Heck she is more qualified than our current president.

Is this another one of those polls where the group actually polled was 60% Democrats, 20% "independents" and 20% Repubicans?

Gee a CNN poll telephone weighted heavily with Democrats (the proof is in the article where the margin of error for Republicans is 50% higher, meaning a much smaller sample size) doesn't like Palin? What a shocker.

I'm sure the dozen people still watching CNN will have a huge impact on the 2012 race.

What an idiotic statement. Palin is history and deservedly so. You project her many inadequacies on the current commander in chief because it is beyond your ability to understand intellectualism.

Posted by CavalierX

2009-10-28 11:14:48

Beat Nixon to it. A far left "news" network like CNN's polling is going to be so far out of whack that it would be rendered worthless.

Nixon wonders why the left fears Sarah Palin so much, if she is so "unqualified"?

Posted by Jack Schite

2009-10-28 11:21:07

Shush, child. Adults are talking.

Palin is history and deservedly so.

Ahh, I love the smell of hate and fear in the morning.

I love reading comical right wing commentary on this site while doing my morning dump.

Palin has all the validity of Cher. A politician she will never be again. Get over her.

Palin has all the validity of Cher. A politician she will never be again. Get over her.

Posted by Jack Schite

2009-10-28 11:34:37

I love the smell of fear in the morining!!!!

What an idiotic statement. Palin is history and deservedly so. You project her many inadequacies on the current commander in chief because it is beyond your ability to understand intellectualism.

Posted by Jack Schite

2009-10-28 11:21:07

Our cokehead(former?)-in-cheif isn't qualified to pooper-scoop my lawn.

Palin makes Odrama look like a high schooler in the experience department.

"You project her many inadequacies on the current commander in chief because it is beyond your ability to understand intellectualism."

Yeah I guess Palin isn't "intellectual" to blow $1.2 trillion than shrug it off with a "my bad" and a chuckle like Obama and Biden.

When Palin left office, Alaska had (and still has) billions in the bank.

Obama isn't qualified to run a lemonade stand, and should be marched into prison right behind Bernie Madoff for squandering the wealth of a generation of Americans with a phony ill-conceived scheme.

You project her many inadequacies on the current commander in chief

Which reminds me: Palin is, in fact, far more qualified to be President than Obama, who never held a job or an executive position in either the public or private sector before becoming President.

Given how Social Security is operated I don't see what Bernie Madoff did was illegal.

He just took a BIG government program and made a private sector version of it. Choice and Competition.

"Palin makes Odrama look like a high schooler in the experience department."

Don't insult hard working highschoolers like that. Many of them have newspaper routes, flip burgers, and rake leaves…all honest, productive, jobs the likes of which Obama had never performed.

"Choice and Competition."

Two things despised by the government. Now he's in the slammer.

These are some interesting numbers to mull over. Yes, the sample is pretty clearly biased in favor Democrats. However, even if we adjust, I think the 70% figure has enough room that the public's perception of her qualification is pretty clearly the major obstacle she has to address. Now, I don't share that view. But, I'm not going to allow my view to cloud my perception. In contrast, even in a poll biased against her, she seems to have very solid numbers on personality issues. What that tells me, at least, is that she has to get out there a little more on issues. Honestly, I'd suggest more debates. Energy, with the current cap-and-trade legislation under consideration is the logical choice. She's very strong on the issue, and was able to hold her own with energy analysts on CNBC, let alone your average politician. She's actually been making more comments on the dollar than a lot of other politicians. This is also a good issue to pursue (as long as she doesn't start venturing out into Ron Paul territory). It's one of those issues that a lot of politicians find too technical, making it fairly easy to own them in a discussion.

Don't insult hard working highschoolers like that. Many of them have newspaper routes, flip burgers, and rake leaves…all honest, productive, jobs the likes of which Obama had never performed.

Posted by Mike_M

2009-10-28 12:04:23

OK Pre-schooler, my bad, and all apologies to gainfully employed high schoolers. (Mines not currently emloyed so I forget some do actually know the value of work.)

Posted by Mike_M

2009-10-28 12:04:23

"Don't insult hard working highschoolers like that. Many of them have newspaper routes, flip burgers, and rake leaves…all honest, productive, jobs the likes of which Obama had never performed."

