Washington (CNN) - Sarah Palin has erased her drop in the polls that followed her resignation as Alaska governor, according to new national survey.
But when it comes to opinions of Palin, a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Monday suggests a partisan divide and a gender gap.
The survey indicates that Americans are split on Palin, with 46 percent saying they have a favorable opinion of her and an equal amount saying they have an unfavorable view of last year's Republican vice presidential nominee.
Palin resigned as Alaska governor in July, with a year and a half left in her first term. She attributed the decision to tremendous pressure, time and the financial burden of a litany of ethics complaints in the past several months, complaints Palin said were without merit and took away from the job she wanted to do for Alaskans.
Related video: Public split on Palin
Following her resignation, Palin's favorable rating dropped to 39 percent in CNN polling, but her popularity is now back to the same level it was before she stepped down. The former governor is in the middle of a national tour for her best selling book, "Going Rogue: An American Life."
Eight out of ten Republicans questioned the survey have a favorable opinion of Palin, with more than seven in ten Democrats view her unfavorably. Independents are evenly divided on Palin. According to the poll, 51 percent of men see her in a positive light, with an nearly equal amount of women view Palin in a negative way.
"The gender gap on Palin is not simply a function of the fact that women tend to identify with the Democratic party more than men do," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Even within GOP circles, Republican men like Palin more than Republican women do. John McCain put Palin on his ticket in 2008 to appeal to female voters, but it looks like men are a natural constituency for her."
How does the first female vice-presidential major party candidate in more than two decades compare to recent vice presidents?
"Palin is still not as popular Al Gore and remains more unpopular than Joe Biden, but her favorable rating is much higher than Dick Cheney's," adds Holland.
Palin's book tour brought her to Iowa on Sunday. With the former Alaska governor considered a possible contender for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, attention has been sparked by her visit to Iowa, site of the first event on the presidential calendar. Long lines of people have waited hours to see Palin during many stops of her nearly month long book tour.
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted December 2-3, with 1,041 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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Love that picture with the snow falling. You can see the beauty from within flowing from her. What an amazing woman to be standing there like that after the lamestream media trashed and lied about her to put that clueless one month senator in the WH.
How is that third grade actor with the teleprompter as his leading lady working out for the country, lamestream media?
Rating higher than Dick Cheney, what an achievement!? I don't know who's being polled here, but apparently it's the same people over and over again. This late 30's, white woman, thinks she needs to go away, NOW.
So let me get this right she wrote a book in under 5 minutes and now she's popular? Let me write a book also let's rewrite Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall!!!!
Like P.T. Barnum said, there's one born every minute. Going Rogue, what a joke. Let her go rogue in a homeless shelter without health insurance and then see how rogue she really is.
Has Sarah Palin bought sponsorships on all the US media channels? Keep covering her every time she sneezes, and she'll be back on her feet in no time. The more people see her in non-substantive situations that don't challenge her or the public, the more palatable she'll seem, simply through sheer volume and familiarity. And don't forget her book, "Going Rogue: An American Life," available at booksellers nationwide. Is there anyone left in North America that doesn't know she's on a book tour promoting her book/self? I guess it's working.
Sarah Palin's popularity will only increase as her message, ideas and strength of character becomes known. Americans are starting to understand what government should be doing by seeing the failures that occur when it gets caught up in things it shouldn't be doing. Take another look at Sarah Palin's ideas. They stand up to the test of time.
Not with those of us that do diligent research on our candidates
I approve of her being a private citizen but not an elected official. There are many strong, smart women in politics....she's just not one of them.
"Palin is still not as popular Al Gore and remains more unpopular than Joe Biden, but her favorable rating is much higher than Dick Cheney's".
Pond scum has a favorable rating much higher than Dick Cheney's.
Pleeeeeeease enough of Palin already! Move on. Incredibly, half of the US voting population is just nuts enough to vote for her! My shattering nerves.
It seems Palins constiuency is rich, paranoid women without a clue of reality. Palin is so mindless and transparent it's amazing she was ever elected to anything. Doesn't say much for the calibre of people availble in Alaska. Can someone / anyone just identify something of value this woman has brought to the table since John Mc"whatever" unleashed her on the public. To everyone who thinks we have trouble now or even when Bush and CO were floundering araound can you possibly imagine MC "whatever" and Palin trying to steer the ship today? God help us!
CNN, do America a favor and quit asking poll questions about this political interloper, and let her fade back into obscurity where she belongs.
I'm a former supporter of Sarah's, but when she abandoned her post as governor, she chose "celebrity" over "leadership." She chose to go on Oprah and book tour over fulfilling her committment to the Alaskan people. I have bad news for her. It doesn't get easier when you get to Washington. If she can't handle being governor of Alaska, I can't imagine why anyone would support her for anything higher. Stick with fishing Sarah.
Slow news day CNN?
You have to run a Palin story to make sure you get your 300 comments on the ticker?
With that said, here come all the left winf and liberals saying polls do not count. And tossing out onliner slander comments about Palin
But yet, when the polls show Obamas approval falling, they all will come out and say,,,they must be polling the right wing extreme. Not all americans.
If you want polls, then you have to take it both way liberals. Palin is climbing, Obama is falling.
this is manipulated. no one i know considers Palin any more than they do the nearest rock.
why do you think men like Palin more than women?
women see through her cutesie little game.
men are still led by their lower half.
pretty basic.
anyone who QUITS as governor to make more money selling her book is bogus in my book.
she's a quitter, a sham, a moron.
Who were the respondents of this poll? Ignorant, far right wing, narrow minded zealots? I cannot imagine sane, responsible, intelligent individuals doing anything more than CONTINUING to dismiss Sarah Palin as an embarrassment to women and this country. The poll results should be:
Favorable: 0
Unfavorable: 100%
Obviously, you did not poll every American. Just the people
you felt would have a favorable opinion.
So she running for president. Ask all Americans if she would
be a capable president.
The insane would say yes and the intellectual ones would respond
NO.
HURRY! QUICK! Let's do something about the United States educational system before this silly woman ever gets elected again! Calling all reformers NOW!
Great, just what America needs, another idiot proud to be an idiot. Well she's just like a majority of her constituents.
Love the picture CNN.
Too bad more women in politicas can not take a lead from Sarah and present themselves as normal everyday people and not some high dollar tax paid socialite.
Short memories serve these type of people well. Write a book, travel around the country, sign books(it doesn't matter what's in the book), and blog on Facebook. The American people are easily swayed by media coverage and we follow like lemmings the propaganda of the hour. Real sad and more than sad, real scary.
Is she the next president?
We're still waiting for her to appear on a serious news show. Facebook postings won't cut it forever.
I'm telling you Palin haters that you are contributing to Sarah Palin's polularitiy. If the best you can do is make insults and name call, then you're becoming part of the partisan gibberish that most people will tune out. Calling Sarah Palin names just makes people think you have nothing constructive to say and should be ignored.
Not bad for a hillbilly with the IQ of a box of rocks. Please run for president in 2012, it would be good for the Democrats.
Maybe she is good at personal services!
It just goes to show you: at least 46% of Americans are flat out stupid. You Betcha!
Even Republicans should realize that it would be insanely dangerous to place control of the nuclear button in the hands of someone who, according to a Fox News report, did not know that Africa was a continent.
