Poll: Obama would rout Palin in 2012 By: Scott Wong October 12, 2010 10:28 AM EDT Barack Obama would rout Sarah Palin in a theoretical matchup in the 2012 presidential election, according to a Bloomberg National Poll released Tuesday. The Democratic president led the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee by 16 percentage points, 51 percent to 35 percent, the poll found. One in 10 voters said they would not cast a ballot, and 4 percent said they were undecided. Palin said in an interview last week she would not likely run for president if voters preferred a more traditional candidate. But during this midterm election cycle, she has been endorsing and campaigning for a number of Republicans across the country, including tea party favorites Sharron Angle in Nevada and Christine OâDonnell in Delaware â a move by Palin that many see as an effort to lay the groundwork for a presidential run. Still, Palinâs overall popularity remained low. Only 38 percent of those surveyed said they had a favorable opinion of her, while 54 percent viewed her unfavorably. Meanwhile, 53 percent said they viewed Obama favorably and 44 percent unfavorably. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Obamaâs 2008 Democratic presidential rival, had among the highest favorability ratings, with 64 percent viewing her favorably and 31 percent unfavorably. Those surveyed were nearly evenly split over whether Obama was doing a good job as president: 47 percent approved and 48 percent disapproved. And more than four in 10 who previously backed the president said their support had diminished or that they no longer supported him. The poll, conducted for Bloomberg News Oct. 7-10, was based on telephone interviews with 1,000 adults, including 721 likely voters in this fallâs midterm elections. The margin of error was 3.7 percentage points.
Still, Palinâs overall popularity remained low. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Obamaâs 2008 Democratic presidential rival, had among the highest favorability ratings, ----------------- What the F are we reading. Who is the most popular loser? In other news regarding big time losers. Madoff is in prison but only half of his customers lost money while everyone lost money with Lehman and Fuld says stop calling me "defective dick".
No argument here. Palin is, shall we say, less than worthy. But if you think that is who Obama is going to run against to secure a second term, you will be sadly mistaken. So keep painting those rosy scenarios to tell you how great you think Obama is.
No, it's going to be Scott Brown. Look at his back story: local state senator, former lawyer, married with 2 daughters, runs for US Senator, wins then maybe runs for President 2 years later w/o really proving himself first. It has happened before.
The Republicans sure know how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Ron Paul could wipe the floor with Obama so who do the Republicans rally behind? Idiot Sarah Palin.
Ron Paul will be 77 by the 2012 fall elections. Will never happen, unless he has a rally good running mate. Why do you think McCain really lost?
McCain lost because he is a Bush clone who picked a running mate even stupider than himself. Although Paul is about as old as McCain he is not suffering from encroaching senility the way McCain is.