Washington (CNN) - She may be the best known Republican politician considering a bid for the White House, but Sarah Palin comes in third in a hypothetical horserace for the next GOP presidential nomination, according to a new national poll.
A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday also indicates that President Barack Obama would top the former Alaska governor by double digits in a possible 2012 general election showdown.
The survey found that 24 percent of Republicans and Republican leaning Independents say they would most likely support Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and 2008 GOP presidential candidate, in the battle for the 2012 GOP nomination. And 20 percent said they would back former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, who also ran for the White House in 2008. Palin, who was Sen. John McCain's running mate in the last presidential election, came in third place with 15 percent, a point ahead of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
According to the poll, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, another 2008 Republican presidential hopeful, would be in fifth place, with eight percent. Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour all register in the lower single digits in the hypothetical 2012 GOP presidential nomination matchup.
"Huckabee does best among women, regular church-goers, and Republicans who never attended college," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Romney gets better numbers among white collar Republicans and GOPers who attend church once a month or less. Palin does not win among any of those groups, despite the fact that she has a higher favorable rating among Republicans than Huckabee, Romney or Gingrich."
What about the hypothetical general election matchup in 2012 against President Obama?
The poll shows Obama topping Romney 53 percent to 45 percent, beating Huckabee 54 percent to 45 percent, defeating Gingrich 55 percent to 43 percent and topping Palin 55 percent to 42.
"It is important to remember that at this stage of the game, candidate matchups are largely driven by name recognition, and at least a quarter of all Americans are unfamiliar with Romney, Huckabee and Gingrich. As a result, Obama has an 8- to-12-point edge over each of them in hypothetical matchups," adds Holland. "But in a previous CNN poll, Obama managed no better than a tie against an unnamed Republican."
But there is something more than name recognition at work in Obama's big lead over Palin.
"Palin is almost as well known as Obama, but the general public appears to have some doubts about what they have seen of her so far," says Holland.
The poll found that 61 percent of Americans think Palin is not a typical politician, and half see her as honest and trustworthy. But 54 percent say they don't agree with her on the issues, 56 percent say she is not a strong and decisive leader, and 69 percent say she is not qualified to be president. Palin is popular in the South and in rural areas, but her unfavorable rating is at or near 60 percent among women, suburbanites, Independents, and in the Northeast and West.
The poll was conducted April 9-11, with 1,008 adult Americans, including 907 registered voters, questioned by telephone. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points and plus or minus 4.5 percentage points for the sample of 498 Republicans and Republican leaning Independents.
–CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report
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Who is stupid enough to think their will be a Palin and Obama matchup. It will never happen.
This is what CNN has become; 24 hours a day of poll results, Twitter feeds, and YouTube videos.
Please run Palin!
The poll shows Obama topping Romney 53 percent to 45 percent, beating Huckabee 54 percent to 45 percent, defeating Gingrich 55 percent to 43 percent and topping Palin 55 percent to 42.
RUN SARAH RUN
If Palin is elected I'll be singing "O Canada!"
considering Mitt Romney and any other GOP candidate would destroy her in the debates, she'd never make it past the primaries. Let's not forget most of the GOP is educated, so while they may not make rash comments about her, I'm sure behind closed doors she more of a joke than anything.
Just in case you were wondering what the "majority" of Americans want or don't want...We want OUR PRESIDENT to continue the great work he's doing. End of story!
I think it's hilarious that she comes that close to Obama less than a year and a half into his first (and only?) term. Guess the Obama honeymoon is floundering, just like his administration.
Obama will be the President after 2012 election.
I wish she get the nod for the party of no. It will be a slaughter in 2012
This articel is funny. We all know Obama will kick the "Sugar Honey Ice Tea " out of any R that steps to the plate, but to see it in writing is too funny.
Obama/Biden 2012!!!!
It's a pathetic commentary on the American electorate and politics that Palin is even considered a contender. Makes one wonder if the US is even ready for democracy.
The Thinker vs the Winker?
The Thinker wins, hands down.
Those double digits are a nine followed by a nine.
I really don't know who is dumber, the people who conduct these, too early to be meaningful, name recognition popularity polls . . .
OR people like me who are stupid enough to read them !
None of these Republican candidates will beat President Obama simply because of their views on evolution. Governor Romney will lose the Republican nomination because he DOES believe in evolution (and also magic underwear, apparently), and Governors Huckabee and Palin can't win the general election because they DON'T believe in evolution.
Newt Gingrich won't win either just because he's a hypocrite who quietly resigned his office rather than face a rather public pot/kettle disgrace over his own affairs. (See: Clinton, Reasons for Impeachment.) And Ron Paul is a one-trick pony.
Who else ya got, GOP?
*crickets chirping*
That would be no contest. Obama by landslide.
What this shows is how weak the GOP field is.
If the GOP wants to even try and take back the White House from Obama they had better get some new candidates. The ones the GOP is peddling now are all has beens. I think that's what the GOP is famous for. Run a candidate over and over until the public gets so tired of looking at them that they elect them. That way, the public knows they will only have to look at them four more years insead of with every coming election. The Party of No, no ideas, no new candidates, no nothing. GO HOME!!!!!
Maybe there's hope for America after all.
Please nominate her! Please! It would make 2012 a quicker and more decisive landslide for Obama!
"Matchup" hahaha! It sounds sooo ridiculous. I'm an independent myself, but even putting together a HIGHLY-INTELLIGENT AND KNOWLEDGEABLE person (Pres. Obama) with an airhead brainless super-lucky person, who I'm 100% sure became major and even governor (a total aberration) just for sexual favors to people in very high places, is kind of pathetic. Masny braindead super-ignorant, low-educated people support Palin because they relate to her in their ignorance, but thank God that's not even close to the majority! That brainless Palin woman does not deserve the spotlight she's receiving day by day by the national media, but this is a twisted world!
I think Gov Huckabee would be the best Repubican nominee in 2012. He's smart, he understands the average working man, and he has a cool calm demeanor that projects total competence. A sincere honest man of the people like Gov Huckabee would also make Obama's arrogance and contempt for average working people all that more obvious. The nation is growing tired of Obama's arrogance, ego, sarcasm, and contempt for average people! Huckabee 2012!!!!!
Who the hell wants the "Queen of Sarcasm" in the White House? In the best interest of everyone, let's concentrate on someone with "substance" instead. In my wildest dreams, I can't imagine her irritating voice conferencing with Putin. Take your money and go home, Sarah. Everything that Levi said about you seems to be true.
A fair percentage of those who think Palin has something to offer the world probably also think that the earth is flat, that mankind started with Adam and Eve in the form of caucasians (as depicted in European art work) a mere 8000 biblical years ago, and that nobody trying to buy a bazooka should be subjected to a background check. The more Palin says and does, the more she makes her Republican party of regression the laughing stock of the more intelligent world. Her conduct confirms the the famous quote that "all of life is a continuation of high school."
Ryan will top Obama by double digits in 2012!
Well duh...who didn't already know this?
Why would SP even run for president. I could do just as good as she did when she ran last time Give me a break................
Obama vs Palin? Is this even a contest? More like a blowout.
Ahhhh this is just hilarious , is this the best that the republican party can put up against President Obama .....Really , a few has beens and a couple of idiots . How about a solution for republicans presidential woes , all you guys have to do is find a minority canidate who doesn't believe in just helping the wealthy , but everyone, someone that is inclusionary not scared because other's have better ideas .....I could give a few more suggestion but he republicans need to figure this thing out on their own !
This is an interesting hypothetical situation. I'm surprised at the lead that Obama supposedly has over each GOP contender. I would think that people would be more likely to vote along party lines (i.e. even if a republican is not fond of Palin, they would still vote for her as a republican candidate over Obama).
