Whatever her plans might actually be, it’s clear that Sarah Palin faces an uphill battle if she really wants the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination:
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is second only to Mitt Romney as the presidential candidate Republican voters say they’ll vote for in 2012 state GOP primaries, but she’s also one of two candidates they least hope wins the party’s nomination.
In a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, it’s close to a three-way tie when GOP voters are asked whom they would vote for – from among a list of six prominent Republicans – in the 2012 party primary in their state: 25% say Romney, while 24% say Palin and 22% opt for former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.
After that, GOP primary voters list former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (14%), while Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty each received one percent (1%) of the vote. Six percent (6%) prefer some other candidate.
However, among those same six potential candidates, Palin and Barbour are tied as the ones GOP voters would least like to see win the party nomination in 2012. Twenty-one percent (21%) of Republican voters nationwide say that of both Palin and Barbour.
Gingrich and Palwenty tie for next on the list, with 15% each. Ten percent (10%) say Huckabee is the one they hope doesn’t get the nomination, while nine percent (9%) feel that way about Romney. Eleven percent of Republican voters (11%) are undecided.
This would seem to indicate that Palin’s negatives, which posted a huge problem for the McCain campaign last year, are starting to grow even among Republicans.
As I’ve said, it’s going to be hard for Palin to overcome the negative impression she made during campaign, and the fact that she quit her job isn’t going to help things.
