST 'CUTE'...... NO SUBSTANCE...NO BRAINS.

IF she were a Democrat the far-right-family-values crowd would have CRUCIFIED PALIN FOR ABANDONING HER FAMILY FOR HER AMBITIONS!

I just heard what the RNC spent on Palin in a two month period for hair and make up. Shows where their priorities are. Republicans should be so angry that their contributions were used this way. That doesn't count what she spent on clothing. Again, priorities. No wonder they lost.
Wouldn't mind Huckabee but please find someone else to run with him.

PS: AND I WAS a republican for over 40 years but NO MORE!!!! It's become the party of uneducated right wing nuts and skinheads!

If you truly believe that Bush and the Republicans are solely responsible for everything that is going wrong with the economy you are either ignorant or stupid and either way have no business calling Palin or Huckabee stupid.

Palin is radical and divisive and worst..ignorant. Africa is a continent sweepee. Take some foreign leadership courses and then we can talk. Repbulican"s have made ignorance a virtue, so long as you say he right words.

Thank God its OVER. We FINALLY have a BRILLIANT PRESIDENT.

Huckaby is likable, but not Presidential.

I voted for Bush1, Clinton, Clinton, Bush, Bush, OBAMA.

I've never lost. I'm bellweather. No lie.

Hah! If this country actually votes for yet another incompetent Republican to head the GOP, then I only hope that they get what's coming. Ridiculous, to think that an Evangelical or brainless twit could come even close to becoming our country's greatest leader, especially with such a fantastic man like Obama running for the opposing party.

2009-2012 will mark four great years for America. We can only hope that the chance to continue a legacy of true change and hope for us will be extended for another four.

Obama '08 and '12.

Is it me or does the GOP put more spin on elections than the DNC?

The GOP clearly think this election was "stolen" from them... but if they had won, it would have been a victory.

let's just hope the collective margin of intellect widens in the next four years.
Huckabee, maybe.
Palin? Categorically, no.

George Bush made America from Super Power to broken America.
if Palin becomes President then she'll make America 3rd world country. then all 3rd world country will laugh at us.

I am an Independent and I actually quite like Huckabee. Unless someone else comes forward, he may be the Republicans best shot.

Look guys. Can we let the current President-elect get inaugurated before the flurry of 2012 speculation? It is unreasonable hype.

Are we kidding around here? Mike Huckabee??? And Sarah Palin, who single-handedly destroyed John McCain's campaign??? How about Mitt Romney, a man who actually knows his way around the economy and who isn't a socially uber-conservative nutjob?

...as Democratic Party members cheer wildly at the continuing stupidity of Republican right-wingers!

Me personally, I like the Huckster. It is ironic that Gov Palin does well with men(is it really a surprise?) whle the Huckster does well with women. Pretty interesting separation, based on this of course. But if it came down to the Huckster or Palin, I would personally choose the Huckster over her.

It's interesting that more men would vote for Palin than women; just goes to show you that us women don't want just any old woman in office, only the intelligent, well qualified ones

PJ December 5th, 2008 3:41 pm ET

Raeford NC – Can you give me one example of Sarah Palin using common sense? I'm really curious as to how people of your mentality envision things. Seriously. I need to find out why she is such a sensation to some people.

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She's such a sensation to those kind of people because they think with their head instead of their brain.

Thank God 68% of the population think differently!

Obama is YOUR next POTUS!!! Hip Hip Horray!

Character counts; Gov.Palin has it, Obama hasn't .

Palling around with Palin = Obama /Biden 2012.

Huckabee's not to bad. Educated man. BUT NO PALIN!!!! She is soooo uneducated and she allowed her kids to all be high school drop outs!!!! NOT a good example for families who NEED to educated their children. Obama is the perfect example–both he and his wife who put themselves through to Masters Degree and believes in true Family Values!!!

Can't you already see his strategy... I can't stand this guy. He knows many IRAQ vets will be coming back in the next 2,3,4 years. He relentlessly has bagged the government for the obvious problems we all forsee with this "bailing out" of people because he knows at that time he can say as he is saying right now "see, we shoudl have put that money where it needed to go, the vets"...

I hate people who support something so they can make a situation mold to there benefit when the time is right... it's insincere. Plus... the guy preaches too much!