I don't care about her polls, she is still not Presidential. CNN at it again with their love for Sara Palin.
Palin is still not as popular Al Gore and remains more unpopular than Joe Biden, but her favorable rating is much higher than Dick Cheney's," adds Holland.
ANYBODY CAN BEAT CHENEY RATINGS!
I find CNN's reporting on this highly suspect!! In fact, I would call it RUBBISH! Palin is a moron, and 80% of America knows it and would never vote for her for the position of dog catcher...or moose exterminator, much less the most powerful office in the most powerful country in the world. This is flat out BUNK! Don't believe everything you read on CNN....or any place else for that matter.
What are you trying to prove by this poll? That Americans are really that stupid? Anybody who thinks she's qualified for anything is a bit dumb. This coming from someone who would have voted for McCain if he had nominated anybody else other than this radical rightwing nutjob. She's from the only part of the political spectrum that I can't stand as an independent. I don't believe we should legislate morals like these people seem to think should happen, not everyone has your morals, deal with it. I will never vote Republican again until the party tells these nutjobs that they have no place in their party and let them go. But sure, go have her as your next candidate in 2012, it'll be the first electorial college shut out...Obama 540, Palin 0. Well maybe she'll get the racist South like last election. But there's nobody else worst to run for President as a Republican, well other than Chaney. Stop reporting on her, nobody cares.
Please; she doesn't even know the definition of the title for her own book...
the reason men like her obvious....body like G.I Jane brains like Barbie..Women don't have rose colored glasses
Obama's Disapproval at 50% same poll. Within MOE Sarah and Obama.
Sarah a popular cheer leader for the conservative party.
I think she has nothing to offer in Washington.
Her skill set and sophistication is lacking realistically speaking for DC.
Palin will never be a Hillary Clinton.
She might be well versed in Biblical terms but that is it.
That does not qualify her to lead a country.
It is clear her impulsiveness and lack of education would be a disaster for the country.
Kinda like Bush.
Hey CNN, few weeks ago you did a poll and 60 per cent said she is not qualified to be a president. Now you are coming with a favorable poll. Favored to do what????
The poll must be wrong. Global warming will get her in the end so it doesn't matter anyway.
You have got to be kidding. 46% favorable rating - how and why? I get that there are conservatives out there but this woman is a joke! I am baffled.
And Cheney at 39% has the American public got that short a memory that we have forgottten what this man and his partner in crime did to this country?
Of course in the words of Ron "Jaws" Jaworski when he was asked about being benched as the Eagles QB and replace with Randall Cunningham - I believe. "I okay with it. The last quarterback is always the most loved man in Philly."
Just goes show how many dim wits there are out there. Anyone, anyone who thinks this moron, is someone to listen too, has rocks for brains. But since she has rocks for brains maybe that explains it.
Come people, your much smarter than that. She is an idiot, who does not know her butt from a hole in the ground. She uses her kids a props and is a mean mouth trouble maker. She her packing back to Alaska, sorry, Alaska, I know you do not really want her back either.
We have a lot of faith in this young lady and what she can do for us, go Sarah! Don't let the jealous liberals bother you, they are in the minority
She is a non-entity and you(CNN) have given to much voice to this irrelevent person, Susan from Florida
Can you say ma'am President? I thought you could ;>
favorable for what? what is she running for? what is her program - and for what? what does she stand for? can she articulate any of it?
what did McCain unleash on us?
Will her intellect go up with the polls?
This is good. Go ahead and nominate her for GOP presidential candidate now and avoid the rush. The current administration could also save a lot of time and money campaigning as well.
Has any presidential candidate ever won all 50 states?
Why is anyone polling on Palin?
She is still an extremist who spreads hate, racism, and lies. She is still dumb as dirt. Only the lunatic Republican nutjobs care what idiotic statements she makes on issues she doesn't even understand.
God, please stop torturing the majority of America with this irrelevant loser. Leave Palin to the fools at FOX.
What a sad commentary for America.....When a loser and a quitter is put on a pedestal by an adoring public who value her looks more than her brains, you know we are all in deep, deep trouble as a nation.....
She's popular with idiots. Unfortunately there are quite a few in the US. They're called Republicans.
I hope her popularity gets even better...in fact, good enough for 2012. The Democrats really need someone like her to win by a landslide! And better yet, if she chooses Glen Beck as a running mate. Or, maybe even Lou Dobbs. Either combination will insure a resounding victory...for the Democrats.
Your poll is an outlier. There's simply no way that almost half of Americans have a favorable view of Mrs. Palin. We're not that stupid.
If she wins the only people who will benefit from it will be rich white people. The rest of us will suffer under her.
When will this embarassment to our country go away? She exemplifies everything that is wrong with this country and our political system and I ask when she will finally disappear from the news cycle and when will the news media stop trying to "create" news about her!??! No education in finances, international relations, political science and managed to slip into her position as Governor by playing up that she's just like the average citizen and not like her opponents who were serious about their potential respective roles as Governor. Scary that some would want average and familiar in our leaders; but then again, that would go a long way to explaining our countries continual slide economically and politically on the world stage and at home!
I'm a 59 year-old, life-long male Republican and no one surveyed me. Here's my opinion: Sarah Palin is an idiot and I refuse to believe that Americans could possibly be dumb enough to elect her President!
All the attractive woman are conservative...no wonder the libs are so angry...
Obama falling, Sarah rising.
Life is good!
3 cheers for the hottest politician in america.
She has NO business being President though I do LIKE her immensely.
She should build the resume a bit and do some good things and MAYBE run in 2016.
You sheep on the other hand, voted for someone you liked as President based on "Hope, change and a teleprompter".
Unlike the fraud in chief, she HAS run a business, balanced a budget, had hiring and firing power, created jobs and instead of voting present, made some tough decisions (NOT ALWAYS RIGHT, but she at least made them), ran a city, ran a state and all your hero can do is run his mouth (with a teleprompter uh, uh, uh, uh only..
Hillary was superior, just like us non-sheep told you, and the rest of us have to suffer through "Carter II" each and every dithering day.
One and done, experiment brutally failed.
Palin's at 46% and Biden's at 47%. I'd say that's a big deal.
What was Obama the other day on Rasmussen? 46%? Hope and change…your mind maybe.
Does anyone care what Al "save you from the sun" Gore approval rating is? The guy made millions of bogus stats on global warming.
He wasn't 100% wrong though....Global warming is "man made....up".
Nobody ever got poor underestimating the stupidity of Americans. Exactly what is there to find favorable about this person? That she was smart enough to have someone write a book about her? Please, she makes George W. Bush look like Steven Hawking.
She is back on the rise.Can she ever be POTUS?I do not think so,but she will have an impact on people running for office.I like her outspoken views,shes got guts to say what others avoid saying.You just have to admit she is anything but the typical conventional politician.A fiesty firecracker who calls it like she sees it.
There must be a correlation between her rise in popularity and a rise in illiteracy in the US
She is a QUITTER and a MORON
Really? Forty-six percent of americans have a favorable view of her? Even if you put politics aside, she couldn't even finish out her term as governor without quitting.
The Sarah Palin phenomenon is just bizarre. If I recall, this women was on the LOSING team for the presidential election, yet one year later she is in the news more than Joe Biden, the guy who actually WON!