What I think is more interesting is how media has affected the public's overall impression of Palin and Obama. For instance, if Palin was not parodied on SNL or if Obama was not portrayed as such an icon (e.g. the HOPE posters), would the public view them differently? If the public did not have the distortion of the media (whether intended or not) and the presidential candidates were assessed based on their character and merits (i.e. experience, leadership, ideology, etc.) how would the public's opinion change regarding such a presidential election match-up?
Um...was this ever in doubt? I mean, outside chance that a Republican even wins the White House in 2012, who thought it would be Palin? I am more surprised about Huckabee! Ha! Palin probably believe(s) she will win! And, of course her husband, the First Guy....
If you need a job, find a polling company. These people take 1000 polls a day.
Why are we comparing Obama to a half term governor who has absolutely nothing to contribute to this country but rally her fellow inbred white trailerpark trash.
So 15% think Palin has presidential potential. This country is in serious trouble. Our educational systems have failed.
CNN,... will you stop it with these theatrics? To mention Obama and Palin Pylon in the same sentence, when talking winning an election is laughable. Palin has absolutely no substance,.. she's like an inflatable sex doll,...full of hot air,.. and a pleasure only for the desperate.
Maybe republicans should stop pretending to be anything but knee-jerk extremists and finally nominate Rush Limbaugh. They parrot him anyway, and he has indicated he wanted to dictate national policies anyway. (remember his comment that he should get to decide 46% of the national budget because that's the percentage McCain vote of the popular vote?)
If it happens otherwise then we can only play for America.
I think the fly in this poll is this.........
Many Republicans like myself don't identify
with the Republican party of the last few years.
Palin's appeal is stronger with the Republicans
who feel abandoned by the party.
The irony is we were accusing the democratic
party of being hijacked just a few years back.
Now our own party has been hijacked.
Make fun of Palin all you want but don't be
surprised to find out later that the unhappy
Republicans are much larger in number than you may
think. If we get a candidate who is of the Reagan
mold who won't compromise their principles to
appease their opponents (Sarah Palin) then we
could finally have a strong third party in America.
And remember this.....with a third party ,less than
40% of the votes can win an election.
This is the problem with the RNC: they have too many "also-rans" but no clear leadership. Any Party that has Palin as a viable candidate is just completely clueless. Hard to believe that these are the same folks that pushed Dubya through two terms.
So after months of listening to conservatives (& even the so-called liberal media) prattle on about Obama's plummeting poll numbers (which have been stable since late Fall), we learn that he would smoke any of the GOP's presumptive nominees–even after "ramming" the Health Care bill "down our throats" and running "the most liberal" and "socialist" presidency ever!
Can't wait to see how the GOP tries to spin this one...
Don't be stupid PALIN will be the candidate for the Tea Party and we will win just because the supporters of Obama are making their run around the flag comment about a woman who has never done them any wrong. It is typical though for this kind of gutter talk coming from THESE people. Let them have their OBAMA for three more years. They will by that time be as sick of him as I am now.
CNN is doing polls with THIS woman's name still??? Get a clue CNN! Why didn't you just throw Kate Gosselin in the mix while you're at it?!
Gov. Palin and other Republicans like her will bring down the Party to defeat in November. She made her biggest mistake when she left her job as Governor to go out on her 'bully pulpit'. Now, she is a pathetic example of what not to be to all women who would like to see a woman become President of the United States..........not for her in this lifetime. But, hopefully for another who has the experience, tenacity and foresight to energize the American electorate.
I have a very hard time believing that half of Americans see Palin as "honest and trustworthy". This is the woman who introduced the term "death panels". She's the one who claimed Obama "pals around with terrorists". She's the one who, when she released a book about the election, had virtually everyone she talked about in it speak out against the lies she told about them. Very few public figures out there are LESS honest and trustworthy than her.
You know, I am a liberal democrat, and I can't stand most republicans. However, if there is any republican that I wouldn't mind see running for president is Ron Paul. I don't agree with him on health care and global warming, but he actually has some decent ideas when it comes to our military defense and the war on drugs. He is the also the only republican that will admit that their party is falling apart at it's seems.
Of course President Obama would win with a landslide against Palin. The majority of Americans are not stupid enough to put our fate in Palin's hands. Palin won't run she has what she wants media attention anytime she wants it with no responsibility. She has also made 12 million dollars since she quite her job as Governor of Alaska in July 2009.
Where is John Mccain when you need him, he should have picked me and I could be rich. Oh I forgot someone that has sense, does not lie, does not divide the country and is educated would not be selected by McCain as his running mate. Oh well I guess I will have to work for a living unlike Palin.
42 percent WOULD vote for Palin? And yet 69% think she's not qualified? Does that mean that 11% think she's unqualified, but would still vote for her over President Obama? Wow. It just boggles the mind how far Republicans are willing to go to destroy this nation.
The question is, which of the GOP eight do better in delegate math state by state. Overall appeal matters little. Who wins Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina? More importantly, who wins Texas, Virginia, California and Florida? Jebby Bush may yet reappear.
My vote goes to Hillary. However, if obammie is on the ticket, I will vote republican. I won't vote at all if palin is the nominee.
"The survey found that 24 percent of Republicans and Republican leaning Independents say they would most likely support Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and 2008 GOP presidential candidate, in the battle for the 2012 GOP nomination. And 20 percent said they would back former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney"
So you're talking about what 20% of 20% of the population would do? BWAAAAHHHHH!!!!
Obviously this "poll" was only of republicans because any normal ;erson would realize that comparing Obama to Palin was like comparing a Mercedes to a Pinto, Obama is a classic that will go down in history and Palin is a wreck looking for a place to explode.
When will the American voter learn that the Neo Cons do not want smaller government and individual freedom?
True Conservatives are Libertarians like the founding fathers and Dr. Ron Paul. Please folks open your minds and do not be fooled again by the lies of the GOP or the Democrats who only want to enslave us to a large Government that is so ineffective and wasteful that we have to pay the majority of our earnings to the government to support it.
I think it would be triple digits, I know hard core republicans that would vote for Obama before Palin, that woman is good for entertainment value only .But don't let her near the whitehouse.
Though I consider myself a conservative, I'm not sure Palin has the "it" for the Presidency. I rather the conservatives find a better choice to run – I kinda like Jim DeMint. Mitt does nothing for me. Huckabee isn't much better.
She is a quitter! She left her gov position and the State of Alaska for who knows what – really??? She may leave her position as a president of (??) for a spot on Dancing with the Stars!..
No matter who the republicans throw out there they will get massacred... its not the person just the policy... poor out of touch republicans... Americans are fed up with you pro corporate tools and your sanctimoneous
An Obama-Palin contest in 2012 will be a political disaster as it will leave the American people with little or no choice whether the people want war or peace.The main problem here is that we have two political parties,both of them on the right so both the moderates and the liberals have been pretty much programmed out of the process.
There is nothing to her. No substance whatsoever. She's perfect for the Republican nomination.
No matter who the republicans throw out there they will get massacred... its not the person just the policy... poor out of touch republicans... Americans are fed up with you pro corporate tools and your sanctimonious, hypocritical b.s.
Who would I rather see running the country??? Obama
who would I rather see naked??? Palin
All told, the past few weeks haven't been going well for the GOP/T-Pers . . .
How's that whole Palin/Tea Party thingy working out for y'all?
Boy your in big trouble now CNN., all this bad media, she is going to quit and go home.
This restores my faith in the intelligence of most of the American people. anyone who would vote for this ignoramus woman over someone who has proven his intelligence, his competence, and his caring for the American people truly wants to see this country fail big time. she would be worse than bush, if that's possible.
Palin has no chance. She is an old, tired joke that needs to be forgotten.