If those two are the best that the Republican Party have to offer, they should save their money and wait until 2016. Palin with a ged and how many years to get through Junior College? Sorry Huck, the majority of people are not ready for your bible thumping. On the issues alone? That would be a no brainer. The Huckster!

Which one has a larger margin among comedians surveyed?

Sarah Palin – the gift that keeps on giving – to the Democrats. Palin has shown, over and over again, that she prefers style over substance, so it's a sure bet that she won't be any smarter four years from now.

When will the Right learn they can' t nominate religious extremists and expect to win the Presidency? Huckabee and Palin have no better chance of being elected than Jesse Jackson did coming from the left.

To win the presidency, you must be somewhat of a moderate. The two clowns are NOT moderates.

It's going to be who "outChristians" the other.

"I'm more of a Christian!"

"No! I am!"

"No you're not!"

"Am too!"

etc.

Obama will crush either so no worries from me!

History is now changing to dems favorite. The dems will control the white house like the repubs once did. The dems have candidates and the repubs are now producing horror shows candidates..

Here is my "No" vote already.

OMG CNN get over it! Obama hasn't even been inaugurated yet and you're obsessing over who will run against him. Do any of your "experts" know why these two top the list? because NOBODY CARES who will run in 2012 and since these names are the most recent, freshest names, people will name them. You need to fire your political team!

Mike-get ready to be VP in 2012-Sarah Palin will be running the show from the Oval Office.

Palin? Good grief, don't we already have enough problems ?

I'd rather vote for a ham sandwich than for Ron Paul, or any other Libertarian for that matter. Those guys are all theory.

Huckabee is an excellent choice. The GOP needs to make the 2012 election a referendum on ABORTION. Only morality can save the Republican Party.

LOL! If this is the best the GOPeepers can come up with then it's Democrats all the way for the next 30 years. LOL!!! ROFLMAO!!!!

This is great news! Both of these candidates are sure losers. Unfortunately, the Republican party has 4 years to come to its senses, and given their inclination to say and do incredibly stupid things, that's a lot of time for these two to fall out of favor.

Oh, gosh I hope they are the candidates in 2012. We've got to get Barack reelected. What a joke.

Sarah who?

They must be looking to get beaten again. America has spoken and we want solutions and leadership. We don't want politicians that inject religion and try to divide the country.

I hope Palin gets the nomination. That will absolutely ensure Obama's 2nd term to clean this mess up.

You can not win an election with only 32% of the population. Hello?

Yeah and Jimmy was just the perfect whatever. I am amazed that the Dems really think that their "hatred" will fix everything in America.

What a bunch of misled sheep!!

And neither of them will win.

The GOP lost this year because they've become too focused on their rabid and intractable base. These two play to the same rabid and intractable base. Does the GOP want to lose again?

In four years nobody will care anymore about Sarah Palin, just like this political season, yea, she was unknown and that made it interesting, but after a couple months with that whiney voice and that stupid winking, it got old. She is like a new car, yea, its all cool and neat at first, then you get tired of it after awhile and want to trade it in for something new.

Obama will be run over by the Iranians, Al Qaeda, and the Taliban strictly because he is a woos. He'll negotiate with them and come back home like Chamberlain waving a piece of paper stating "Peace in our time."

However. they'll take all of his woos offers and then do what they want anyway. Sarah-it will be up to you to save us from this woos in 2012.

Yeppy for us Republicans, let's put another losing Team together!!! What happen to lessons learned? No wonder we lost the race for the White House. Our Republican party is becoming a be disappointment. Where are the bright minds??? Yikes, We are in big trouble if we think this is the team of the future. GOP lets get out of this old numb stage and push the real GOP ideas, Not these clowns!!! bring the qualified people to the table. Please not Palin again.... God Help America..!!!!!

Huckabee & Palin huh, what's the matter Joe the Plumber not available? Good luck with all that Republicans.

Are these politicians going to play with American People's Emotion??
Gov Palin is not ready for any level of politics. because she is shooting
and spraying some negative words that does not mean she is going to be good leader to lead our Nation. if she is going to run in 2012
trust me then she'll face real tough media. last time media were very
easy on her. i also think she needs to get degree in political science.

