- So, CNN just released this poll on the 2012 race. Because it’s never too early to talk about this sort of thing, right? Anyway, the big winner in this whole thing is Barack Obama. He’s doing better in this poll than he has at any point in the last nine months, suggesting that he’s still feeling the love from most Democrats, even if he does get labeled a weak, wimpy something-or-other. The loser? Sarah Palin. This poll just sucks for her. But it looks really good for Mike Huckabee and a couple other GOP candidates. The details:
- 78% of Democrats want Obama to run again in 2012
- 49% of Republicanswould vote for Sarah Palin as president in 2012
- 18% the decline in that particular number from late 2008; uh-oh
- 67% of Republicans would support Mike Huckabee in 2012 – more than any other GOP candidate
- 59% of GOP kids would go for Mitt Romney in 2012, which is still pretty darn solid, guys
- 54% of GOPers are okay with Newt Gingrich in 2012; we personally think he smells funny source
- » Did the tax deal hurt Obama? In the short-term, it did, with 72 percent of self-described progressives approving of Obama after the deal, down from 79 percent before the deal. However, in the long-term, 85 percent of progressives would vote for Obama again, suggesting that the tax compromise thang is something he can bounce back from.
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