No suprise Palins in 3rd place.However with 2 years to go that is a great spot to be.After all the non stop attacks and this new theme she is not ready, making the rounds.I am suprised she even does this well.Anyways if the polls dictated in 2005 & 2006 who would of won each parties nomination in 2008.You would of seen money bags Romney versus Hillary in 2008.Same with in 2007.However it did not work out that way did it?In aug 2007 only 29% in a cbs poll thought Obama was qualified.Gee that is never reported today as people keep posting these polls about how only roughly 29% think, Palins qualified with 2 years,not 6 months untill the first primary.Common people enough with this poll garbage.In Mass in Dec 2009, Coakly was up 30 points and lost by 8.In one month for everyone to witness that kind of turn around only spells one thing.Polls mean 0 up untill a week of an election.
As long as they keep writing about this on these tickers I'm going to keep making this assertion. SARAH PALIN IS 100% QUALIFIED TO BE PRESIDENT. The US Constitution states that the only qualifications to be President are:
1) a natural born citizen
2) 35 years of age or older
3) been a resident of the US at least 14 years
She meets all of these qualifications. But this does not change the fact that I think she would be a terrible President. Being qualified to do something doesn't mean you would be good at it.
We will have another 4 years of Bush-style politics if Sarah Palin comes to power. A person so immature and deceitful as Palin handling the Oval office is very scary.
It's pretty serious when Palin's unfavorable ratings are higher than Nancy Pelosi's, after all the propaganda, hate, and fearmongering against Pelosi.
Thank goodness we have representatives like President Obama, Senator Reid, and Speaker Pelosi who have the intelligence and courage to do what's right for the American people despite all the venom coming from the rightwing (and the corporate CEOs who give the rightwing their orders).
America certainley does not need a president who will divide this great nation.That's what Sarah Palin is all about. We need to move forward and not backwards.
Oh no! Don't ditch Sarah! She could energize the base, stir up the anger, throw red meat to the pit bulls, strut her hot button, and lose the election.
I hope she runs (and loses).
Well, well... not Palin, amazing! Perhaps the Repubs are not quite as idiotic as I thought them to be.
I don't care what you hateful, spiteful, and jealous Dems say. She is a pretty lady, good sense of humor, and not nearly as stupid as you really, really smart people say. So when the Dems are voted out in 2012, let the good times roll!!
I would be absolutely shocked if 42% of Americans voted for Sarah Palin. If Palin ran against a marble statue, I would vote for the statue under the logic that it would do much less harm. (I know, I stole that line)
Oh please! My dog could beat the quitter in a beauty and brain contest.
We already know she came in third tied with the gingrich.
CNN you people are too much. Obama vs quitter. She's just an insignificant individual in a field of other repugs.
Fifty five to forty two! Yeah, right in the repug dreams.
So Huckabee who is as looney as they come beats Palin who is dumber than dirt. There are so many intelligent electable republicans, but still the right wing zealots have there hold on the party. It will be the parties doom if they don't start embracing their true assets in their own party. The ones they are proposing as favorites are truly not electable unless all the independents and many democrats switch their votes, which won't happen as the idealogy of the ring wingnuts is just too much for those moderates to swallow.
Way to far off to be conducting polls right now about 2012.
How about having a poll about how we feel concerning JOBS.
Lets see how America feels about Odumbo then.
Are you really shocked by this? No one in their right mind will vote for Sarah Palin to be President. This lady is just out for the money she is making off of her sheep, and they are eating it up.
Does this great country need another GOP......we have not recovered from the 8 years of the last. They seemed hell bent on destroying this country. The got us into Iraq was, wrecked the financial system and a
previously sound housing market. Any one with a grain of judgment would say they need a rest until we can repair this country.
Oh...come on Palin Vs Obama. At-least give the man somebody who can match up to his intelligence if not political thinking.
Does this great country need another GOP......we have not recovered from the 8 years of the last. They seemed hell bent on destroying this country. The got us into Iraq War, wrecked the financial system and a
previously sound housing market. Any one with a grain of judgment would say they need a rest until we can repair this country.
Palin should be on the bottom of a list of 100.
God bless us if she ever runs for another office position.
America wake up and stop being convinced of a pretty
face. She is a nothing and is trying to destroy this country.
I'm thinking about writing a drama/horror novel regarding Palin in the Oval Office. Bill Kristol, Gingrich, Krautheimer and all those weirdo's propel her into the White House, you know, feeding her political lines, republican sound bytes, foreign policy tidbits and she fools the independents in America-and gets elected. It would be a thriller, to be sure. In the end, she ends up destroying the entire world, a global fiasco, the end of the world as we know it. In fact, she winks as she pushes the nuclear button. Think it will sell?
Needless to say: LOL.
If this is the dregs the GOP generates by scraping the bottom of the barrel, they're in serious, SERIOUS trouble unless they can completelly and utterly stop Congress from doing a single thing for the next 3 years and force everyone to suffer in such a way that they can still blame the Dems for it. Think they don't realize that? What how they vote.
"Palin is popular in the South and in rural areas, but her unfavorable rating is at or near 60 percent among women, suburbanites, Independents, and in the Northeast and West."
So basically she might be able to pull out a win in Alabama, Mississippi, and/or Kentucky, though I doubt even that would be possible. Now you can see how badly McCain erred by choosing this shrewish, ignorant woman for a running mate. She is not qualified to sweep the floor at the White House, and she is certainly not in the same league as President Obama or any of the other GOP contenders mentioned.
None of this really matters.
As the article says, 'Random Republican' would do better as an option than any specific person due to weak name recognition.
And the poll which did that recently is still too old, and to pre-health care success, pre-nuclear and pre-Russia/China events.
The most telling poll will be in a month or two after all the success Obama has had in the last 1-2 months sinks in.
A lot of people may be angry at Obama, but they're not stupid. Even they know the hazards of putting another doofus in the White House.
I find it insulting to the American people's intelligence that this question is even asked. Obama versus Palin? Give me a break. It's not going happen. Not even Republicans are that short sighted.
Please Sarah Palin run!!
News must be slow for CNN to try to make something out of nothing with a poll on Obama vs. Palin. Just try to imagine her debating Obama three times? It would be like a college professor vs. a kindergartner with no disrespect to the kindergartner intended. When the Republicans and Conservatives wake up and realize that Palin does not have the intellectual bona fides to run this country, then they can get serious about finding a real contender. Recognize her for what she is-a cheerleader and nothing more and again no disrepect to cheerleaders.
This is a stupid article. Anyone with common sense knows Palin is not qualified to be president of anything. .
It's hard to imagine why ANYONE with at least two firing synapses would even CONSIDER choosing Ms. Palin as President. She's a quitter, a hypocrite, a liar and a buffoon. She is the intellectual equivalent of road kill.
And then there's Mr. Huckabee – He's incompetent, also a liar and a has little regard for the middle class. It's hard to believe that the sperm that created Mr. Huckabee beat out millions of others in the race to fertilize the "egg of the month."
There is little doubt most of those who dislike Mr. Obama are not only sore losers but most likely have racial issues with which they've never come to grips.
Sadly, I suspect 2012 will be a reincarnation of 2008 – a divisive, ugly election rife with name calling and lies.
"It is important to remember that at this stage of the game, candidate matchups are largely driven by name recognition"
Who are you polling? If they don't know these names, they must be living under a rock!
I'd rather vote for Tina Fey for President, however, OBAMA is doing just fine...he is an improvement over the Bush/Cheney devastation, and if the Tea Baggers are so concerned over government waste, where were they when Bush/Cheney became billionaires over the Iraq war??? Why is okay for Republicans to make money for themselves and not be taxed??? Why is Dick Cheney NOT in jail?? Please, enough with Sarah Palin's hypocrasy....
