Run Sarah Run!

Sometimes I really do love the Republican party. No, not their (lack of) ideas, bad policies and sell-out to the highest bidder mentality. In the aftermath of their epic defeat at the hands of a nation that clearly does not care for the corporate welfare and disdain for the middle class, the GOP is wondering what went wrong and where to go from here. One of the first questions is who shall lead them out of the wilderness in 2012 when they fight Obama's re-election.

From Rasmussen:

Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republican voters say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin helped John McCain’s bid for the presidency, even as news reports surface that some McCain staffers think she was a liability.

Only 20% of GOP voters say Palin hurt the party’s ticket, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Six percent (6%) say she had no impact, and five percent (5%) are undecided.

Ninety-one percent (91%) of Republicans have a favorable view of Palin, including 65% who say their view is Very Favorable. Only eight percent (8%) have an unfavorable view of her, including three percent (3%) Very Unfavorable.

When asked to choose among some of the GOP’s top names for their choice for the party’s 2012 presidential nominee, 64% say Palin. The next closest contenders are two former governors and unsuccessful challengers for the presidential nomination this year -- Mike Huckabee of Arkansas with 12% support and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts with 11%.

All three of those contenders are terrible for a new and improved GOP, but the numbers for Palin are....well, fantastic, for Democrats that is. Palin can only lead them further into the woods, with her creationist beliefs and level of ethics that makes Newt Gingrich look like an upstanding individual.

Independents are aghast at her selection to be VP by McCain and most of America sans the Republican party saw her as a major drag on the ticket. I know there are a few pundits on the left that tell us to beware of a resurgent Palin in four years but as Paul Begala said on Real Time with Bill Maher last night, you can cure ignorance by learning but not hate and meanness (or something to that effect). That "real-America" crap just does not fly. As for her Presidential aspirations in four years, let's just see if she can be re-elected Governor with all of her ethical scandals pulling down her popularity.