Levi Wrote:
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> I am so glad the Democrat won and we don't have to
> listen to this beauty queen in the Whitehouse.
>
>
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/08
> /more_proof_sarah_palin_is_toxi.html
>
> Okay, here's still more evidence, as if you needed
> it, that Sarah Palin is increasingly toxic to
> voters who reside outside the Palin Nation
> bubble.
>
> Pew Research just released a new poll finding that
> more than twice as many Americans see a Palin
> endorsement as a negative for a Congressional
> candidate than view it as a positive.
>
> The numbers: Thirty eight percent say they are
> less likely to back a Congressional candidate if
> Palin "campaigns on their behalf." Less than half
> that amount, 18 percent, say they are more likely
> to do so. Forty two percent say it would make no
> difference, only slightly more than see it as a
> downer.
>
> No one is contesting the fact that Palin is a
> major draw among GOP primary voters. But the
> larger story here -- one that goes directly to the
> heart of her presidential aspirations -- is that
> she's successfully tightening her emotional grip
> on her devoted legions of supporters at the
> expense of just about everyone else. Far more see
> her as a turn-off than as a turn-on.
>
> Palin supporters get very, very angry when you
> point this out. But the evidence is overwhelming
> at this point:
So, for 60% of those polled, it makes no difference or will make them more likely to vote for the candidate. What a NON story. The article itself is proof that folks still take her seriously enough to continue to try and discredit her.
If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/04/2010 10:58AM by Registered Voter.