Palin sees dip in popularity in Alaska, rest of nation

[riverdeep]

Source: Fairbanks Daily News Miner

"Palin’s popularity with Alaska voters has dropped precipitously, from a high of roughly 90 percent this spring — long before she was selected to join the McCain ticket — to an approval rating now of around 60 percent."

"Palin’s growing partisanship could make her transition back to state politics — should McCain not win the White House — a potentially rocky one."

"It’s going to be a different landscape for her completely," Moore said. "She’s going to need to tap into a bunch of political skills that she hasn’t had to use before."

"I don’t think she’s very practiced at admitting her faults and taking criticism well," he said."

Read more: http://newsminer.com/news/2008/oct/30/palin-sees-dip-popularity-alaska-rest-nation/

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The next time you hear right wing shills repeat the line, 'she's the most popular governor in the US', you can say 'not anymore'.

[sabra]

1. she's pulling a W going from 90% to 20% approval ...

[mt13]

28. one of my favorite...

blogs is

http://mudflats.wordpress.com/

they have been exposing sarah all along. this blog has some good perspective on alaska's up and coming progressives.

[tclambert]

38. I predicted the Bush popularity swing on 9/11

His upsurge is called the "Rally 'round the flag" effect. In times of crisis, people want to believe in their leader, even if he's done nothing to deserve it. (Airliners smashing into buildings does not make your leader smarter. Really.) I did not predict he would go up to 90%. That's just crazy. But right after 9/11, America went a little crazy.

I did predict he would screw up the response to 9/11. Because that was his track record in basically everything he'd done in his life. I was disappointed it took so long for people to see the truth and turn on him. I kinda hoped it would happen before the 2004 election. I predicted Republicans would eventually be embarrassed to be associated with him. That was evident by 2006. And now, NOBODY wants Bush campaigning or endorsing them. He's a millstone around McCain's neck. Maybe if he endorsed Obama . . . nah, nobody's believe it.

[roguevalley]

48. 60 is generous. i don't know anyone who isn't furious with her.

[dropkickpa]

2. Awww, poor thing

Psych naw! Fuck I hate that twit, gives women a baaaaaad name.

[hamsterjill]

3. Let those numbers fall, baby, fall!

n/t

[lisa58]

6. lol

[bdamomma]

36. let her numbers hit bottom

she is no role model to me, that is for sure.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Not to worry, she'll probably name herself to fill Stevens' seat when he resigns.

[Merlot]

9. Alaska passed a law that governor can not name replacement senator

has to be done by special election.They didn't take to kindly to stevens naming his daughter senator.

Maybe she can appoint herself dog catcher. Imagine her rounding up stray dogs with a helicopter.

[central scrutinizer]

17. that was Murkowsky who appointed his daughter, Lisa

it has been said that Fertilla imagined that she would get that appointment and when she was snubbed, she worked hard to bring Murkowsky down.

[McCamy Taylor]

19. Hurray! I was so sure that Palin planned to name herself to the Senate.

[TexasProgresive]

24. Not Stevens

The former corrupt Governor appointed his daughter Senator. This outrage might have been enough to put Palindrome over the top in the governor race.

[fascisthunter]

31. nope

[Politicalboi]

39. Old Ted is losing

New poll shows Ted behind by 8 points. Sarah won't have to worry about filling his seat.

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Senate/Maps/Oct30-s.html

[KansDem]

5. First you saw Russia from your doorstep, now you see your own demise from Anywhere, USA

I hope you enjoyed your 15 minutes. I didn't...

[cobalt1999]

7. LOL. Bush can only dream of reaching 60%

Once the hype of the election is over, she'll drop below 50% too.

[nichomachus]

35. But you have to look at the rate of descent

She dropped from 90-60 in six weeks -- that's a 33% drop in a very short time. Even Bush never plunged that quickly. At that rate, she'd be in Bush territory if the campaign lasted another six weeks.

[Overseas]

8. Uh oh. Palin needs the Alaska popularity to get her payoff for pushing the pipeline.

She needs to stay in as governor to reap her full rewards.

But she can dress a moose so she'll find a way to get back in there.

[ElboRuum]

10. "I don't think she's very practiced at admitting her faults and taking criticism well"?

Let's coat that with more sugar, my teeth aren't cracking yet.

[Raschel]

14. In other words, she's got her head up her butt! LOL n/t

[dipsydoodle]

11. Well its not wholly unknown

for a dipstick to dip.

Palin the lipstick dipstick :)

[tbredbeck]

12. Most popular governor?

Is she still the most popular governor in the US? That's still one of McCain's babbling points.

[Wednesdays]

15. If for some wacko reason she is

She is definitely the most unpopular guv outside her borders. :nopity:

[central scrutinizer]

18. Alaskans love their petro-bribes

and she has kept that spigot pouring into the trough.

[Zenlitened]

23. Well, the petro belongs to the people, collectively so, naturally...

... the wealth derived from it should be spread equally among all the state's citizens -- redistributed, you might say -- even if they did nothing to earn it.