Since the forced minimum wage increase, Highschoolers can't get jobs.

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Intellectual?

The One was elected on a mantra of hope and change. Its hard to get less intellectual than that.

An intellectual should examine his premises, and develop arguements that go from those premises, and test them against the world of outer events. He should also examine his premises. And when he is found in error, he should go back to his data and assumptions and logics and reexamine them.

Where do you see this happening with Mr. Obama?

What seems to be more happening with Mr. Obama is a cultural shibboleth. "He's one of us so he's smart."

Since libs devalued character (honor, honesty ect.) when electing Clinton (and given the current rogue's row of Democrat officials) 'intellect' is the only thing they can venerate. This is also why they classify most Republicans as 'dumb'. However most of the politicians libs swoon over as 'smart' are actually incredibly clueless and ignorant.

Let's put Sarah Palin on the ballot in 2012 and see who is correct on how the public views her. Should be interesting.

AS far as "experience" being a factor in a President, I think liberals should keep their mouths shut on that aspect considering the inexperienced nitwit in the White House at the moment.

"The One was elected on a mantra of hope and change. Its hard to get less intellectual than that."

What, you don't think his styrofoam greek temple elevated him into the Pantheon of great political thinkers? You're such a racist.

John now owes me ten bucks for generating some discussion.

You like Palin because she's a MYLF (I'm not into trash). You hate Obama because he's an uppity black person.

And you are disappearing into the ceaspool of history with your ignorance and narrow mindedness.

Posted by Jack Schite

2009-10-28 14:28:46

Jack, you have a way with words which is downright invigorating and accurate.

You like Palin because she's a MYLF (I'm not into trash). You hate Obama because he's an uppity black person.

Sorry to burst your little bubble, but we're not shallow and race-focused, as you Liberals prove yourselves to be over and over again.

Conservatives complain about the cult of personality and Obama and than tout Palin like she's the greatest politician in the last century. The fact is that, relative to other candidates, she probably is unqualified. Half a term as governor and how much of that was spent campaigning? Had she not been a woman, at the right place in the right time, she would be a relative no-one today.

Like Obama, Palin is a creation of the media. Except she was created from media hatred. Who cares if she has more experience than Obama? She is still relatively inexperienced and I think most impartial people would have to agree.

. . . but we're not shallow and race-focused,

Posted by CavalierX

2009-10-28 14:42:00

An audacious lie with a bullet.

" Had she not been a woman, at the right place in the right time, she would be a relative no-one today."

Yeah, because running a state is no big deal.

Really the only criticism you libs can come up with is that Palin didn't sound good in a couple interviews. Mind you they were interviews with openly hostile reporters and were foolishly scheduled by the campaign about a week after she was shipped off to John McCain Moderate School to make sure she wouldn't contradict his totally erratic political positions.

Oh but that's it, isn't it? You get suckered in by any pretender whose voice has a pleasing cadence and immediately annoint him the messiah.

The hate still runs deep amongst the trolls, so Palin must be on the right track.

And you are disappearing into the ceaspool of history with your ignorance and narrow mindedness.

Posted by Jack Schite

2009-10-28 14:28:46

Projection again??!?!! Your ignorance is surpassed only by your fear!

Jack, you have a way with words which is downright invigorating and accurate.

Posted by Realpolitik

2009-10-28 14:33:46

Shut-up never-show, your stupidity is showing.

An audacious lie with a bullet.

Posted by Realpolitik

2009-10-28 14:57:30

The truth hurts, neve-show, doesn't it? Unless you can prove that Cav was lying?!?!

Posted by Bill_Dalasio

2009-10-28 12:27:28

Great take on the data. I tend to agree. Palin has done great getting picking up support via social media, but she's going to have to come up with a plan to address Americans via the traditional media outlets if she wants to overcome the image problem. She doesn't have to do it right now. In fact, she's probably smart to keep doing what she's doing until after the mid-terms, being sort of behind-the-scenes but a public player at the same time. But if she's going to run in 2012, she needs to have a plan that includes making the Sunday morning network show circuit and doing more interviews with the news netowrks, and she needs to look sharp when it happens.