Obviously, you people who say you are conservatives and are for Huckabee and/or Palin are "SOCIAL" conservatives, not necessarily fiscal conservatives. Right now, and probably for many years down the road, there are bigger problems than social issues to be concerned about. Our country is falling apart financially and people are losing their jobs and homes. We need brave, smart leaders to get us out of this mess. And while I usually agree with fiscal conservatism, I also understand the maxim that it takes money to make money so we may need to spend to create jobs and help people out until those jobs are available. Once people get back to work, then they will have the money to spend and help the economy even further.

Obama had better fullfill a whole bunch of promises or he will have some tough competion in 2012. Obama has 4 years to screw up and Palin has 4 years to improve. Do not underestimate a woman.

P.S. It just hit me: These crazy news stories are the Republicans' way of keeping hope alive! They are now trying to become a copy of the rainbow coalition! They need to stay in the spotlight to remain relevant! Haaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

This Just In....SARAH – YOU LOST! READ MY LIPSTICK – YOU LOST!The country is in a crisis...and all you care about is 2012...So, does Sarah have a plan for our devastated economy? NO...that's why she LOST. Can we inaugurate the President-elect who won the 2008 election, please?

It's clear that the Republicans are simply surrendering to their right wing and thereby taking their party out of serious contention. I think many supporters of Huckabee and Palin are saying, "Well, they may be stupid, but they think like I do!" Enough said.

Awesome.
I hope this is the future of the Republican party, because they will continue to lose elections.
I am a Christian, but AMERICA IS NOT A THEOCRACY and choosing less moderate, far-right candidates will only bring the destruction of the Republican party.

PRAISE THE LORD.

CNN. Why don't you moderate fairly. There are FCC rules concerning this.

Bob from San Fran love your comment. Figures these morons would start pushing Palin 2 months before barack becomes president. Come on folks you know nazi-istic propaganda doesn't get spread overnight.

As far as huckabee is concerned he should have been the one this time around but the idiots that run the party can't figure it out. the need a value change not a image change.

Also anyone who would vote for Mooseburger b/c she is hot, are pathetic human beings who I am disgraced to say are Americans, truly pathetic each and every one of you

P J.
Last year Palin knew that Oil Prices can vary greatly and instead of doing like the Governor of NY and spending every single dime she set aside $5 Billion. Now whiloe the GOV of NY is begging for $47 Billion of my hardworking dollars GOV Palin will be able to storm a downturn in the price of oil in Alaska. Sounds like a lot of common sense to me and sounds like the GOV of NY who practices the Tax and spend Obama policy has no common sense.

Give me a break. The only people who would want to see either of these two in the top spot are the crazy news reporters who love to spin a story. These two people are not in touch with the majority of Americans no matter how many ways reporters try to spin the numbers, polls or interviews with loud mouth nobodies. Please stop clogging up my computer with stories of these two people.

Wonderful. The brilliant members of the GOP prefer two people who cannot seem to separate the Christian Bible from the rule of law. I am a lifelong Methodist Christian and I prefer the U.S. to be ruled by the Constitution and for the separation of church and state to remain solid. Unfortunately, the GOP chooses individuals who are striving for a theocracy. I don't know if this can be blamed on regional issues, social issues such as homosexuality and abortion, or if Republicans truly believe that their way is the only way. Screw the Buddists, Muslims, Atheists, Hindus, etc. As a matter of fact, screw any mainstream, liberal or moderate Christian organizations, right?

President Sarah Palin, Vice-President Joe Wurzelbacher, and Secretary-of-State Hank Williams, Jr. . Now that's a group-intellect that will get the World's attention.

What in the world were 32% of those polled thinking about ?? Thank God for the other 68% !!

Obama bought the white house!
It is historic, on my neighborhood I see the lines very long whaiting for free food, all kinds of people, whites and black and spanish , asian etc. and all are driving a good cars.
If this peoplen send money to Obama to get elected, well good luck I hope Obama send all the $780 millions that people send to him to buy the White House, get what their deserve.

Obama should give the money back!
Charity Now is the most important thing to do now! People are on lines waiting for free food. GET THE MONEY BACK TO CHARITY NOW Obama, you don't need a party , people are hangry!

I think Wolf Blitzer will be excited to hear this.He might make a trip to Alaska to interview this idiot again,the first one being in Florida. I'm beginning to question the integrity of Wolf these days.

