A brand-new Quinnipiac poll out today says Americans think President Obama does not deserve a second term, but would beat Sarah Palin or Mike Huckabee anyway, which says a lot about how Americans feel about those two Republican politicians.
In an Obama versus everyone 2012 election, Romney wins against Obama, 45%-44% but Obama would beat Huckabee, 46%-44%, and Obama would also beat Palin, by the widest margin, 48%-40%. Democrats do not want an Obama primary, by a 64%-27% margin.
The poll reports, “President Barack Obama does not deserve a second term, American voters say 49 – 43 percent.” The 43% “deserves a second term” is up from 40% in March and July, but the 49% “does not deserve” is up from 48% in the same time frames as well.
MSNBC finds, oddly, that, “Palin leads in a hypothetical GOP primary with 19%, followed by Romney with 18%, Huckabee 17%, Gingrich 15%, Pawlenty 6%. Palin’s negatives are the highest of all Republicans — 36%-51%. Among independents, it’s 33%-54%. Obama’s is 48%-48%. Huckabee (41%-25%) and Romney (38%-26%) are positive, but Gingrich’s is negative (30%-43%).
“At this point, former Alaska Gov. Palin runs the worst against President Obama. Daniels is essentially a generic Republican because of his anonymity to most voters. Obama only gets 45 percent against him while he gets 48 percent against Ms. Palin,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the poll. “She is very unpopular among independents and although she recently said she thought she could defeat Obama, the data does not now necessarily support that assertion.”
That’s Sarah Palin for you. But you know me, just a “typical shit talker.”
Oh, and David Frum has some ideas about “How Huckabee Could Stop President Palin.”
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