Half a term as governor

Why, that's three years more executive experience than Obama's had in his entire life! But she was also a city councilman for 4 years and mayor for 6. I guess you agree that Palin is so much more qualified than Obama, isn't she?

I consider her to be unqualified to be president as well, but I don't think she's going to be trying for the job.

I just think that if you look at her record objectively she is inexperienced compared to most candidates.

Like whom? Aside from that, keep in mind that experience is not and should not be the only qualifying factor, just a useful indicator of one's executive skills and possible job performance. If we start choosing candidates by experience alone, we're back to the GOP's favorite candidate selection game: "Whose Turn Is It Next?"

There's going to be legitimate criticisms against any politician and I think lack of experience is a valid one in Palin's case.

A valid one? Sure. But, only a qualified one. A reasonable assessment is that the political class has done a p*ss-poor job in actually governing. The fact that Ms. Palin is largely outside the political class is a feature, rather than a bug for a large portion of her supporters. Judging from the results of the poll on which this post is based, that is a perspective that a large portion of the population shares.

Belwar,

A certain degree of defensiveness is understandable and even useful considering how insane the Left was in their attacks on her, and how the Right establishment came after her as well. Palinistas have a right to say 'prove you're honorable' to many in the Republican establishment considering how she was treated. And for the Left, it makes you yearn for the days of another Tennessee man…Andrew Jackson, who when his wife was insulted, engaged the offender after a certain point in a duel. I'd love to see Mr. Palin slap a network anchor in the face with some gloves on national tv…

Mike,

Yup, I'm a raaaaacccisssssttttt! And anyone who does not report me to the government because of my bad thoughts is also a raccccissssstttt!

“Why, that’s three years more executive experience than Obama’s had in his entire life! But she was also a city councilman for 4 years and mayor for 6.”

Don’t forget Chair of a state agency as well. Running the Alaska Natural Resources Conservation Agency may be a wee bit of an asset since energy is one of the biggest problems facing this country.

But she’s totally unqualified, remember. The office of President is now reserved exclusively for ignorant, unaccomplished, blowhards apparently.

Don’t care if you believe me or not but I’m a conservative. I don’t hate the woman. I just think that if you look at her record objectively she is inexperienced compared to most candidates. She WAS more experienced than Obama at the time the election was held. So what? Just because Obama’s experience sucked doesn’t mean I want another candidate with crappy experience.

Some conservatives are far too sensitive to criticism of Palin. There’s going to be legitimate criticisms against any politician and I think lack of experience is a valid one in Palin’s case.

Of the people that were being vetted by McCain for the election Palin was dead last in experience as far as I remember. Had she not been a woman, she’d just be another governor that 99% of the public couldn’t name. If thinking that makes me a “troll” than oh well I guess.

The Left doesn't care about Palin's experience. They just hate self made women who rise to power on their own. They prefer women that marry for money and power like Pelosi and Hillary. If a women proves to be capable of achieving anything on her own, the left goes nuts.

The Left is just anti-women unless they are submissive.

Some conservatives are far too sensitive to criticism of Palin. There’s going to be legitimate criticisms against any politician and I think lack of experience is a valid one in Palin’s case.

Posted by Belwar
2009-10-28 16:45:30

Out side of Romney and maybe Huckabee, I can’t think of single candidate in ’08 that had MORE executive experience than Palin, on either ticket. So unless someone knows more about her than has been mentioned she’s BETTER qualified than more than half the POTUS candidates.

Posted by Jack Schite
2009-10-28 14:28:46

Jack, you have a way with words which is downright invigorating and accurate.
Posted by Realpolitik
2009-10-28 14:33:46

Behold, the power of weed!

You hate Obama because he's an uppity black person.

And you are disappearing into the ceaspool of history with your ignorance and narrow mindedness.

Posted by Jack Schite

2009-10-28 14:28:46

You have your racist goggles on again and we are the narrow minded and ignorant?

Damn, I was really hoping Realidiot was gone. His mommy must have reinstated his computer privileges.

Ms. Palin can talk a good talk but doesnt finish the job, that makes her qualifications more in line with a radio talk show host not President of the United States.

Fear from the Left? Hardly. She has become a subject for jokes and pornographic videos. The problem is that nobody really takes her seriously.

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