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Poll: Alaska Now Divided On Sarah Palin
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The new survey of Alaska by Public Policy Polling (D) finds that the state that gave Sarah Palin to American politics is no longer that enamored with her. After Palin resigned the governorship in order to pursue a national book tour and a commentator slot on Fox News, she is only picking up a lukewarm personal rating of 47% favorable to 45% unfavorable.
The big beneficiary of the recent upheavals in state politics is the new governor, Sean Parnell, who has an approval rating of 58%-19%. Even Democrats approve of the GOPer Parnell by 51%-27%, along with 55%-20% among independents. By contrast, independents' favorability rating for Palin is only 36%-55%.
"Sarah Palin's home state popularity has really declined," said PPP president Dean Debnam, in the polling memo. "Voters seem to have been pretty put off by her leaving office early. But Sean Parnell is certainly benefiting from it."
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acf_ma
January 29, 2010 10:59 AM
It may be that they are put off by her year of self serving antics. In the effort remain newsworthy, she has become a caricature of the person who ran for Veep. Add to that the fact that she walked away, leaving her job of governor unfinished, it's not surprising that many Alaskans now disapprove of her. What's surprising is that so many still do.
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Sailormarlowe
January 29, 2010 12:11 PM in reply to acf_ma
Gov. Sarah Palin has always encouraged diversity of opinion & constructive debate. "If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" In days & months to come, her power & popularity will continue to grow, expand, and, finally, blossom & envelop.
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tonnyb
January 29, 2010 1:59 PM in reply to Sailormarlowe
God help us!
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ondioline
January 29, 2010 2:30 PM in reply to Sailormarlowe
This keeps happening more and more these days, but I agree with you wholeheartedly. Does not the fire need the water? Does not the mountain need the storm? Does not the sasquatch return to his nexting place under the sycamores?
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PatrickJKiger
January 30, 2010 3:52 PM in reply to Sailormarlowe
In other words, she's the political equivalent of crabgrass.
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lousgirl84
January 29, 2010 11:04 AM
Agreed!
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Marinus van der Lubbe
January 29, 2010 11:30 AM in reply to lousgirl84
Standby for gushing alliteration from SailorBoyLove...
(you know he dresses like her and dances in front of the mirror)
..when did you change your name?
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Sailormarlowe
January 29, 2010 12:15 PM in reply to Marinus van der Lubbe
Why you got Beetle Bailey avatar? You a cartoon soldier?
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Marinus van der Lubbe
January 29, 2010 1:16 PM in reply to Sailormarlowe
'Why you got...' When you dont have have your highschool copy of alliteration in the English 101 book, youre really quite illiterate arent you, SailorBoyLove? I notice when you arent scribing your pedestrian and elementary blurbs of purple prose worhsip to the two demented bitches you dress like that you write like a true moron.
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jdb316
January 29, 2010 11:08 AM
Once she got tabbed to be VP and saw what life was like on the big stage, she wanted no more to do with Alaska. She became convinced that she was a national political and media celebrity and that she was too good for Alaska. Once the legal bills started mounting and the very lucrative book opportunity came, she had the excuse she needed to get the hell out of there and did.
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Xantar
January 29, 2010 11:19 AM in reply to jdb316
She never wanted to be a governor anyway. She always wanted to be...a LUMBERJACK!
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chrisl
January 29, 2010 11:27 AM
Still has more favorable than unfavorable ratings. What a hopeless state.
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Old Marsalla
January 29, 2010 11:37 AM
Hmmm. College career--Hilo...Honolulu...Coeur d'Alene...Moscow (IDAHO)...Alaska
Governorship--Wasilla--Juneau--Wasilla--Juneau--Junkets to NY whenever possible. Then...
VP--Gov for five minutes--Book trail--Fox News--
Gee. Did they really think she cared about any roots other than those in her hair? Or that she was capable of any intellectual or philosophical consistency?
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JohnMcCSF
January 29, 2010 12:25 PM
B>Sign up for free tickets to the Sarah Palin rally for Governor Perry!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:30am — wfranklin
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yksin
January 29, 2010 2:18 PM
As I told my brother-in-law when she first announced her intention to resign: There's one thing Palin & I agree on -- that Alaska is better off without her being governor.
And no, I can't understand why even one of my fellow Alaskans think anything positive about her, other than that she's positively ludicrous.
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Deo
January 30, 2010 8:46 PM
$arah Palin/Tonya Harding 2012!
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