Palin’s Popularity Sinks To A New Low

[babylonsister]

So who is buying her books? Some nameless org. that's throwing their money away? :D

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/republican-party/sarah-palins-popularity-sinks-to-a-new-low/


Palin’s Popularity Sinks To A New Low


A fun nugget buried in some new Gallup numbers suggests the slow and clumsy rollout of the new Sarah Palin isn’t going all that well:

Palin became a bit of a sensation after John McCain tapped her as his running mate last August. But over the course of the campaign, her image suffered, going from a 53% favorable rating immediately after the 2008 Republican National Convention to 42% by the end of the campaign.

Palin’s ratings have not recovered, and her current 40% favorable rating is the lowest for her since she became widely known after last year’s Republican convention.

Not only is Palin at her lowest favorability yet, her unfavorability ratings have hit a high of 50%. She’s also tanking among independents: Only 41% view her favorably, versus 48% who view her unfavorably.

Which sugggests a bit of a dilemma for Palin as she seeks to improve her national political profile as a private citizen. In order to break through into the national conversation, she’s resorted to harsh, attention-grabbing assaults on Obama and his policies, which she and her ghostwriters have executed with undeniable virtuosity (see Panels, Death).

This approach seems to have hardened her emotional grip on Palin Nation. Her popularity is soaring among Republicans, with 69% of them viewing her favorably. But it may be alienating everyone else, complicating (to put it mildly) efforts to broaden her appeal, which everyone keep saying she has to do in order to be viable in 2012.

[FreakinDJ]

1. Hope she runs for the GOP ticket in 2012

She is a guraunteed loser and I personally love capping on the "Quiter Critter"

[USA_1]

13. Palin-Jindal in 2012!

Two certified losers.

Alternately, there's always Palin-Coulter.

;)

[get the red out]

2. "Don't quit your day job"

That old saying may apply here, except she already did.

[frylock]

25. whatever that is

[eppur_se_muova]

35. "except ..." *snarf* Good one! nt

[la_chupa]

3. back to the shadows with you

I'm astonished that anyone ever thought she was relevant.

but then again I never understood the whole John & Kate phenomena either.

[timeforpeace]

37. She'll never get re-elected now. Hah! Hey, wait a minute, she's a private citizen. How can she have

poll numbers?

[lonestarnot]

4. Again?

:rofl:

[Adsos Letter]

5. And, on a related topic...

That is one of the best-placed, relevant, make-me-LOL emoticons in recent DU history.

Leave it to you, babylonsis... :D

[saltpoint]

6. I ain't buyin' no book by a gal who shoots wolves.

[babylonsister]

16. And I ain't buyin' no book by any gal named Sarah Palin, so there!

x(



:hi:

[timeforpeace]

38. Right arm. It's been #1 for 3 weeks but I bet it's doesn't stay there until the Nov 17 release.

[Hubert Flottz]

7. She rates right up there with the clapp around my house...

[lazer47]

12. I think I took shots for that in 'Nam

[Hubert Flottz]

19. I was praying for Sarah while she was abroad!

Praying she'd get Hong Kong Dong!

[hamsterjill]

8. I still think there will be a Playboy spread!

As her popularity dwindles and she becomes more and more desperate for attention, I still think we are eventually going to see Sarah in a photo shoot on a bear skin rug. Hef is just waiting for the right moment!!! LOL

And as a heterosexual female, no, I won't be buying the issue for myself, but I MIGHT be guilty of delightedly buying some copies and anonymously leaving them on the doorsteps of several Palin fanatics that I know!!!

Aw, please, come on Hef!!!!

[boobooday]

9. Go, Sarah, Go!

Don't give up! Give 'em some fancy pageant walkin'!

:rofl:

[Ilsa]

10. Great comment by Liam:

A Modest Proposal.

Why not have Ms.Palin replace Mr. PhlegmBall in the group that is purchasing The St. Louis Rams NFL team.

She could give the halftime locker room pep speeches, about how to go all mavericky; how to play like real Americans, how to handle split ends, and how to keep an eye on Rusher.

After the ball has been snapped for the third quarter, she could inspire them to just give up on winning the game, and just quit playing.