Sarah Palin is attractive, witty, is good at firing up crowds, and she was smart enough to see that the millions of dollars dangling in her faceif she wrote that book was well worth the political cost of resigning as the governor of Alaska.
However, she is so utterly unqualified to be President (or Vice-President) that it's hard to believe that people take her seriously.
She as far more suited for her own show on FOX News! Are you listening Rupert Murdoch & Roger Ailes?
Mrs. Palin, by her own admission of why she quit as Governor of a state, does not appear to be grounded.
She has a pattern of quitting.....schools as well as other positions. It's surprising that she has stayed married to the same man this long.
"Show Me The Money" Sarah can't ride the popularity of a book into the sunset and the White House. If she can, then this country is doomed.
This is soooo funny. The nit wit was not all over the ticker last week but of course CNN the losers you are have this moron back. Nobody wants to know a thing about this air head, give us a break.
Palin's the political equivalent of a runaway train with no driver.
No one's home, and you know it's going to end badly for everyone involved, but you just can’t look away.
so what % of the pop have favorable or unfavorable opions of Obama?
Betcha its the same-ish
I am the numbers have improved and she decides to run. But she will NOT have my vote.
Oh please dear God, let Sarah Palin be the GOP nomination for 2012, so we can see again just how dumb she is....again.
her rating is higher than Dick Cheneys.
Whoa. Now that is an accomplishment.
Who's rating is lower than Dick Cheneys?
Have to give both of them, that they know how to make money.
reckless and without ethics.
46% of the population is brain dead. Scary.
I'd like her well enough if she wore and spoke a great deal less. As far as listening to her, or thinking she could manage any job more difficult than elementary school librarian...not a snowballs chance in her future home.
I have a favorable opinion of my golden retriever, but that does not qualify him to hold office. However, I would vote for my dog before voting for Palin. We can only hope she will continue to marginalize the republicans and split the vote. Go Sarah, go....no really keep going and get lost.
Favorable opinion running into her at the grocery store or as the POTUS? Big difference. I have a favorable opinion of George Bush serving me a beer but he was a complete train wreck as our President. Similarly, Palin would work well in a revival tent, but not in an oval office.
She really should have understood the word "rogue' before using it in the title of her book.
rogue (verb): to cheat; to uproot or destroy
on second thought – never mind....
Governor Sarah Palin is the real hope in these dark days of obsene budget deficits and governmental intrusion on the private sector and private lives of individuals.
The radical left, the atheists, islamists, and the pro-abortion groups might hate her, and spew venom on her, but this doesn't take anything away from the fact that she's a decent woman who rose to political prominence by herself and not because of patronage and outside financial support.
She relates to every American, no matter her political or personal views, because she IS a true American.
Related story: Average intelligence of Americans decrease.
As a liberal, I couldn't be happier: the Dingbat Wing of the Republican Party is apparently gonna hijack the rest of the GOP, and give the moderate Republicans the last good reason they need to work WITH the rest of Congress –
Why the uptick? Stupidity of some people's part.
She's the only person out there with an ounce of common sense.....which is why Liberals fear her so much. As they continue to bankrupt this country her approval rises. I would much rather have Palin as president than the unqualified tax and spend dithering Liberal the gimme crowd put into office.
Anybody but Obama! Palin is a real American, Obama is not!
Just let her think this is a free pass to run for office again. When those who "love" her start hearing her trash talking, nasty comments, with the broken, halting delivery and they will get back to the 39% favorable rating or less! This woman is not competent to do anything other than shoot moose or catch fish. Sarah go away! You are unimportant but do provide GOP-comic relief.
If this is true, I can't believe how ignorant people in this country can be. Don't complaint later.
Sarah is not worth bothering with.
She's a complete embarrassment!!! She'll never become anything more than the ignorant country hick that she is. And those who follow her fall into the same category.
A question for CNN ... why do you continue to promote this woman as if she somehow deserves political attention?
She is a private citizen who to my knowledge hasn't discussed any political issues or given any indication that she has any grasp of the real issues our country faces. Her Facebook mutterings nothwithstanding, this media grabbing tour to self promote her book is not a political campaign.
If CNN must continue Palin coverage nonstop, either include her political views on the issues, or put her in the entertainment section, where, until she is willing to be interviewed on her political standing and discuss her political views, she belongs.
She makes April Fools Day a holiday.
Who cares? No one really, because she is no more than a loud mouth who
has nothing worthwhile or substantial to contribute to legislation or policy which impacts on the lives of Americans.
Being a foolish big mouth does not give one credibility, and she doesn't have anything to bring to national politics.
Palin 2012
I can not imagine anyone wanting to see more of this woman. She is always so confused and puzzled. She also complains about everyone beating her up, when she is the first person to throw a stone. I can now wait until the day that the likes of the crazy woman are gone. I find it hard to believe that she is still even a story.
If the media would stop constantly printing articles about this idiot then she'd go away. The election was over a long time ago...This is the woman who couldn't handle even being a governor so she quit...she's the worst America has to offer...
This episode of Nincompoop Theater was brought to you by the letter "N."
OK FOR THE 5TH TIME, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP COVERING HER!! She makes GW look like a brain surgeoon and we are still paying for the great job he did as president. Although I have to say watching her get eatin alive in a debate with Obama would be fun.
"Palin resigned as Alaska governor in July, with a year and a half left in her first term. She attributed the decision to tremendous pressure, time and the financial burden of a litany of ethics complaints in the past several months, complaints Palin said were without merit and took away from the job she wanted to do for Alaskans."
Sounds like someone wouldn't be able to handle the White House if you ask me. She's a loser.
She is wearing the wrong type of hat for her outfit, but she is not smart enough to realize that.
who cares???!!!!
she will never ever be more than she is right now...
Why Palin is in CNN again????
There are reasons why her popularity is on the rise. There could be a dumbing down of the population. I guess people aren't looking at what she has said in the past and why she quit being governor of Alaska - the book deal! I don't like her because she hasn't shown to me that she understands many things. To me, she is a female Dan Quayle; looked good and made some really stupid statements showing that there was little upstairs. I prefer thinkers that can show that they know what is going rather than unthinking ideologues that only seem to advocate something that may not work (ever)!
Why is CNN paying for all this polling for Sarah Palin? I can't recall a single case of "new" organizations polling the popularity of another vice presidential candidate one year after they lost an election. Was Dan Quayle still being polled in 1994 or was Joe Lieberman in 2002? CNN should be hiring real reporters to dig up real news.
I'm glad to hear she is doing so well... it validates here place among other Republicans.
Oh yes, we really need to consider this idiot for President. She will fit right in with the rest of the clowns.
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Is there anything we can do short of a total boycott to keep CNN from running two stories a day on its website about this dingbat?
Somebody please throw me a bone, here..
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In our opinion, that harbingers hazards both to the herds of GOP, and heroes in the real world. Her radical views and quarter-baked ideas and methods also may spell sinister doom. We are sincerely and really worried!
Shows the IQ of this sad nation.
I would not vote for her against a more qualified individual like Newt G, but I like her. I really like the way she drives the lib monkeys into a frenzy. Read comments to follow as an example....