President Obama wins a second term in office hands down over Bachman-Palin-Romney. I rather find it laughable that is all the Republican party of NO has for it's nominee's. The Republican party should endorse Ron Paul, at least he has a message of substance.
hahahahahahah come on that is just funny to think she has a chance. i would vote for Lucy from the comic strip Peanuts before turning over my country to a quitter from Alaska no matter how great her eye sight may be in looking to Russia or reading ALL those magazines or supreme court decisions. hahahahaha
Yeah CNN! Runnin some polls on a non-office-holding, half-term governor who hasn't even announced she's running for president which, of course, isn't even for another 2.5 years anyway! Way to keep it relevant CNN! Yr raisin' some eyebrows, yo! I'm sure this poll will resonate for at least another 45 minutes until you cover it yourself in a completely separate post!
CNN stop putting Sarah Palin in your articles. Your reputation as a news network has gone down the toilet with your ratings. Please, for the love of journalism and reporting for the sake of telling people useful information instead of invoking flash in the pan emotions and soundbites, just do what you're supposed to do.
When you see Nancy Pelosi score over 30 percent in popularity you have to question the poll. Was this only taken in San Francisco?
What IDIOT would even think this is even a match up? It's like comparing a Pinto to a Bentley.
This is absolutely ABSURD. President Obama hands down.
Palin couldn't beat a dog turd in a national election.
Obama will crucify Palin and all the other clowns on the list. Bring it on!
By the time 2012 gets here it won't be Palin running and Obama will lose the election by double-digit points. Americans are waking up to this madness and will not be tricked by the media again. The MSM was in bed with Obama from day one and was corrupt in their coverage of him and promotion for the Democratic party.
this is sooooooooooo no contest. to even suggest a competition between President Obama and Palin is laughable.
Just what would you compare – IQ no contest – education -no contest
integrity – no contest – experience – no contest
if you want to compare Palin to someone and make it fair – compare her to – oh I dont know, how about – oh gosh- I betcha this is harder than I thought it would be – Glenn Beck – thats it
Why does CNN continue to dwell on a completely inane issues??? You guys are now Fox-Light. Sad.
I cant believe that people would even consider voting for Palin as an actual president. Shocking.
Well, after the Bush years and the complete disgrace they have brought onto America and our Military I guess I shouldnt be shocked at all.
I would move back to Viet Nam if Sarah Palin became the USA president . She is extremely unqualified politician ,most of the times she does'nt know what she talks about.
Really? Obama would beat Sarah Palin? Wow. I am in complete shock right now. CNN please keep in mind that Americans are not idiots. She shouldn't stand a chance. However, I do think Romney and Paul would be great challengers to Obama.
If people vote for Obama again they must be so far left they can't see a foot in front of theirselves. Obama is destroying this country with his out of controll spending. higher and higher taxes here we come.
palin is not smart enough to know that her rhetoric is misleading and dangerous. she is a quitter and not qualified to be a small town mayor.
Nobody has any interest in what Palin says except you (Ticker), obviously you have some kind of infatuation. She is clearly a narcissist, and if you would just stop reporting every time she goes to the bathroom I would be much happier.
glad to see that Palin is purely an entertainment draw!!!
You have to be kidding...
The President of the United States is one serious smart articulate fella.....
Sarah Palin is the most pathetic excuse for a woman, a mother, a citizen, and most importantly, a joke of a politician....
Sarah Palin has been reduced to being a FEMALE Rush Limbaugh!
There is no comparison
what are you internals on this poll. it appears a over sampling of dem's.
The only reason Huckabee would run is to continue with the bigotry from his 2008 campaign. He cannot stand Romney's religion and will do all he can to keep Romney from securing the nomination. In my opinion Romney is the best candidate when one considers the economic state of the country, the need to minimize the health care debacle, the unemployment rate, etc. As an aside, Palin ought to move to Massachusetts and run against Kerry the first chance she gets.
Why are we even comparing that low-life trash with the President of United States?
Former Gov.Palin does not seem to have anything to put forth in most political debates except one line insults and zingers. She does seem likable enough though and I think that is why she is still in the media spotlight. Of course, President Obama would win against her on obvious intelligence alone.
Palin wins by double digits when the poll is conducted by only asking the real Americans, aka the ones who actually pay federal income taxes.
Let the republican hate machine start their spin. All of the republican's mentioned are well known. They presented their vision for America either via the presidential race (palin) , the primary race (romney, huckabee, paul) or their congressional record. (Newt) Let's face it, Obama is the best their is, In order for Palin to be seen as a viable candidate, (listen republicans) she needs to keep a very low profile, study up on the issues and her history and speak intelligently. Right now, she wants the spotlight (doesn't realize that Reagan wants to reuce the amount of arms we have) doesn't know the issues (nuclear threats) and her country vocabulary makes her sound ignorant (you betcha)
A lot of people do know Gingrich and his contract with America. Yeah, we all know how well that went.
Also, They know that he divorced his wife while she was in the hospital for cancer.
Many still remember that he was fined $300,000 for a book deal he made while in the House.
Gingrich is probably better know than what some people think because he already has lots of experience on the national stage.
How can anyone think Sarah Palin is more qualified than Barack Obama?????? Talk about apples and oranges!!!!! It's like comparing a Mercedes Benz to a Pinto....
These recent presidential match up polls, and the latest poll that has the Democrats ahead in Congressional races, must be because the public can see through the Republican lies and hypocrisy.
The economy is recovering in spite of Republican assertions to the contrary, and in spite of Republicans doing everything in their power to prevent it.
Why do Republicans hate America?
That remains to be seen though I'm not a fan of Ms. Palin's for president. If Nobama's ratings keep going further and further in the tank, my next door neighbor could beat him.
If the GOP Puts Palin on their ticket for 2012, it would be political suicide and could bring an end to the GOP as we know it. I can't imagine any sane Republican backing Sarah Palin and for the Presidency. Having the Prom Queen for Student Government or Governor of a state with a population smaller than Orange county, CA is one thing, but throwing their weight behind a candidate whose only redeeming quality is being cute would gut the GOP like one of Sarah's Moose. The core of the Party is smarter than that.
I wonder what Zogby Polls say. Their polls have reflected actual outcome more closely. But, yeah, Bailin' Palin is a moron. I want the GOP to keep on doin' what their doin'. It will only make Obama's numbers better. The GOP needs to just sit back and watch what real public servants do FOR our country. They might learn a thing or two, if public service is what they are interested in rather than corporate service.
Sarah Palin can easily PWN Obambi in 2012. She will become America's next and greatest President of all times for she is GOD's CHOSEN ONE, GOD INCARNATE and the LIVING EMBODIMENT of GOD HERSELF! She is the REAL MESSIAH and SAVIOR of this country and she will bring REAL CHANGE that is needed. She will UNLEASH GOD's WRATH onto DC and root out all the corruption and restore the government to the people! It is all part of GOD's grand plan as GOD HERSELF set up the economic collapse and put Obambi in 2008 for him to fail so that her CHOSEN ONE can come in 2012 and clean up all of this mess from all previous presidents. This world needs the Palin Revolution!
This is obvious to anyone with a brain. She's WAY out of her league. The President is intelligent, compassionate, and knows the issues that concern the American people....Sarah knows none of that.
Personally, I wouldn't vote for either one of them. They both need to grow up. We haven't really had a "grown up" president since Reagan.
America just can't afford for our gov't to keep getting bigger!
You mean to tell me there are people who are not her family members who would actually vote for her?
Silly rabbits. Tricks are for kids. Who even thought Palin had a chance?
Say what you want about Obama, but if the GOP runs Palin (I doubt they will) they are guaranteeing another four years for him.
This is too far away to even put any credence to this. I would vote Sarah.
Oh thank you America!!! I knew we were too smart to elect someone like Sarah Palin. Can you even imagine her sitting at the summit with all those foreign diplomats? If the GOP are smart, they will not let her become a candidate. She is a gaurantee loss for them. Thank you again, thank you thank you, thank you and GOD Bless the United States of America.