[lpbk2713]

11. Look for her book on a clearance rack at a Dollar Store near you.

BWAHAHAHAHA!!

[NYC_SKP]

15. They'll Sell Two fer One, also, too.

:P

[Canuckistanian]

14. Palin's popularity is rising in a rapidly shrinking subgroup of America

And that's self-identified Republicans.

That's the only thing she can comfort herself with.

[Altoid_Cyclist]

18. A subgroup for subhumans in other words.

[Canuckistanian]

24. I wouldn't go that far

Calling or otherwise insinuating that someone is "subhuman" is THEIR tactic.

They're seriously deluded and catering to the less intelligent or less informed.

But not subhuman.

[Leftist Agitator]

28. Isn't a prerequisite for being human the capacity to empathize with the plight of others?

If so, how does this affect your contention that Republicans are "not subhuman"?

[Canuckistanian]

32. Not necessarily

The ability to empathize can easily be eliminated by indoctrination and fear. Look at the child soldiers in Africa.

And sociopathy isn't that uncommon in any population. It just seems that sociopaths in America seem to be attracted to the Republican party becuase it provides validation for their point of view.

Empathy can be taught and encouraged. But don't look for that in the Republican party. They live in an angry, mean and depressing world.

[Altoid_Cyclist]

33. Alright, I might have crossed the line.

It was meant to be a flippant response but it did come off as a little harsh.
I'll just say that it's a subgroup of people who have poor judgement when it comes to political choices.

[Canuckistanian]

34. Agreed n/t

[newtothegame]

17. Who cares? We spent all last fall ripping her apart and blaming her for the McCain campaign loss...

yet she's still a hot story on here like we're scared of her. What gives? n/t

[Hubert Flottz]

21. I guess you never did slow down and look at a 50 car pile-up

as you drove by?????

[babylonsister]

23. If you don't care, don't respond, Easy.

Me, I'm enjoying her downhill path, especially after rushbo sang her praises recently.

[no_hypocrisy]

20. No pun intended, but she really shot herself in the foot between quitting the

governor's position and her statements on record. She believed that because * ascended that this country only promoted on the cult of personality, and she didn't even have that. She is deluded and has a massive ego. Her 15 minutes of fame are up.

[livetohike]

22. Sarah Palin is looking for a reality show to join

Then she can continue to exploit her kids and make lots of money doing so. I have always viewed her as a joke. Even before Tina Fey parodied Palin.

[foxfeet]

27. Mud-wrestling Tonya Harding?

It would be a step up in classiness.

[livetohike]

31. Good one! My money is on Tonya Harding n/t

[JoeyT]

26. Recced

Also: "She’s also tanking among independents: Only 41% view her favorably, versus 48% who view her unfavorably."

Dear 41% of Independents: If you ever approved of Sarah Palin in any way, you're not only an idiot, you're not an independent either. Claiming to be an independent isn't going to make us like you. It doesn't work for Beck either. If you valued rational thought you wouldn't like Palin in the first place. You're not fooling anyone but yourselves.

[renate]

36. welcome to DU!

:hi:

And I couldn't agree with you more about the Glenn Beck thing.

[tblue37]

29. Palin is balloon boy/Anna Nicole Smith/Michael Jackson/Lindsay Lohan/

Jon and Kate. IOW, she is a media creation. The American media always shine the spotlight on trainwrecks and publicity whores rather than on actual news. It's all carnival all the time.

Even worse, they never stop. Once someone "juicy" has landed in the spotlight, for whatever reason, they will drag the "story" out forever. Anyone who has ever crossed paths with the balloon boy family will still be getting interviewed months or years from now. Similarly, Palin will always have a "big news page" on Huffington Post and will always be considered a "story."

(Lindsay Lohan and Jon and Kate actually have their own "big news pages" on HuffPo. Even though Arianna complained on Ed Schultz's show yesterday that the balloon boy story wasn't even a story and shouldn't be allowed to swallow up news time, her own site still offers at least as much tabloid junk as actual news--and probably more.)

[chat_noir]

30. Palin's book has been reduced to $9 on Amazon

reduced so that Joe SixPack can afford it?