If that truly is the case, God help us all if this idiot ever amasses any
real power..
Only in America can a person help lose a Presidential election and then not even complete 1 term in an elected office where the voters gave her their trust make millions off a book that I understand has errors in it. Americans need to start thinking for themselves – it's really sad.
Leave Palin alone – really.
We DO NOT want to hear any more about this quitter.
Charles Manson has a better rating than Cheney – that is nothing to brag about. Actaully, what does she actually have to brag about? Pretty much all she claims to have done is (a) not true or (b) an exaggeration.
Let's move on and not get so stuck in the past.
It is on the rises with the hicks and the hillbillies.
The non-educated.
One problem with this poll is the methodology. CNN used a sample of "Adults" That's the LEAST reliable way to sample.
Ask the SAME question of "Registered voters", as others do, and Palin's numbers are higher, much higher. But even "Registered Voters" is not the best sampling.
Rasmussen, which samples "LIKELY VOTERS," which is the most accurate, has Sarah Palin polling higher than Obama. Her favorable/unfavorable are considerably better than Obama's.
Obviously she's top's in the GOP, but she also does very well with independents, most would vote for her, as well as a pretty decent amount of democrats.
CNN's poll is good, but it would be better if they polled "Likely Voters."
There isn't much of a gender gap if "according to the poll, 51 percent of men see her in a positive light, with an nearly equal amount of women view Palin in a negative way."
I mean 51 negative men, and nearly 51 negative women? And that's a gap?
I've got my eyes, ears, nose and toes crossed that the GOP makes her its candidate in 2012. She gives STUPID a whole new meaning.
Oh, where is the press during these book signings? I thought that she would welcome members of the press so that she could tell them what she is thinking. Oh, that's right... She doesn't want to deal with "Gotcha Journalism." Apparently she doesn't want to be corrected with needless facts that prove her wrong.
It is clear that she is making her ascendancy to the White House in 2012. She will inevitably become America's next and greatest President of All Times for it is the Word and Will of GOD herself!
Palin/Bachmann 2013-2021
You've got to be kidding! This country has some very serious problems.
Remember, we elected George W. Bush as President not once but twice. Nothing surprises me now about the electorate.
But God help us if this women is elected!
Only in America can a bimbo be a star.
All I can say, CNN, is that your poll had to be taken only from the radical religious right and the tea baggers. No intelligent American would support this ridiculous woman.
Course, CNN, am sure your love affair with her, constantly giving her the headlines, even going to facebook so you can quote her has helped. No one, except Fox, gives her the attention you do.
Right-wing America, honestly, is this person qualified to be a national leader? Would you be proud, as an American, of a person like this making decisions in which the future of the country and the world are at stake? Honestly? Republicans, Conservatives, Populists, you can do much, much better than her.
Gosh, after all those hateful, spiteful comments made by the Democrats, some people actually still like Ms. Palin. Democrats wrong??? Go figure. Go Sarah!!!
Palin's rise had to happen. Aside from the fact that most men become a little happier whenever her picture appears anywhere, there is now distance from her unprepared Couric interviews. Her conservative views are more clearly expressed.
I believe that the most important factor in Palin's rise is the widespread disappointment in President Obama.
When he campaigned, the press and buzz were appropriate for the Coming of a Messiah, ot at least another Prophet Mohammed.
We have now experienced Obama as a man. Under his presidency, we do not dwell in Paradise, and we cannot even view it from afar.
Is American people’s IQ dropping daily? May be someone has contaminated our drinking water again just like 2000 & 2004 when Bush was elected!
Please - what IS her "message"?!?!?!
Initially, I had a positive attitude about Ms. Palin, but that was quickly erased once she was "out there" and tripping over her own words. Any lingering respect was truly erased in her self-serving resignation from the Governor's office. True, she has a following. Question is where are they following her to. The presidency? Not likely.
Omigosh Palin Power....
I love this country, but if those two idiots were elected, I think I would have to move. What's with Bachmann's the gay husband by the way??? Why do some gay men go all right wing and religious (and then try to "cure" fellow gays) when it is OBVIOUS that they are in the closet? Ted Haggard....anyone...anyone???
My Goodness-and I thought the far right were the ones with the hate-talk. If you would all take a look all the way down this list of comments your eyes may be opened to just who is really full of hate and prejudice. This is a woman who is not afraid of what anyone will think by what she says in her freedom of speech and her beliefs. You are all just fine when you hear Obama talk about how America is arrogant and unfair to the rest of the world. I think it's refreshing to finally hear someone speak up about our true American values and tradition. We are a wonderful nation. God Blessed. And I think she's the one to finally pull us back to the TRUTH.
NEWS FLASH! CNN is trying to become the new faux news. just who in the cnn news room is in love with this alaskan loonie. god help america if people like her ever amass any real power.
I thought Obama would be a one term president, but he fixed the financial mess, seems to have restored GM, and is fighting the right war now-plus helath care. But go ahead GOP have a Palin-Huckabee Ticket and let the good times roll. Why does the GOP give an automatic pass to a moral conservative who is not very educated and politically savy, surely there must numerous women, thousands in fact, who posses both competencies- they must be rolling their collective eyes.
May she get the Republican nomination for President in 2012...it will only guarantee Obama is re-elected. I can't believe people who say "she's just like me." No offense,but I want somone smarter and more well-rounded than you running our country.
well, golly gee Andy....can we have Kim Kardashian, and Paris Hilton on the Repub ticket in 2012 too? They are just like Sarah.....
Well, we elected Bush...TWICE. Then we elected Obama who isn't bringing anything he said he would...looks good, sounds good but no substance and breaking most of his promises. Whether or not you voted for either of these let-downs is inconsequential. They "are" and there's nothing any of us can do at this point. OK, so why not Palin? She's not "owned" by either party in the senate or congress and she can't do us any more harm than where we're headed now. Maybe a "rouged-rogue" is exactly what we need.
so scary that this women gets any coverage for political issues. If she wants to be a "HIlls" star, and I'm sure she would be dramatically good, then let her, but politics? Come on America, haven't we had enough of low IQ people running the country?
I guess this means only one thing. It pays to be stupid in America.
The lizard brains are on the march. To where is another chapter.
If Palin can't handle the pressure of Gov. of Alaska how in the world can she possibly manage the pressures of President of the US??
Am I missing something??
Every percentage point Sarah gains is another percentage point of proof that Americans are easily led by partisan rhetoric. I haven't heard Sarah say anything intelligent. She depends on emotional response. Sarah reminds me of 'Lonesome Rhodes', the character played by Andy Griffith in the 1957 film 'A Face In The Crowd'.
I'd comment but I don't know how to spell the sound of me vomiting on my shoes.
NASCAR and WWE is popular what's your point.
Please do not count me in on this poll.
She is not worthy of holding any kind of political office. She may be popular, but was not wholly blessed with any kind of brains.
Missy Simple Sarah is nothing but a cartoon charactor and she relishes in this media frenzy. It is all about her and that's it. That's all that counts.
Ok Palin, who was the first president of the United States of America?
Oh, you don't know "blame it on the media."
I wouldn't vote for this bimbo to be the president of the glee club...
Her 15 minutes were up a long time ago.
Let's move on to people of substance with the intelligence to address modern issues.
