Sarah Palin's bombshell that she is resigning as Alaska governor actually has boosted her a bit among Republicans, a nationwide USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, though it also has dented her standing among Democrats and independents.Look, I know a couple of you hardcore Republicans are lurking out there. Explain this to me. I don't get it at all. She up and quit her job because being governor was just too hard for her to handle, and this makes you more inclined to consider her to be your President?Two-thirds of Republicans want Palin, the party's vice presidential nominee in 2008, to be "a major national political figure" in the future. Three-fourths of Democrats hope she won't be.
Independents by 55%-34% would prefer she leave the national stage.
The findings underscore how polarized opinions of Palin were even before Friday's surprise announcement. Seven in 10 polled say their views weren't affected by her decision. Among those whose opinions shifted, Democrats by a 4-1 ratio and independents by 2-to-1 view her less favorably. Republicans are somewhat inclined to see her more favorably.
"For independents and Democrats, she's already not their candidate, and with Republicans her support is not based on her record as governor of Alaska," says GOP consultant Alex Castellanos.
That's insane. As far as I'm concerned, there's a big, fat segment of the American populace that actually deserves to have this woman destroy the country with her repeatedly demonstrated and uttely complete incompetence.
I give up. You guys want her to run for President in 2012? By all means, do everything in your power to make her the nominee.
Please. I welcome it. And I'm thinking so would every other Democrat in America.
[UPDATE 2:51 PM] Over at ObWings, publius is convinced that Sister Sarah, Our Lady Of Media Persecution, is by extension the martyr representing all of the Republicans as they have endured an entire five months of the unremitting hell that is a Democrat In The White House.
In high school, you called people like Palin "joiners." They joined every club, ran for every student council office, got their pictures all over the yearbook, and went out for every sport. When it actually looked like there was some work involved, or when their social life was taking a hit -- they QUIT!
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