Ahhh, I smell a Republican blood bath in November 2010/2012
it is absolutely terrifying she got any support. i know she is fun to watch on television, in the same way that 'kids say the darndest things' was fun. if she got 15% of potential GOP support should we expect 'snookie' from mtv's 'jersey shore' to be hovering around those same numbers?
the woman is a disgrace...unfathomably ignorant...speaks volumes for the state of the republican party.
its a trick question america.
they all blow.........
fight organized crime..............vote them all out
i dont understand why this is so hard to do, i know vermonters are dumb...............but why would you send the same person to washington for 35 years?
I am not for Palin, but I have to questions the validity of your CNN opinion poll. You are only banking your article on this report which is read by a largely democrat audience. It is far from balanced. To make a news report about your opinion poll seems a little bit propaganda-ish. I am not in love with Obama either, which most of the media seems to think we still all are.
So as the poll results indicate, Palin ONLY appeals to poor, ignorant, uneducated, uninformed, angry white male Confederates. There's no way she can become President with just that demographic.
Sarah Palin is like a huge pimple. It is grossly obnoxious, you can’t wait for it to just go away, the more you stress and focus on it the larger and more pronounced it gets, it didn’t have any business being there in the first place, and in the large scheme of things it really doesn’t have any effect on your life.
perhaps the "dumbing down of America" is not quite as effective as I thought. Sarah Palin is good at throwing "red meat" out to her fans, but even some hardcore GOPers know that she is far from being presidential material. In fact she is being so overexposed at the moment that sooner or later her flame is going to burn out. I do credit her for this though, she's making all the money she can before it does.
I don't really want a woman president and before anybody gets all rude, I am a woman, but I would sure vote for Palin over Obama anyday of the week, month, or year! That man needs to be impeached!
Don't you media "professionals" have anything better to cover? Palin may be your darling, given the fact that you sniff every piece of laundry she leaves in her hugely unattractive wake, but I think most of us find her boring, tedious, and embarrassingly self-absorbed. Can't you find a better representative of what is really happening in our country? Obama is making huge strides toward protecting the majority of us, (the middle-class, the poor, and others who don't fall under the "elite" category for media coverage,) so who not give us a break? Stop playing into the divisiveness of this unimportant person and stop insulting our intelligences with this non-stop coverage.
How can she take care of the World if she just quit in the middle of her term in Alaska. No, thank you. I do not like quitters!!!!!
Bring 'em on.
If the country is as bad off as SOME people claim, the polls would not have Obama at 53-55% in these matchups.
I still can't believe any educated person would vote for Palin.
Palin's only interest is her bank account. She will say and do whatever it takes to get the MONEY. The oath of office means nothing to her she quit in Alaska and she will quit anytime its profitable for her period end of story.
Sorry, Sarah, you can only fool part of the people all the time.
Many don't trust the CNN polls. They tend to slant questions for desired outcomes. It is outrageous how CNN will do a documentary on Sarah Palin but present her very negatively taking clips that show her bloopers and then finish with a Tina Fey Clip. If conservatives did that to Obama they would be labeled racist. I have seen many of Sarahs interviews and personally find her more intelligent than Obama. But hey CNN sees him as the messiah and would not dare present him in a negative light.
There are not enough points on the scale to measure the amount
Obama would have to soar pass Palin.... I mean come on why is
this even a story? The constant rhetoric that Palin produces should
be enough for any intelligent person to literally want to jump off a
cliff, get up and do it again...Palin gives new meaning to the word
dummy...wait I think even a dummy could utter a few words that make
sense..
Sarah who?.......
"It is important to remember that at this stage of the game, candidate matchups are largely driven by name recognition, and at least a quarter of all Americans are unfamiliar with Romney, Huckabee and Gingrich. As a result, Obama has an 8- to-12-point edge over each of them in hypothetical matchups," adds Holland.
Uh...really? People do not know who Romney, Huckabee and Gingrich are? Gingrich I might be able to see as he has been out of the news in recent years. Romney and Huckabee were both canidates for the GOP nomination coming in third and second (in that order) behind McCain.
Gingrich is he former speaker of the house and I think his name is still very well known.
You betcha thats funny
What else do you expect
This poll should come as no shock to anybody. Sarah Palin is nothing more than a pretty face, a wink, and a bunch of cutesy-folksy sounding platitudes. She has no substance. I actually hope she runs, so that she can get slaughtered by her own party. Divided GOP equals 4 more years of Barack Obama, the best President we've had in a long time!!!
Shocker!! CNN reports supposed bad news for Palin. Why can't CNN go 48 hours without reporting trying to make her look bad or marginalize her?? How come we never see the polling data showing Obama or other dems losing massive support?
Why does CNN even bother with headlines like this? It's insulting and demeaning.
John McCain/Sarah Palin lost the election. To hear her still harp on "community organizer" is stupid. Bottom line, that community organizer beat you. The voters decided.
Sarah Palin stirs up the pot with drivel but NEVER offers a suggestion for any problem. We need people willing to come to the table with ideas not constant never-ending criticisism.
Who cares about Palin; only an idiot would vote her in as Commander in Chief of this great nation. Enough with the stupid polls!!!
people actually said they'd vote for her?! Why???? What does she have to offer in the way of intelligence, knowledge and political savvy?
I don't understand why Palin is even being considered here. People think Bush was bad; people think Obama is bad... Electing Palin would be the end of the US
Barry vs. Sarah...the ultimate white-male, redneck, red-blood, political-erotic fantasy of vanquishing superior intellect & competence with flirty-skirty racism disguised as "the people's voice". At least they won't have to give her a makeover to say 'nucular', 'terrrr' & other fake folkisms – she's already a hick!
You've got to be kidding?
Palin is an idiot compared to her Republican peer group, let alone against some one as intelligent and effective as President Obama. The joke is she gets 40 something percent comapred to Obama's 50 something?! How can so many be so ignorrant?
A President Palin leading a Nuclear Arms Summit would be more scary than watching "The Exorcist" when we were kids!!
For Sarah Palin to be even in the top 100 shows how leaderless the Republican party truely is. If the American public is so desperate to make a change in the White House in 2012 that they would even give the slightest consideration to Sarah Palin, tells me how low we have sunk as a nation.
As we go along, I find myself speechless when it comes to the subject of who should lead our country for the next 8 years. Seems to me it's a no brainer but of course, I support President Obama 100% now and will do so again in 2012.
Obama all the way..........Will win again in 2012.
I wouldn't trust her with my household let alone our country. Anyone who can't ensure that her daughter doesn't get pregnant out of wedlock doesn't deserve presidency. I think she should get out this spotlight and focus on her family. Remember she has another daughter. She's a bore to hear about. She has the same old puppet rhetoric. More than half of America is convincend that she's an uneducated ninkapoop. Move one to more pressing issues. Like what govt is doing to create jobs and boost our economy.
We are so fortunate to a brilliant man as pesident. This country cannot take another president that is not capable of handling the job.
Well, my faith in the mental stability of the American public is at least partially restored.
69% say Palin is not qualified to be president – probably the remaining 31% are the same uneducated religious fanatics who would vote for Huckleberry.
There is still hope for our great nation!
The most amazing thing about this poll is that Ron Paul is included! For years the man has been marginalized and ignored. Keep it up Dr. Paul. They are listening now.
Palin is sucking the life out of the GOP she is sucking the life out of the other canidates, she is divideing the Republican Party ..... you all say that the Democrats are afraid of Palin......that is so untrue.....it is the Republican Party that is afraid of her and doesn't have what it takes to tell her where to get off.......so be it......come 2012 we will see another 4 years for Obama.......
if GOP wants to have real chance to matchup with Mr. Obama, Palin would be the last person they should consider.
Why does the media continue this chirade and propoganda, Palin vs. the President. What is the subtle, subliminal psychology. Is it to marginalize the president or an attempt to elevate this woman. It is a no brainer at most. It may stroke her ego but does nothing avout her real worth as a so-called leader. She is a good cheer leader but, no substance, and not a good candidate, keep writing answers in your hand Palin, that's how you do it. The qualified member women in Congress, who are at the top of their game has to be in shock of the idea, that this woman runs around with a mike in her hands, scaring the daylights out of everyone with her slanted rhetoric.