Sarah Palin's polling is rising while Obama's is dropping. Finally, America sees a real leader in a future President Sarah Palin!!
Sarah on the rise and Obama in free fall. As Hillary democrats, we naturally voted for John and Sarah. Loved Sarah's book that sets the record straight, and now the truth is knows. The liberal media cannot understand her rise, but attribute it to her common-sense, partriotic, humble approach to life. She is God fearing. Serving in various positions of public life in Alaska, she continually showed her governing skills and her compassion in working for all Alaska. And so, the American people will continue to support her as she tours and in any decision about her future.
During her book tour, she has softened her appearance and is now a nice moron.............people forget that she is a quitter and a liar.......
Palin has a higher favorable rating than Dick Cheney. So does a sharp stick in the eye!
What has she done to see a rise in the polls? Even if some people are unhappy with Obama, there are QUALIFIED people out there who can run for office. Palin is not one of them. If you want an uninformed whack job, vote for her.
"There isn't much of a gender gap if "according to the poll, 51 percent of men see her in a positive light, with an nearly equal amount of women view Palin in a negative way."
I mean 51 negative men, and nearly 51 negative women? And that's a gap?"
-Alana
Actually that would be 51% of men are positive about Palin. 49% of women are positive about Palin.
HARRY REID IS A LIAR...
It is the Democrats that opposed civil rights in the 60's.
Republicans were the ones that fought for civil rights.
Get your history correct Harry, you are starting to sound like Joe Biden.
Reid Compares Opponents of Health Care Reform to Supporters of Slavery., Big Liar Harry.
Democrats are sure afraid of her!! Afraid that the country will go in full swing from a huge deficit created by Obama to an actual surplus, like she did it with Alaska. Simple, cut spending that's not necessary. Hannity listed about 200 of them so far.
She still lies well and creates havoc. Can't see anything that's changed other than the media gives her so much attention. The people who are on the right fringes will think she's wonderful. I personally do not think she's extraordinary at all. I still would not vote for her for public office.
I look forward to debates between Obama and Palin if she gets the nomination. The bloodbath will give SNL quite a few extremely funny episodes.
As someone said earlier, after this country elected and reelected George Bush, anything is possible. The idea of a Palin campaign for Presidential is rich with comedic genius.
All the poll suggests is people like celebreties, more then a true politician or someone that cares about real issues. She has offered absolutley nothing to solve any problems and could not possibly offer any credible soultions that would offer hope to anyone. I would not get too excited about this poll, as she is very likely to be tied up in court for the next several years for her frauds and will not have time to make a run for any office. Since she is most well known for being a liar, she could not get a job at a bank or anyplace that has anything to do with finances so hard to believe she could get anywhere near the Whitehouse.
Please stop wasting valuable news time by writing about this woman. The news media is making this woman a fortune by writing about her every single day. Stop wasting and killing tree by writing about this no reading has been. Let her get on with her life out of the lime light!
It's still not a huge gap.
It's good to see that CNN is still getting mileage from Palin's meaningless activities and that Palin is benefitiing from CNN's advertising. But please be careful, CNN, that she doesn't outsmart you. To have this woman in any substantial public office again would be very sad.
CNN is obsessed with Palin just Nora O'Donnell on MSNBC, There is no way that 46% of Americas would vote this racist,crazed women. Please Sarah give them the interview to they can stop making you seem important. CNN if you want some truth go to other websites that may be partially stating the truth. But get off it already !!!!
I wish that all of the liberal harpies with their misinformed and slanderous comments about Sarah Palin would just back off. The false image of an uninformed and uncaring Palin is all you seem to want to embrace. Sorry, but I prefer the truth instead.
The idiot quit Alaska to make money, period. Typical American, going for the big bucks.
Popularity with whom? Get real, Palin is a flake!
Who cares what this woman is doing or saying?. Can someone tell her to go back to school and at least learn something because whenever she opens up her baggy mouth! Its apparent for all to see how intellectually challenged she really is!!!
please...............this woman is nothing more than smoke and mirrors.............please tell me people can see this....
The next time this woman talks about "death squads" I will repeatedly point out that they are already here: My 88 year old Dad – in fine condition otherwise – had to hunt for someone to do a triple bypass ... by the way – was very successful – thanks to a surgeon who was willing to take the risk ... now the question is "rehab" and the first question asked is "will his insurance company pay for it?"
No dire warnings needed: rationed health care is here – up close and very personal.
I know as of today, I'd vote for her instead of Obama again....sorry, one year later and I have seen no change, no part of the stimulous plan, and no help in sight for the average hard working american. This administration is doing the same old politics as always, protecting their own, becoming more wealthier and screwing the average american...I'd rather take a chance on her then 4 four more of smiling lies.....
Eight out of 10 Republicans think she is capable of leading this nation and the world. What has happeneed to the Republicans? Have they all become stupid? I am sure there are better candidates than Sarah in Linclon's Party. Or the real Republicans have left the Party and now only the Tea Baggers are left. If that is the case then 8 out of 10 supporting Palin is not surprizing.
she thought Ruppert was Santa's helper......and then the publisher was told to take her to all the hick towns and act like one so they could buy her book and to take her hick secessionist husband along......impressed?????
C'mon, folks! Let's give this joke a rest! Ms. Palin has been and always will be a punchline to a bad GOP joke. Why don't we give her an opportunity to live on the street or in a homeless shelter or go without health insurance and see how "rogue" she'll go.
And, it ain't much of a claim to say she has a higher approval rating than Dick Cheney.
This is one "socder mom" who is obviously unencumbered by rational thought!
CNN says her popularity is on the rise , but if you read the comments , there's many on here , who totally reinforce what most Americans think and know, that she is nowhere near qualified to run for president , it looks like maybe 2 or 3 comments in favorf of Palin , and many many against her , now that's a good pole .....
Sarah Palin's means the End Times are coming and that we will experience The Rapture, even in the country of Africa.
This woman doesn't relate to me, and she doesn't speak to or for me. She is the anti-american. She spreads hatred and exclusivity, and that's not what America is about. But, if she gets elected president, then God help us all...
The Democrats LOVE Palin, she will ensure a strong democratic presence at all levels of government. Why? Because Palin personifies the worst of the Republican stereotypes: Superficial, uneducated, simple minded, intolerant, inflexible, and not too bright. I'm not saying that this is true of all Republicans, of course it's not, but Palin's presence keeps these negative stereotypes front and center....I predict we don't see a Republican in the white house for generations. Thanks Mc Cain.
I pray everyday that our country will survive as a free country. Obama and his administration is working overtime to destroy our freedom. Wake up USA.
We. Really. Don't. Care.
CNN's own polling shows that she's got less than a 50% favorable rating, even now that it's back up "to the same level it was before" she quit.
Please put these stories in the entertainment section where we all know they belong.
it just go's to show that in todays polities that its not about your
experience or your education but about how you can spin the crap
and palin is great at doing just that we will be a third world country if we
keep listening to people like her
I get it. Its a bush conspiracy to make him look less stupid. Looking back at his 2 terms, anything is possible.
Just for the record – liberals are scared of her stupidity.
