RacerJim
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ORIGINAL: Brain She’s Bush in a skirt. FTA: The poll asked people how they'd respond if a Congressional candidate had various hypothetical attributes. Asked how they'd feel if a candidate were "endorsed by Sarah Palin," the response was.... So a majority, 52%, reacted negatively. And an astonishing 37 percent would be "very uncomfortable" about a Palin endorsement, more than four times the eight percent who would be "enthusiastic" about it. Even better, there were only two attributes a candidate might have that were seen as worse than a Palin endorsement: Supporting Bush's economic policies; and supporting the elimination of various Federal agencies and/or Social Security. Obviously those pointing to Palin's influence are only concerned with her impact among GOP primary voters. But the above finding is another mark of just how toxic Palin has become to the rest of the world -- and how out of sync with public opinion the media obsession with Palin's influence really is. Plum Line - Sarah Palin is toxic Commentators keep telling us how influential Sarah Palin's endorsements are, and even if the whole "mama grizzly" meme is clearly overstated, there's no quibbling with the fact that Palin has pull among GOP primary voters. But the more interesting point to be made about Palin is how toxic she's become among the broader electorate. In fact, buried in the internals of the new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll is an amusing number: A majority see a Palin endorsement as a clear negative. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/06/poll_majority_sees_palin_endor.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 Polls are one thing, elections are quite another. Judging by all the elections since 2008 Obama's endorsement has been many times over more toxic for Democrats than Palin's has for Republicans. The longer Obama has been POTUS the more toxic he's become among the general electorate...currently about 55% toxic.
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