This has got to be the most trashy thing I have ever seen CNN do.
I noticed no reporter put their name on this article, out of extreme embarrassment I'll bet. The CNN Editor responsible for this being posted should be re-assigned to buiding waste management.
I know lets do a poll on Joe the Plumber vs Obama, just to see how many crazies go for Joe.
C'mon folks, lets put up al the most outlandish opponents against Obama and ask CNN to run a poll for each.
Please tell me Palin coming in third is a joke.Who in their right mind would vote for this moron? The idiot of the world comes in third? What has happened to America? That would be like voting for Rush Limbaugh! The secon d idiot of the world-followed by Glenn Beck and Hannity. America has gone to the dogs. Literally.
Huckabee plays bass. Now that is cool. And he supported a creative approach to addressing income taxes. That is a plus. (Though I think it would backfire.) However, he is too caught up in his holy war thinking for many of us Christians.
None of these numbers are really surprises except for Ron Paul. For Ron Paul to get 8% in this kind of poll this early is amazing. Something is going on.
If both run, Chuck Norris will be in an awkward position. He endorsed Huckabee for the 2008 nomination but has been a vocal fan of Paul since the nomination.
The sadness of this poll...
42% of those polled think Sara Palin is qualified to be President (but wait 69 percent say she is not qualified to be president.), especially given her atrocious comments on the US/Russian Arms treaty, the fact she hasn't a coherent policy statement outside of criticizing Obama's hard work, and thinks that bad analogies somehow make bad positions pallatable... oh wait... they do to the FOX news crowd.
Even sadder... "at least a quarter of all Americans are unfamiliar with Romney, Huckabee and Gingrich" They ran last time! Wasn't that two years ago? Huckabee even stayed in it too long and Romney was a front runner! Gingrich.. speaker of the house and Repbulican icon.
The party of NO seems to be the party on NO CANDIDATE. Shows what happens when your platform is just oppose everything and stand for nothing but fear. Fear does not attract, it divides.
I would certainly hope that most intelligent people in this country would not choose Palin to run anything, let alone this country! What would happen if, let's say, President Palin would get a wild hair and decide to leave office in mid-term? Think about it people!
You mean that 15% of the republicans are insane.i thought it might be at least 85%.
Hey Palin: I love my hopey/changey thing. Thanks for asking ! I'm
All yoo stoopid librals well reely be in trubble in 2012 when Sarah Palin beets Burack Obamer an becums prezident. I will vot for hur just like Rush Limbaw and Shaun Hanitee and Ann Colder teeched me to do on their fox news shows and then that soshalest Obamer wil be lookin fer a noo job. Doo yoo peeple think i am smartur than a too turm govurnur?
I am not sure why the presidential ranking is such a big deal. Obama has stopped the unemployment rate from going further and it is starting come back down. People have recovered most of the money they lost in 401Ks under Bush. We are getting a treaty to reduce nuclear stockpiles and we are securing loose nukes. Healthcare while contentious has so many good things in it that Republicans are saying repeal/replace because they don't want to actually repeal it. The foul taste the Republicans left in our collective mouths is still there. Why would we bring them back???
if your poll showed Palin beat President Obama your headline would make sure to emphasize that ...but because its the other way around...the info on the results in barried in the article..
shameful....CNN you do pick sides...its always on the right!
This is BS.
Ron Paul beat Romney at CPAC.
Why is CNN still trying to keep Ron Paul bad mouthed.
Wait until he runs again.
These other guys and idiot Palin will get smoked.
Ron Paul the CHAMPION of the Constitution.
The modern day Thomas Jefferson.
RON PAUL 2012
CHEW ON THAT CNN
This poll at this particular point in time is worse than meaningless. In the 2 1/2 years before the elections, Someone not mentioned in this poll could well come to the forefront and beat Obama by double digits. Or one of the weakest of those mentioned could be elevated to the dominate front runner. But either way, Obama will be most desired to be a one term president by the American People.
That imbecile of a woman is an embarrassment to this country. I just wish she would go away. She's pathetic!!!!
Pres. Obama=qualified to be President, intelligent, knowledgeable
Palin-=not qualified, ignorant, not knowledgeable
Thank God there are people out there with some sense. Obama/Biden 2012!!
That's funnny!
Palin consistently beats Newt "The Mouth" Gingrich in polls.
To think Palin could even challenge Obama is a farce.
Huckabee gets 24% from his party?
Do you Republicans even have a candidate?
CNN ,
you wast your time with such a absurd and ridicules poll?
Wait till she is on dancing with the stars , then take your poll ?
Whether you agree with Sarah Palin's views or not, you are out of your mind if you really think she'll win any high-level election, in November 2012 or any other time. Popularity does not equal effectiveness. As for Romney and Huckabee, I am happy to see them finally get some recognition because they are far more astute than Palin with carving out real solutions on the national and global fronts. Palin is a one-woman show. I just hope as a country we can quickly pull our heads out of the sand and realize what Obama has said all along – that it will take ALL of us making sacrifices to right the ship.
The fact that Palin is even on such a list exposes the stupidity of republicans.
We saw how the "average joe" did as a president. The "below average jane" would do far worse.
Palin will never be President. She can barely spell it!
if she were even so much as elected dog catcher...."Oh Canada" would be this kid's new national anthem.
What a ridiculous story... 1000 people is not even statistically significant, consequently the results are not considered valid. CNN and their "political directors" should simply change the name to DNN.
The Copmmies News Network spews propaganda again; nothing here. All this is a lie that they wish to propagate to the American people, in the hope they will be fooled.
The guy who thinks that there are 57 States in the Union, who thinks that 3,000% savings will accrue with Health Care, who thinks that there's an Austrian language (among other "intelligent" comments he has made) isn't going to win in 2012 and everybody knows it.
Question is: will he resign before then?
Oh brother........... are you kidding? OF COURSE President Obama would win by a mile........ if not more, if the GOP puts Palin up for president. The GOP knows better.
CNN you guys funny. Why would even put some crap like this out their.What ever happen to reporting the news not you thoughts or survey's.
I am so tired of the conservative-biased media pretending that Sarah Palin is a legitimate contender to be the president. Give it a rest, already.
"Palin is popular in the South and rural areas." Oh, you mean the areas of the country where racism and illiteracy are the most prevalent. Who'd have guessed?
Oh, for the love of God, Alaska and Discovery Channel – please let her run.
Wow CNN lost its marble. This is an Oxymoron poll. Even CNN wants to promote idiocy by conducting this poll and keeping low IQ Palin on the news. I suppose hunger, health care, occupation etc are not news that they have to make something.
I hope she runs. President Obama would surely get a 2nd term if that happens. And as for Haley Barbour, what a loser. Hope he runs too...
She's still smarter than the person who is now president, by far.
CNN – Please stop PUSHING Palin to run for President. She is NOT interested – she NEVER was after she LOST the VP bid. Her goal is to make as much money as she can by spreading LIES and stirring up hatred among her BASE... She will reamin a 'celebrity' and that's that!!!!
lets face it she's an idiot!
Sarah Palin has no qualifications to be POTUS. She is mere eye candy. If Sarah looked like Harriet Miers she be washing dishes at a cheap diner in Wasilla.
Hey, why don't you put Obama against me?
I'm a private citizen! I haven't influence the politics
of this country.
Am thinking ANYBODY would post a "double digit" win against Palin. I hope she does run, get the nomination and the question can be asked and answered once and for all. Palins only "legendary status" is in her own mind....
WHAT,CNN where are you conducting these polls on the Appalachian Mountains? This thing that you call palin can't even read,write,talk or think and you got the nerve to mention her along side of him as being presidential.What are you trying to do make the President look bad on the down low.