I am not a Liberal or Republican, but come on now lets vote for people with more sense and Palin is not it. Both parties are wrong with the ideals they have and time for a 3rd party that is more in the middle. The more parties we have on the ticket the more we have a choice and not the clowns I see now runnig in 2012.
She looks just adorable in her hat! So on what planet will she become President?
Santa Claus is popular, too. That doesn't make him presidential material, nor does it make his story any more true.
Sarah Palin must still be waiting for her reality check to come in the mail.
Nobody cares about that dilweed except CNN! dosn't one of those ns in your name stand for News??Why don't you report some instead of what Palin is doing this week??She's nobody and will always be nobody!!
***sigh***
How can any intelligent person pay attention to this nitwit?
Did they break down the poll based on level of education? It continues to amaze me how stupid people are. Sarah Palin is a joke. She is ignorant, she lies, she fuels the fire for hate mongers, she is a quitter and the list goes on...A pretty face, yes; substance, no.
Get ready for some "fancy pageant walking" in 2012. That is all she has going for her (and the ignorant men who think that is enough).
Why all the hate from both sides? I like Palin, I like Obama, the problem is we look for the faults of opposing party candidates. Palin has climbed in the polls because unreasonable expectations were placed on Mr. Obama. He couldn't walk on water and he won't be able to overcome 8 years of American financial irresponsibility (Clinton years) or 8 years of reckless war debt. Grow up folks and quit sticking your tongue out at one another.
The ONLY HOUSE that Sarah Palin could win is the OUT-HOUSE.
You go, tea-baggers, birthers, terminally terrified, and Cold War paranoiacs! Palin in 2012!! Your implosion is a daily treat, and NO ONE on the Democrat side–me included–is going to get in the way of elevating Palin (geez...talk about a Messiah complex; at least our guy can understand Earth is greater than 5000 years old). We gladly welcome her as your representative. Exhilirating.
The left-wing liberal loons can hate Palin all they want, but in the end, she will walk all over these liberals!
CNN if your so in love with this idiot , why don't you take a poll to really see just how people really feel about Palin , and I bet you would have a majority of pollster's totally against her , but CNN is just like republicans , you guys just don't want to hear the truth !
We elected our least qualified senator to be our president, why should this surprise anyone. I sure do hope our nation is stable come 2012. Because we sure do some irrational thinking when things are not going good.
Only an uneducated, fascist moron would have any respect for a clueless idiot like palin. Just goes to show how many gullible, stupid people there are in the US. Of course that's just what the repubs want and why they always try to kill funding for education.
Wooowww....46 % of peole polled have a favorable opinion of Palin ?!?!
That really means:
1) that 8 years Bush apparently were still not enough and
2) intellect is no requirement for political office.
fast losing interest with this forum pls no more quitter Palin on this forum.
The numbers in favor of Palin show you what a brain-damaged group Republicans are. Throw in 50% of independents and even 30% of Dems with a favorable opinion, and you see that its a contagious disease. It's like over half the country has mad cow disease, which I hear you can also get from eating moose.
LOL...
CNN has had a "thing" for her and I don't doubt they are still taking polls on her.
She is dumb as a rock. But I would say sly like a fox. She plays whoever she can.
President? I wouldn't vote for her to be PTA President.
She might be a likeable lady – but enough is enough – she is in no way Presidential material – God forbid she had been elected. Let her collect her millions on her book and go back to hunting and fishing in Alaska
Yep – proves this country is not very smart. CNN – quit reporting on this quitting fool. No one with any brains cares. Got it????
Dear God, why can't she just go away? Her followers are like a bunch of brain dead zombies. I get physically nauseous everytime I hear her name. Why does the press make such a big deal out of her anyway? We have a lot more important things to discuss. Sarah Palin – JUST GO AWAY FOREVER!
Please please make her go away, the only reason men like her is that she has set any womans movement back about 30 years. How can we be taken seriously when we have her as our spokesperson. She is un-intelligent, extremist. It terrifys me that people actually idolize her. Cnn if you quit reporting she will disappear back into her cave where she belongs
With all due respect, can we please move on from this Palin moment?
I am an intelligent businesswoman, a Christian and a mother. I would never vote for Sarah Palin because she does not have the skills to run this country. She may be a nice Christian mom, but she is not a person who could lead this country. I don't want "someone I can relate to", I want a LEADER with brains!
Like "awol" Palin is a known quitter. Remember when "awol" resigned from the National Guard during the Vietnam war? Like "awol" she is going to be a perfect puppet as she knows little and is not curious. Remember, she thinks dinosaurs walked with man. All she needs is a running mate who would be the real power just like "awol" had. Perhaps "five deferments" will run with her? That would be great for the Military Industrial Complex that Eisenhower warned us about.
"...her favorable rating is much higher than Dick Cheney's"
I think we're setting the bar about as low as you can go with this statement.
Palin, how much are the Dems paying you to ruin what's left of the Republican party.
How can 46% of Americans possibly feel this woman is remotely qualified for the Presidency? And to think the Right blasted Obama for his perceived lack of experience – this woman QUIT her job as governor!?
I say that's good news, from the perspective of a 100% liberal, blue-state Democrat.
Ain't lunchtime fun?
Isn't that a commie hat? Appropriate since she ran what equates to a communist, pay off the population welfare state in Alaska.
This women is dangerous, it's not funny or sad just scary.
Well, of course that would happen. Now that the media and the Democratic party can no longer define her, and no longer have an impact attempting to tell the American people what she is about vs what she really is about, America is listening. I'd say she is on her way to be the next president of the United States... and without a teleprompter! How refreshing!
Gotta love you right wing nuts who bash the President who's been in office less than a year and yet you simply accept the mess Bush created in 8. Palin in any office would be a disaster but as President it would be catastrophic.
Those who have a favorable opion must not really listen to what she says. When it comes right down to it I'm sure the country would not elect her as president, she DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING!
Go ahead, GOP, throw this lame duck in the air come next election time, so you can watch us independents shoot her down yet again.
Further evidence that LUNACY is also on the rise.
If this woman gets elected as President I will be moving to Canada
She certainly will be the best looking president evah!!
Funny how this supposedly "stupid" woman was able to hold her own in a debate with Joe Biden viewed by many millions of people. Wonder how many of the haters could get up there and do that? Anyone that can force the oil companies to rebate excessive profits back to the citizenry upon whose land they are drilling is ok with me.
Who cares!
More popular than Dick Cheney....kinda like Mussolini being more popular than Hitler.
I am a democrat and believe that Palin should run for president. That being said she has a lot of work to do to become competent presidential candidate.
'Tis style over substance. There is no there there! It needs to be said over and over again .... she quit her only state wide executive position. She is a quitter plain and simple. Her ability to grasp and handle tough complex problems are non-existent. But can she sure wink!
This just in to our newroom: Her poll numbers had nowhere to go but up. We now return you to your regularly scheduled lame-brained CNN Sarah Palin love fest poll results.
Palin Power...She's not qualified to be president of the outhouse scrubbers, don't get your hopes up, she's just plain stupid. If her ratings have in fact improved it's no doubt those polled were the men who oogle over her. Those with at least a some level of intelligence know she's an idiot.
Give her her own reality show already-just not the white house
"idiot", 'Stupid"....seems the party of compassion really isn't compassionate afterall. Mean spirited is more like it. For those of you criticizing the electorate, isn't this the same electorate that just voted in your guy Obama?
and ready to go.
