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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Palin and the Confidence Factor Poll


There are two aspects of this poll that are immediately noteworthy.

The first is that Palin, coming from virtually out of nowhere and with 20 months of leading the 48th largest state with a population of approximately 670,000 as her qualifying government experience, already gets a 39% vote of confidence. We can assume that the 28% to 30% of the country that supports Bush makes up the bulk of the approval.

The second aspect is that Palin's low confidence vote, the lowest of modern times, must have been known to Republican operatives and McCain's managers.

As we have suggested, the Republicans continue to blatantly show their complete contempt of the American public with another low quality, highest echelon candidate.

Gallup: Poll: Voters uncertain on Palin
There is also wide uncertainty about whether she's qualified to be president. In the poll, taken Friday, 39% say she is ready to serve as president if needed, 33% say she isn't, and 29% have no opinion.

That's the lowest vote of confidence in a running mate since the elder George Bush chose then-Indiana senator Dan Quayle to join his ticket in 1988. In comparison, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden was seen as qualified by 57%-18% after Democrat Barack Obama chose him as a running mate last week.

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