"That's the least he can do, particularly after he pulled the rug out from under the Polish government a few months ago when he canceled the long-planned ballistic missile defense system."
Right, because signing a historic major strategic unclear arms treaty with Russia that will help de-escalate the race for nuclear arms and garner Russia's trust and support in trying to control rogue nations...that's WAY more damaging than planting an "I dare you" sign in Poland.
There are those who try to claim that Sarah Palin has as much experience in the political world due to her limited time as govenor of Alaska., as our current President has in his career. They are very confused and under informed. If they would take the time to explore, {even check Google} they would find out that as a Senator in Illinois,our president Obama was off to a good start in the political scene,and worked on any number of legistrated issues. He was as qualified to run as were most of our previous candidates and given time and a fair shake, he will prove himself worthy of the office.I have been around a long time and have seen administrations come and go,some good,some bad. but they need more than one and a half years to prove themselves.
she shouldnt even be in the poll comparing her with obama. why are we discussing her for candidate? she doesn't belong in that catagory period. it like rush limb for presdient..how stupid is that ? it goes the same for palin
Edit:
"That's the least he can do, particularly after he pulled the rug out from under the Polish government a few months ago when he canceled the long-planned ballistic missile defense system."
Right, because signing a historic major strategic NUCLEAR arms treaty with Russia that will help de-escalate the race for nuclear arms and garner Russia's trust and support in trying to control rogue nations...that's WAY more damaging than planting an "I dare you" sign in Poland.
ha...mispelling "nuclear" as "unclear" is almost as ironic as mispelling "cooperation" as "corporation"
They're both pretty dumb, thats my 2 cents.
i guess CNN is running out iof story for outting a title like " obama vs palin" com on have some dignity
I'd pick Joan Rivers over Sarah Palin!
Don't tell the Republicans. Palin would guarantee a second term for Obama. I don't really think they have anybody who could beat him in 2012. Read that the deficit has gone down a little today.
OBAMA 2012!
run sarah run you ignorant fool!
What a comparison. People who even think that Palin is in the league with the president must be crazy or has no political understanding. I think the public who supports Palin must have the same level of political knowledge of the world. like I said before Palin needs to take Politics 101. CNN should be ashamed to even think of taking a poll. She is a nobody but a person trying to make a name for herself by running around with the tea party and chastise the president. She did not even help John McCain so what made you think is she can give the president a run for the presidency.
I wouldn't take the polls too seriously. I've never been polled and don't know anyone who has including friends and family.
"The poll shows Obama topping Romney 53 percent to 45 percent, beating Huckabee 54 percent to 45 percent, defeating Gingrich 55 percent to 43 percent and topping Palin 55 percent to 42."
ARE YOU KIDDING ME????
I find this article very bias since CNN is known to be Pro Obama. The question is would you have printed the information if it had not been favorable to President Obama. My guess is "No"! Have yet to see a "fair and balance" artilce on CNN's website.
CNN run out of story for putting " obama vs palin" com on!
"... and 69 percent say she is not qualified to be president..."
Whatever the other 31% are abusing, please send some along because it must be really, really good to cloud your judgement to the level that you think she is qualified.
Oh but wait! That's right! She can see Russia from her back yard...
What relevance does a silly poll like this have?
CNN, you should stop spending money for this garbage and hire some more JOURNALISTS!
Why does CNN and the rest of the chattering class have this fascination with Palin? Do they secretly want to sleep with her?
in a separate poll people who feel sarah palin is intelligent are fools!
Sarah v Obama? LMAO!
No contest whatsoever. I would NEVER consider Palin Presidential material.
Sarah Palin is an entertainer, not a politician.
Bring the lying hypocrite on – Obama 2012 – Smart guy wins AGAIN
The republicans could run a third world dictator against Obama, and the 42% who make up the republican party would vote against our president. (Obama 56%, Castro or Chavez 42%)
Oh, let's make it a horserace – Palin v. Pelosi. It'll be Pelosi, in a landslide.
Why do we have to hear or read what Palin has to say on any subject? She quit her political job,but feel she should comment on any thing that Obama sets out to do. Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!
Why do folks at CNN and other "mainstream" news outlets keep talking about Sarah Palin? Shouldn't this article be titled "Obama beats current GOP potential candidates in new poll?" Why is Sarah Palin constantly held out as the face of the Republican party. I know a lot of people like her, but no one I know thinks she is a serious candidate for any national political office, much less President. Is it because CNN wants to paint the GOP in the negative light of its most controversial member? "I can't stand that woman, Palin. I better rush out and vote for Osama again."
"Palin is almost as well known as Obama, but the general public appears to have some doubts about what they have seen of her so far,"
... uh, yeah. I also have doubts about her ability to form proper sentences.
They should put all these pollsters on an island somewhere. .and let them feed their foolish and meaningless results to each other. .as the rest of us really don't give much of a crap
I'd be more inclined to believe that in an Obama vs. Palin election, Palin would come in third...after "None of the Above."
Maybe she can run for President of Alaska, after they secede.
Interesting the way it's shaping up already!
Hey all the Evagels reading this and are wrapped up in the politics of these here times. Read Romans 13, do a bible study on the text and get back to me. Dont shoot the messanger, read.
depends on who you ask and how often they write reminder notes on their palms
Sarah Palin not qulaified? – She had a partial term as a Governor and actually did something. Obama had a partial term as a Senator and did nothing. If she isn't qualified, neither is he. Goes to show what a bunch of ignorant, do nothing, government take care of me people that live and vote in this country. Not all should be allowed to vote as we well know now. If Obama doesn't manage to destroy the country before 2010, maybe America will wake up. It owuld take someone with a lot of business experience and real "intestinal fortitude" to step in and clean up Washington D.C. If it doesn't happen, we will be ruled by a foreign country sooner than later. Think it can't happen? Obama bows to everyone – except to the will of the American people.
Palin is a loud mouthed airhead. If she were a man, people would chalk her up to a looney.
Compare Palin to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who is qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice and President. Palin can't even be suggested by the Republican party as an appointment of a justice. Americans enjoy Palin's comedy but they aren't stupid.
She came in third? Well that's just disturbing.....
God. Finally. Some Good news for a change.
If Palin runs get ready for four more years!
Every last one of them is an empty suit owned by the bankers and corporate elite, with the exception of Ron Paul. The American people really need to know that none of them except Mr. Paul are any different than President Obama. If you really want real change including peace, prosperity, and respect for the constitution and individual liberties, the only choice is Ron Paul. Make no mistake about it Ron Paul would easily win every debate against President Obama as he isn't playing political games or saying what someone else told him to, he is telling the truth, no notes, no teleprompter just the honest truth. Ron Paul 2012!
Seriously..how is she even a contender again? Who's next Heidi Montag???
Wow, Its a sad day for the radical anti american fringe liberal party. I mean when polls are already being taken about the 2012 race (Obozo may be impeached or even physically removed from office by then due to the coming revolution) after Obozo has been in office a little over a year its pathetic. The fact that this poll was even taken this early on shows how pathetic, non effective and basically ridiculous the Obama regime really is. After the radicals get wiped out in November, the focus will be on the lead Socialist and Chief. Take this poll in 2012 when it matters and see what the results are then. Guarantee the Radical and Chief will be one and done. COUNT ON IT
And you're surprised why?
Palin/Smailin', who cares. She is not going to get it. Americans were ripe for picking their 1st black President. (Which by the way, is doing a hell of a job considering what was left on his plate from the past obstinate admin.) Do you forget so soon? It will be awhile before a women is elected unless Hillary speeds things up a little! All palin is is eye candy to most folks. Yummy but too much can make you sick.
Beau Colby
What's scary is 42% of the people polled would vote for someone who didn't know Africa was a continent ,thinks dinosaurs lived during the time of ancient Greece and doesn't know what the constitutional role of the vice president is (Palin).
