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America still doesn't think Sarah Palin has any business being President.

Seventy-one percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday morning believe the former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee is not qualified to be president, with 29 percent saying she does have the credentials to serve in the White House. Republicans appear split, with 52 percent saying she's qualified and 47 percent disagreeing with that view.

The poll indicates that about half of the country, 51 percent, has an unfavorable view of Palin, with 42 percent seeing her in a positive light. Nearly two-thirds of those questioned say Palin's not a typical politician, and feel she's a good role model for women. Fifty-six percent add that Palin cares about people, and a similar amount think she's honest and trustworthy. But the survey indicates Americans are split over whether Palin shares their values, agrees with them on the issues, or if she's a strong leader.

"Sarah Palin has one advantage that many past Republican candidates have not shared - Americans think she cares about people like them," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "But her biggest Achilles heel is the number who think she is not qualified to be President. Those numbers are similar to what Dan Quayle got in 1993, when only 23 percent thought he was ready for the White House."

Most interesting draw from these numbers: Mathematically there are people out there that say Sarah Palin is honest, trustworthy, empathic and a good role model for women, but she still has no f'cking business being in the White House.

I'd like to talk to some of those people about the terms "projection" and "wishful thinking."

The other people I'd like to talk to are the 47% of Republicans who think she shouldn't be President, and I'd like to ask them who they voted for in 2008 for President. The ones that said "the septuagenarian cancer guy with the massive temper problem" I get to rochambeau.

Also, what Atrios said.