Her detractors have made her wealthy and independent.......... certainly not their intention.
Sarah Palin/Liz Cheney 2012'....Obama is ONE and DONE.
With all the fawning over her by media outlets such as CNN, this is no surprise.
And by golly, if the hype continues, America may have its first brain-dead president. Oh. I'm sorry. I guess she'd be the third, after Reagan and W.
Well – there are alot of Wal-Marts in this country too...
so she's a genius to the Wal-Mart crowd...
I could have got my Palin book for $5.00. She must be extremely popular. It seems the major interest in the book is being to sellinjg a signed copy on eBay.
These polls have to be as bogus as her book "sales".
She's more poplular than Obama.
Wow, get a load of all the American Gothic bible thumper dingbats posting here. I'll bet God talks to you all personally, says all folks unlike you are going to hell. Oh well, as they say in shrink school, schizo's believe in castles in the sky, psycho's live in them. Must be something in the water...
I just read a wonderful article about Dr. Carol Greider, the 2009 winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
An intelligent, hard-working single mother of two, who has a passion for her work and her family, thrilled about winning this prestigious prize, but also aware of the value of being there for her children, making sure they do well in school and wanting to make sure her experience of winning is positive for her children.
Now SHE'S
I sincerely hope this woman goes no further in politics because she is a menace to the well-being of this country. There is no way she is equipped. or has the experience, to become President or even VP. Anyone with such extremist views as she has would alienate virtually every other country and force the loss of our allies. We would be better served by her leaving politics altogether and fading into the sunset.
That only means that 46% of the people in this country are seriously retarded. I am a conservative and cannot stand Obama much. However, I cannot ever vote for Palin, even if she were the last conservative on the planet.
Come on folks, this is a matter of basic competency. This looney tunes queen is nothing more than a good looking charlatan.
I cannot imagine that anyone could seriously believe this woman is capable of holding a national office. I am absolutely appalled that people are standing in line to buy her book. If it is just because she is a celebrity, that's one thing, but if they feel she is capable of leading this country they are sadly mistaken. Are there that many uneducated, ignorant people around who are intimidated by well-informed, intelligent people? We have serious problems and we need serious leaders. The future of this great nation depends on people making intelligent, well thought out decisions when they chose our leaders.
CNN and other left leaning media outlets, good work, keep it up ! The more you try to discredit her the more liked she becomes. That really says something about your repeating.... oh I mean reporting.
This woman is clearly out of her league. Yes, she appeals to the right wing base and their (same old tired)social issues, but presidential she is not!!! To start with, her communication skills are awful. She reminds me of a Dan Quale or GWB in a skirt. Just remember people, you get the government you deserve.
Palin is not an elected official. She is not running for a political position. She is a woman trying to make a fortune out of a book deal and a promotional tour for this book. Why is CNN acting as her management?
I don;t think Palin would win, because already make sabotage our hero.
never
She's dumber than dirt, but many Americans have a high opinion of dirt as well.
they did not ask me, she is horrible!!!
The comments on this forum about CNN's continued coverage of Mrs Palin shows a basic lack of understanding of how the media works.
The media will build, and build and build and build her up.
It suits everyone's interests for her to become the "inevitable" GOP nominee. Because if Mrs Palin is the GOP nominee, when the Obama political machinery, and his magnificient oratory gets into high gear for a second term, he will win a by a landslide.
The only reason her popularity went up is because the media is in love with her. They talk about her all the time. She's like Paris Hilton. Everyone wants to see what she's doing and nobody knows why. How will she capitalize this fame empty fame to become the next president will be a completely different ballgame.
Her life story has so many blemishes that when the campaign begins she will not know what happened when all this fame goes away.
Anyone promoting their book who got two free headlines on CNN every day for several months would get a boost in popularity if they were as impopular as Palin. Is this news? (Sorry for the rhetorical question.)
I am as conservative as you can get and don't like Sarah Palin. I am a Christian but don't find her to be tolerant or able to lead by example. I also don't find her attractive or very intelligent. The Republican Party is being destroyed by outspoken people who are poorly informed and offer little more than criticism. I read part of her book at Borders Books this weekend and it was like reading a letter from the Summer Camp for Entitled Teenagers.
People! There is no substance here. She gives women a bad name.
The poll says all those people favor her. Try asking how many want think she could be president. Those numbers drop drastically.
I know there's not that many stupid people out there.
This just keeps getting funnier everyday.
I have nothing against this lady. I don't know her or profess to fully understand her position. She talks in vey simple terms and perhaps that is what many folks are excited about.
I am very concerned about her national standing and her ability to be president with her lack of experience and knowledge.
I wonder if she will be able to handle the trememdous pressure Obama has had to deal with. Good on her the economy will be good in 2012, and Obama will have mopped all the war mess Bush left him with!
That hat looks Russian to me. Why won't she show us her birth certificate? What is she hiding? I think she's a Commie plant who was carefully groomed to be a beauty queen, attend five colleges, and quit a governorship in order to get elected President of the United States. Or maybe not. But I still want to see that birth certificate, and no phony "Certificate of Live Birth" either!
CNN who are those you polled?
What area of the country did you do your polling from?
Carl Denham found King Kong on Skull Island and brought him to New York. John McCain found Sarah Palin in Alaska and brought her to the GOP Convention.
Mickey and Minnie Mouse get a "Favorable" rating. So what.
You CNN people – you are just dying to have this dimwit be a candidate for President, knowing you can take financial advantage of the circus that will follow. People like to watch this person for the same resaon they watch a train wreck. And you are pushing her, and providing free publicity, which assist her in her quest to be THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Where is your professionalism, and most of all, where is your honor? A thousand "shames" to you.
P.T. Barnum had it right – “There's a sucker born every minute” Just replace the synonym "sucker" with "conservative" and it applies to today's neo-con mentality.
First of all – Palin is not a horrible person. Therefore, one might have a favorable opinion of her as a mother, book writer, etc. However, that does not translate into Palin can run a country!!! NOT IN THE LEAST. Not finishing a tough term as governor and writing a book that is simply one complaint after another of how poor palin was treated does not qualify you to run (and ruin) this amazing country.
So, her favorable rating is tied with our Failure in Chief....interesting.
Obviously, the men all voted with their lower brain. To the discerning eye, she is nothing more than Paris Hilton with political aspirations.
"Normal everyday," "a real American'" ??? – she's fooled all the sheep writing in here who adore her. She is anything but normal and everyday – how many women do you Palin-followers know who have written a best-seller and get paid to speak?
Wake up – she's exploiting all of you who for her own gain and need for attention & power – too bad you don't have enough savvy and street smarts to realize it.
The genius liberal "Brett" who posted this gem right on this very site says it all for the ignorant and dumb as a stump liberal sheep and I quote:
"She makes GW look like a brain surgeoon", wow Brett, you must be a product of the fine liberal establishment school system.
NONE of you are as accomplished as PALIN, NONE.
She is rising, if you poll only the mindless ignorant fools.
still dumb as a stump!
CNN please stop reporting on Sarah Palin!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The 51 percent of men saying they viewed her favorably were talking with their pants..........go back and ask them if she's qualified to run anything other than Wasilla, AK? If any of them say "Yes"....God help us.......