CNN, this is stupid. Why don't you spend some time explaining the science of climate change to people instead? All these "hypothetical" candidates are has-beens and I just hope GOP runs one of them – it would be a much worse loss than what McCain experienced.
"Palin is popular in the South and in rural areas, but her unfavorable rating is at or near 60 percent among women, suburbanites, Independents, and in the Northeast and West"
You mean Palin is unpopular among intelligent people? Ha! Go figure!
Palin... Isn't her 15 minutes up yet?
Palin is a celebrity, not a serious contender. I'm sure the people in charge at the GOP know this too. Come 2012 it'll be someone like Huckabee and Romney, and Palin will be left to host some show on Fox News. I support Obama and want to see him continue after 2012, but if the Republicans think they can do better, surely they can try with a superior candidate than Palin. There's plenty to choose from.
If they let her (Palin) wear gloves during the debates and remove them half way through, she could double her knowledge base. This should move her up in the poll a bit.
What is the point of taking a poll to see who your Lib followers would like to see the GOP nominate to run against Obama?
So what this says about palin is that if the only people voting were short a couple of chromosones and a few teeth she might stand a chance.
What ? So far no Obama haters on here insulting the duly elected President of the United States yet?
So this "newsworthy" story is trying to prove what? That Obama against the 3rd best GOP opponent would be a landslide victory, if held today?
Where's the reverse poll? How about Romney or Huckabee versus John Edwards? That's about as scientific.
Palin is an insult to any sentient human being.
She doesn't belong in the same sentence as Obama.
CNN- Why the continual hype for the Alaskan Air Head? You are forever shoving her in our faces.
CNN are you becoming a tabloid? How dare you put Palin in the category of Huckabee, Romney and President Obama. OMG
Once again......Jon Huntsman, Jr. and Paul Ryan. This is the third time I have said this and I imagine this won't go through again-
The biggest surprise in this poll seems to be that even her own party now recognizes what everyone elso discovered long ago.....she ain't got it!
And the Northeast and West is where most of the people are! Haha.... Told you SP would never win.
Sarah Palin is like a "grasshopper tries to use one of the legs to stop a running vehicle"...she is so incapable of knowing how incompetent she is....
Is this even a serious question? Are you kidding me? What a joke. She's an shrilling idiot and is not capable of leading this country or any other for that matter. Can we put this to rest?
Palin, the governor that quit her term, that works for Fox News and has a reality show will be the GOP nomination, how sad is that for the GOP? I would say bring it on, but it would be a painful 2 years for most Americans listening to Palin sound coherent on any foreign or domestic issues. I hope she sticks to her reality show in Alaska and goes away.
With a draw like this the president has nothing to worry about. The best they have in Romney, reminds me of a car salesman.
So, the fear towards Palin and Gingrich is pretty deep all over the country. Yikes-it's not just me!
I have no doubts about Sarah Palin. She's a good match against Yosemite Sam and she'd trounce Foghorn Leghorn, but anybody else out there would embarass her.
An idiot like GW would beat palin. She's a moron and if the republicans pick her she'll be the best hope the democrats ever had.
I hope she runs so that it will a landslide.
Run Sarah Run,,,,,,,, we need Obama
So American brains haven't become totally addled. That's a relief!
Palin looks better in a bathing suit though!!!
ABO....... Anybody But Obama!!!!
I HOPE ROMNEY'S WIN DID NOT SURPRISE ANYONE?
My guess is the rednecks are scratching their heads in bewilderment right now. They are wondering why Alaska's Caribou Palin didn't win the RNC straw poll?
Answer is that most people know Sarah "Reload" Palin is a political airhead? NO MALICE INTENDED, JUST A FACT.
THANK GOD THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY AREN"T CRAZY!!!!!
I am getting so tired of the media covering these crazy Tea Bag/Republican Taliban and act like they are speaking for the sane people in this country. These people are dangerous as the least and there speeches are sound like treason to me. Who are they planning to fight in their Revolution? American troops? Won't they then be the enemy???? Wake up and shut these people up. This will not end well.
It figures the Clinton News Network fixes it numbers so NOBAMA wins.
WHAT? AIRHEAD PALIN DIDN'T WIN?
In a blind test-vote, intelligent people will always cast their vote for intelligent leaders.
A pit-bull with lipstick (her words, not mine) is no match against a 10-ton elephant with brains. Hey pit-bull, go back to school and put on some 'intellectual weight'.
Come clean CNN – How much money is changing hands here to publish such garbage?
This renews my faith in America. The Repugs are seeing Palin for what she truly is...a straight-from-the-trailer park mess, uneducated, hillbilly. I hope she becomes aware of the poll results and decides to spare her party any further embarrassment. I think Palin is revolting!!!
If you don't know who Sarah Palin is, don't know who Mitt Romney is, don't know who Mike Huckabee is, or don't know who Ron Paul is–you are ignorant and shouldn't be voting anyway, whatever your thoughts on the current administration. I'll never forget the poll in 2000 that found that about a third of likely voters were convinced that Clinton was the Democratic candidate, running for a third term.
But if you can't identify any of the likely Presidential candidates for 2012, you're probably not reading CNN, so I'm probably just screaming without a point.
Puh-leeeze run Palin.
Please, just honestly picture her speaking before any gathering of world leaders. How pathetic her squeaky little voice and quaint mannerisms would appear and to represent the USA as a world leader. She's nothing but a silly woman who somehow has become the darling of the Republicans, primarily for lack of anybody else of statesmanship qualities, not that she has anything but sex appeal.
Yes the media has been successful in destroying Palin while Obama does nothing but destroy America. Simple but true.
When is everyone going to get over this she is not going to run for president I don't know why the dems are so afraid and if they are not then why is the Obama media constantly putting her up against any dems this is so stupid they need to get over themselves do they think this is good reading?
You guys must be running out of news. What a stupid poll. How could anyone compair the two. One has a brain the other shoots moose. Give us all a break.Can you imagin that dimwit talking to heads of state? Slow news day????
BOTH are losers that don't have a chance in 2012
Death panel Sarah honest and trustworthy??? I think not.
Is this really the best you can come up with CNN? Lets debate real candidates like Romney, Brown, Pawlenty......
This President has not done one thing positive for job creation and will suffer dearly in 2012.....
Let's see ... Huckabee believes that the earth is 5,000 years old, and was created in seven twenty-four hour days; Palin believes in witchcraft, speaking in tongues, bombing Iran.
Yep, they'd make a good match-up for the Republican ticket ... and a 60% or better win for Obama in the general election!
You have got to be kidding... right?
What a waste of time and money. I do hope Palin runs, she is the gift that keeps on giving... to Democrats, that is!
and in other news... the earth is round. OMG
really? did we really spend money to conduct a survey on this? how about less articles on the obvious?
There is absolutely no comparison. The President is an educated well rounded intelligent individual. Palin Inc. is a money making machine from the backs of those poor people who listen to her.
Why do the Republicans even bother? Until they can find a candidate who can offer some REAL constructive ideas instead of digging out and dusting off all of the failed policies of decades gone by they will never be a viable party again. If they continue to let James Dobson and the Wall Street crowd call the shots.....well they will get what they got, not much.
Sarah has said her thinking is 2010 not 2012. She is out their pointing out the truth about the Obama Administration. If it hurts her politically, so be it. Electing Republicans is her goal right now. At 45, she has a 18 year window if she decides to run for the President.
good god, the SAME 3???
The GOP has too many young AND accomplished stars to be putting these 3 at the top.
Paul Ryan '12
Bring on Sarah Palin,Gingrich,Paul,Romney, and the other DEAd HORSES and President Barack Obama will be announce as "Winner and still the CHAMPION " in a LANDSLIDE VICTORY that America has never seen. GOP --- GERMS OF POLITICS.