Oh, wait... I just wandered off from the Republican talking point about terrible, horrible socialistic librulls, didn't I? My bad. :D

[Zenlitened]

21. What McCain won't tell you is...

... the polling sample was very small: Three Republican propaganda operatives, a rapture-ready End-Timer, and a guy they approached at a flea market, who only agreed with them so they would shut up and go away.

In other words, I don't think they've got anything real to support that "most popular governor" line. Seems to be something they just made up, like everything else about the McCain campaign: nonsense, distortions, outright lies -- and plenty of it.

[riverdeep]

13. In contrast to some in her party's growing hopes

of her as a national candidate, a savior of the conservative movement, I thought this was an interesting injection of reality. That she's going to have trouble staying in good graces locally, much less nationally in four years.

The article does say that almost all of the shift has come from Independents and Democrats, and that Republican support is still very strong, so who knows? I suspect she can fashion some sort of a career out of whipping up the base. But they will be the ONLY people who give a damn.

[Zenlitened]

16. That can't possibly be true.

I mean, every night a new Republican spokesman comes on th' tee-vee and tells me how wonderfully, wildly popular and lovable and maverick-y she is.

They wouldn't say it on TV if it wasn't true, would they?

:think:

[hisownpetard]

20. I think she has been exposed to her fellow Alaskans as well as the lower 48, and she has become a

disappointment and embarrassment to them.

She may have a tougher time of it than she expects, when (not *if*) she returns!

Buckle up, Barbie - it's gonna be a rough ride!

[PassingFair]

22. If McCain doesn't win this thing, he will be responsible for ruining her life.

They brought her out too precipitously. Not enough preparation.

I'd be pissed off if I were her.

Not that I would EVER be anything LIKE her....

[Zenlitened]

25. I disagree, honestly. Palin has only herself to blame.

Even if she felt she had to accept McCain's insane offer, she could have tried to be less of a... well, less of an obnoxious asshole... in her 'conversation' with America's voters.

The thing is... she truly IS an obnoxious asshole, but is too stupid, thoughtless and self-aggrandizing to realize it. So she jumped right in, spewing her crap and lies, and now the inevitable has happened: People took a look at her and most have decided they want nothing to do with someone like that.

No pity for Palin. She's earned every bit of the contempt coming her way these days.

[PassingFair]

29. I don't feel sorry for her.

She's a dumbass.

BUT she used to be a dumbass with political potential.

I think they have USED her.

Of course, she's willing to be used.

[Politicalboi]

40. Your right

She only has herself to blame. If she would have done some 8th grade homework she could have found out what a VP does. She could have found out what the Bush Doctrine was. I mean shit even I would done that. Goes to show how much effort she put into this. Kids go to college for years to become lawyers and she couldn't even spend a few days to study.

[BrklynLiberal]

42. Yep. She asked for it...loud and clear.

I guess she thought she could pull the same crap on the entire nation that she pulled in Alaska.
It just didn't fly down in the lower 48 the way it did up there.

[Submariner]

26. Back to the sticks with ya Sarah...you betcha!

[Liberal Gramma]

27. Ah, that explains it!

I heard that she publicly asked Stevens to step down. If that happened before the election, could she appoint a replacement? Or could the Republican legislature?

[BayjanDem]

30. It's her voice

I know she's semi-attractive. But her voice is fingernails against the blackboard. Oh yeah, she also doesn't know anything about politics, geography, history, reading, the Supreme court, the roll of the V.P etc. Outside of that, she's a great pick.

[BrklynLiberal]

43. They spent all that money on a voice coach..and I believe the lessons were

good for maybe one speech. You hit it perfectly...fingernails on a blackboard.
Someone described it as the voice your mother would use when it was the third time she called you to get up in the morning for school.

[Kalifornia.Kid]

32. She's headed down the drain - quick get Joe the plumber.

[riverdeep]

33. Apparently, the newspapers servers are having issues.

I could get the story a couple of hours ago, but now it just won't load. It is the top hit in 'palin approval rating, governor' in Google news, so I imagine they're getting burned in traffic.

[sfs]

34. Sarah is an inspiration!

This is my first post, so thought I would offer a little entertainment(?) to the folks at DU.

BTW, I voted for BHO yesterday in Deming, NM, and MAN, DID THAT FEEL GOOD!


Owed to Sarah (she deserves it, you betcha)

Sarah Palin, upward failin'
Shoulda studied car detailin'
'Bout 'family values' quit your wailin'
(Let's not forget young Bristol's nailin').

On Johnny Mac you've started bailin'
For Juneau you will soon be sailin'
To bask in fame like Kato Kaelin
Up next: indictment, trial and jailin'.

So bon voyage, dear Sarah Palin
Soon fresh clean air you'll be inhalin'
O'er wolves and moose once more prevailin'
And Rooskie spies get back to trailin'.

[YDogg]

37. Welcome to DU

[shadowknows69]

41. Nice. welcome to DU!!

[livetohike]

46. Welcome to DU!

:hi: Loved the poem, too.

[gratuitous]

44. Not exactly the Breck Girl is she?

That is, the closer you get, the better she doesn't look.

[foxfeet]

45. "Palin sees dip in mirror."

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[Imagevision]

49. Palin grows on you real quick - yak-yak-yak! no...content!

[goforit]

50. How low will it be in 4 more days?