All I can say is that it will be another landslide Democratic victory if she is the Republican candidate. Palin would be the best weapon possible for the Democratic Party. I know everyone in the Democratic Party is praying that the Republican Party is dumb enough to nominate Palin.
We must resist clicking on the Palin story. It's news because we're buyin'.
If Elmo got this much attention, CNN's next article would be "Elmo's Popularity on the Rise".
We just keep taking the bait. I'm going to be strong next time, this time I'm serious.
The great liberal unraveling begins.
Palin's resignation from her governorship will be looked back on as her most brilliant stroke-her Crossing of the Rubicon.
Squirm ye progressives, and be sore afraid!
Keep up the good work, Sarah! The American people need you to stay on the scene until 2012 to ensure a second term for our excellent President.
God help us. An idiot is on the rise.
Like Mencken said, "no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."
As a female independent voter, I find Palin to be a strong, positive role model for women. I hope she continues to succeed. I don't always agree with her but I have a lot of respect for her and i think it's sad that the left continues to make their sexist remarks.
Help me! Help me! Somebody puh-leeez help me!
What lies have been put forth about Sarah?
Right-wing America, honestly, is the person qualified to be a national leader? Would you be proud, as an American, of such a person decisions in which the future of the country and the world are at stake? Honestly? Republicans, Conservatives, Populists, you can do much, much better than Mr Obama .... like Sarah Palin
When will this total zero fade away like a bad smell in the wind?
Why does the press continue to report on her? Other than making herself the poster child of small town America, she has done nothing and clearly based on her interviews and ghost written book knows nothing relevant for higher office.
And now she's a 'birther', too. Next it will be the impending 'government takeover' of Medicare. She has become the Madonna of the Morons.
Thats nice but, any word yet on how the ethics investigations of Charlie Rangel and the other Congressman are going? Is CNN going to cover all of those leaked e-mails about climate change? Fox has the climate change story, but Pelosi is being real quiet about the Rangel investigation (It has been going on for over a year now).
Well now, one can surely tell that SOME PEOPLE are afraid of her.
She's still the poster child for American ignorance. I pledge allegience . . .
It boggles the mind that anyone can consider this person qualified for any public office. She is not qualified by any measure.
I was hoping for at least one Palin free week in the media. I guess the temptation to succumb to the sensationalism is just too much for CNN to resist.
"McCain/Palin ....do you have regrets yet...."
I wonder how McCain and Palin can do better?
Only in America somebody like Palin can be considered as a potential head of state.... Let's not make the mistake we make 9 years ago...
Sara Palin-THE best friend a Democrat can have. You go girl. Just keep talkin'.
Ooooooohhhhhhh.....Sheeeeee's popular!!! Golly Gee Whiz!!!
Minnie Mouse and that green M&M are popular, too.
MINNIE MOUSE / GREEN M&M in 2012.
Howard Dean said last week that the race in 2008 was between whether capitalism or socialism would prevail and that socialism won.
Well 2012 will be the revenge of the capitalists. Go Sarah Go!
Scary article!
Palin is almost as popular as Obama. You have to love it. Obama has done absolutely zip for our country in almost a year he has been in office. If government run healthcare passes more and more small buisness's will fold and the number will continue to grow at the unemployment line.
Anyone who puts their faith in this moron, should just stick their head between their legs and kiss their butt, good bye. To old and stupid to know any better.
During the Bush years, I used to hear some Americans say they were thinking of moving to Canada. Well, if Palin is ever elected president, this Canadian would have to think about moving to Australia. Palin as president would prove that Canada is sharing North America with a bunch of complete loons. A new continent would look good at that point. The fact that so many Americans have a favourable opinion of Palin is puzzling, shocking, funny, amazing, disturbing, unbelievable, terrifying, etc. etc. Have you people even listened to what she says?
The CNN article states that Sarah Palin quit as Governor of Alaska because she was under tremendous pressure, time and the financial burden of a litany of ethics complaints in the past several months and she didn't want that to take away from the job she was doing for the people of Alaska.
So let me get this straight; to reward the people of Alaska who entrusted her with the Governorship. she up and quit because she was under tremendous pressure.
We know that the President of the United States is always under tremendous pressure so I guess that means, if elected, she would reward us by quitting too.
Isn't it amazing that she wrote a book "Going Rogue" and one definition of rogue is " a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel " ....
of course the people of Alaska must already know that first-hand !!!!
It's all in the wording. Look at the questions asked. "A favorable opinion" is different than "would you want this woman running your country?". I would suggest that the numbers would be significantly lower for Mrs. Palin in the second scenario.
She had better buy lots of botox and watch her weight because 3 more years will have her a little older and not quite as attractive and then people may actually look past the pretty face and the ample bosom and listen past the platitudes to what she hasn't got to say. Then her numbers will plummet.
Hey ... who am I kidding ... when will the American people ever listen past the platitudes ... from either side!?!?!
Beauty????????? The moron is mean and says ugly things. And that is just when she is not telling lies.
I guess it's true that the American people would elect a ham sandwich if they thought it would get them jobs. And Palin is a very white ham sandwich, a poorly educated, ignorant, divisive, arrogant, narcisistic, lying ham sandwich. Well, I'm hungry.
Beauty????????? The moron is mean and says ugly things. And that is just when she is not telling lies. You sound rather like a bigot to me. I am sure the third grade actor has alot more education than you.
Ick – why are we still talking about her?
A very sad commentary on what I had always thought our country valued....and I've been around for quite a long time.
One thing is for certain: The willfully ignorant adore her.
Please... Have we not suffered enough under George W. Bush? Sarah Palin's supporters like her because she lives up to their own Fundamentalist Christianity doctrine. But for the rest of us, and probably the rest of the world as well, she stands for a symbol of American mediocrity and ignorance.
Let me see, "ooooohhhh, Sarah Palin is the second coming of Christ." Where have we heard those words before? Oh yeah, when George W. Bush ran for President. How did that work out for Conservatives? Arguably the worst President ever to have been elected by the Supreme Court.
Conservatives don't mention George W. Bush EVER. If Palin became their nominee and God help us, President, she would be the downfall of our country. The woman is an idiot.
Palin supporters are fantastic, they support a quitter! A sucker born every minute!!!!
Rock Star Sarah Palin!!!
Republican men like Palin more than republican women. What an incredible revelation. Those moral republican men like her because she is so intelligent, an inspiration, a Maverick, a thinker? Sorry I couldn't stop laughing for a minute. More likely they like her because she looks like someone that they consider a sexual conquest, beauty queen, and easy.
I was watching a political focus group on the local cable network. They had about 12 participants evenly split between Dems and Reps. They were doing word association with various political names. Only one person said "Leader" in regards to her, several used the term "whack-job". NO ONE but that one person had anything positive to say about her. So my question is and will remain: WHO ARE YOU POLLING? AND WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO KID?
There is no way the republician party will vote in Palin as their running choice to run against Obama in 2012. They can't be that dumb. Surely they saw that Palin cost McCain his bid. I cannot believe that McCain picked such an airhead.
You go lady!!! We need a conservative and rightous leader in the USA. I hope you run for Pres.in 2012.
It better be – She is our Darling!!