RUSH: Fascinating data here, folks, in the latest Gallup poll that's out today. The headline of the Gallup poll is somewhat misleading. "Romney Edges Palin and Huckabee in Early 2012 GOP Test." The subhead is the real story: "Palin's favorable rating stable after announcing her resignation." So the numbers are this: The candidate most likely to support for the 2012 Republican nomination for president today based on Republicans and Republican-leaning independents: Romney 26, Sarah Palin 21, Huckabee 19, Newt 14, Tim Pawlenty, 3%. Haley Barbour, 2%. However, when you get to the favorable ratings of current leading contenders, you have Sarah Palin at 72% approval among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents; 56% approve of Romney and 59% approve of Huckabee.
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Favorable Ratings of Leading Contenders

While Palin trails Romney in the current candidate preference test, she leads both him and Huckabee in terms of their respective favorable ratings among Republicans. Currently, 72% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents have a favorable opinion of Palin, compared with 56% for Romney and 59% for Huckabee. But her lead on this measure largely reflects the fact that she is better known than the two former governors, given the substantially lower "no opinion" figures for her. Republicans rate each candidate more positively than negatively by better than 3-to-1 ratios. www.gallup.com...

I disagree with you and so do 74% of Americans

Originally posted by whatukno
Didn't you already make this thread?

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Just sayin.

I disagree with you and so do 74% of Americans

Shouldn't there be an astrisk there

74% of Americans that were polled by RUSH LIMBAUGH

[edit on 7/16/2009 by whatukno]

Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,018 national adults, aged 18 and older, conducted July 10-12, 2009. For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points.

For results based on the sample of 455 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, the maximum margin of sampling error is ±5 percentage points.

Interviews are conducted with respondents on land-line telephones (for respondents with a land-line telephone) and cellular phones (for respondents who are cell-phone only).[ex/]

I would love to have somebody that couldn't even finish their term as gov to then try and run for president. That's what we need is a quitter. Even better then a quitter is somebody who preaches one thing and then does another.... have you seen how her home life is with her kids? She is all about good wholesome values... you know like when your underage kid goes out drinking and partying and gets knocked up by the high school hokey star. She can't run her family yet she can run the country?

Last time I checked even John McCain said he wouldn't want her as the next candidate.

Originally posted by JulieMills
reply to post by Avenginggecko

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you forget that Romney and Huckster haven't been getting negative press on a daily basis.
give Palin a few months and she will make Obama's popularity seem miniscule...sit and watch the fieworks...better stock up on peptol...you're gonna need it


And Rush wasn't spinning it , he was UN-spinning Gallups biased reporting. get a clue.

These results are based on a July 10-12 Gallup Poll, which asked Republicans to choose which of six possible candidates for the Republican presidential nomination they would be most likely to support in 2012.