Palin is a bright as a mud cake on a raining day. Are we as a human race that absent minded to even consider this woman in any sort of position of decision making? My head hurts even at the thought..Oh I have an idea; I might run for office; but of course after Obama has straightened out our economy and world standing...thanks.

Jason Hoffman> Dude...she doesn't support Isreal. She wants to convert them all! Trust me, I know her ilk.

Also, this is RIDICULOUS. Have the Republicans learned nothing? It's ok to set the bar a little higher, guys.

WHO CARES!
There won't be a race worth fighting for in 2012.

Can we just enjoy 2008?

And, besides...Sarah Palin....YAWN!
Next, Please.

Why would we want 2008 rejects as our candidates in the future? What part of they didn't win makes anyone think they can win in the future?
Thank God I am a Democrat because if you can even visualize a President Palin, than I need to move to another country. Hopefully Barak Obama will be President 8 years and after that I pray someone with a brain and vision runs for President after that. We are at a pointy in humanity that we have to be real careful who we elect. The world is too dangerous and we have too many hurting people to have a scatterbrain in office ...just because some men think she is hot.
Give me a break.

We still don't get it – the majority of the country is moderate/center/right not right. They're more focused on solutions to immediate economic problems, not conservative values on social issues. We continue to be like a car manufacturer insisting on a product that nobody wants.

I bet these same people would've embraced McCain's campaign if he had run it like 2000 with a clear, focused economic message taking "real solutions to real problems" approach and with a team of advisers that were ready to tackle them. Palin rallied the base, not the majority of the country.

Keep laughing, obama supporters, keep laughing. You will all regret having voted for a totally inexperienced man to be PUTUS. You guys are all idiots and don't like Palin because she is REAL, unlike superficial and smooth talking his majesty, messiah, obama. You think Bush was bad..........

Why are we worrying about this right now. We just elected the Messiah into office. He is supposed to fix everything from what i have been promised. He claims that he can fix it all. Let's see what happens

I read another poll where 80% of the Repubs want Palin on the ticket for 2012........but 100% of the Dems want her on it.

When would GOP stop fielding dumb candidates? They seem to be digging more in the hole they are in and good for Democrats. Let Palin first learn to speak a whole sentence that makes any sense before getting excited. And advise her to stop winking – it is very very cheap.

HOW IS PALIN RELEVANT ANYMORE??

ONLY AIRHEADS WILL VOTE FOR THIS AIRHEAD

I CAN SEE THE PRESIDENCY FROM MY HOUSE !!!

Jason Hoffman, what is the matter with you? Are you even really Jewish?

If we can get rid of the I.R.S. it would be the best thing since sliced bread. I am a die hard Democrat, but if the "Huck" can go with a across the board flat tax, and get it through congress, I WILL VOTE for him.....( The "HUCK")

It doesn't matter what you make, whether you are Rich, or Poor, everyone should Pay the SAME Percentage......It's the only True and Fair way, period.

Larry Coury
Houston, Texas

hahah...WOW. Is that all the party has??!! sad..

They never learn, do they?

I love how people view Huckabee and Palin as unintelligent. The last I look both have already successfully been Executives. Palin has $5 Billion set aside for the tough economic times and gave money back to her citizens. The state that Obama legislated is already running a big deficit and with the bailout plan took $700 Billion from his citizens and gave it to a known idoit Paulson. With that said who is intelligent and who is not? Oh and the intelligent Obama is already planning to take (not give) another $1 Trillion from his citizens. Doesn't sound smart to me. As far as Paulson abusing the Bailout money. Obama voted to give the guy a blank check so I blame Obama.

CNN – read my lips – NO MORE PALIN STORIES, until she is recalled or impeached – please.

John: These comments are so predictable….."I just wish she would go away?"…….."Aren't her 15 minutes up?"……."Why are we still talking about her?"……..I love hearing the sound of fear in your voices. Heheheheheeeeee!

And I love your predictable "you all are so scared" comment. Simpleton.

CNN: Please get a grip on it!

The only thing more horrifying than the last 8 years is the thought that this country could EVER elect someone as phony and unintelligent and self-serving as Sarah Palin. God help us all should that day ever come...surely, surely people will get to know her well enough over the next four years that it would only be considered a bad joke to nominate her for anything other than head cheerleader.

Get ready to be a third party in 6 years.