WOW! Sarah Should Endorse Nikki Haley!

Huckabee Takes SC, And Palin Makes HUGE Gains In Texas

OUCH! Begich with only a 35% Approval Rating

Public Policy Polling
1/27-28/10; 710 likely voters, 3.7% margin of error
Mode: Automated phone
(PPP release)

Alaska

Favorable / Unfavorable
Sarah Palin: 47 / 45

Job Approval / Disapproval
Pres. Obama: 37 / 56
Gov. Parnell: 58 / 19
Sen. Begich: 35 / 51

Palin Should Endorse Rand Paul.

David Adams, Paul's campaign manager, said he would announce the endorsement “as soon as we get it.”

“I would categorize that one as 'worth waiting for',” he said. “I'm waiting as patiently as I can.”

http://www.louisvillemojo.com/blogs/Louisville_blogs/84435/Sarah_Palin_to_Endorse_Rand_Paul_for_US_Senate

PALIN LEADS IN NEW 2012 poll.

Palin:22.2%
Romney: 19.4%
Newt: 12%
Huckabee 11%

http://newsmax.com/InsideCover/palin-poll-zogby-romney/2010/01/27/id/348220

New Iowa Rankings!

HuckPAC endorses candidate who was recently pro-choice

Tom Tolbert, a former HuckPAC coordinator who became disenchanted with Mike Huckabee and resigned after the Maurice Clemmons commutation, notes that HuckPAC recently endorsed John Parke for State Representative in Arkansas' District 31 over David Sanders.

Now here's where the controversy comes in -- Sanders is apparently pro-life, while Parke was only recently converted to the pro-life cause (Parke claims it was not an "election year conversion" but something that's been "evolving" over the course of his life), causing Tolbert to wonder whether Parke made the switch out of political expediency, and whether Huckabee is excusing the same philosophical evolution of which he accused Mitt Romney in the 2008 campaign..

Further, Sanders wrote a fairly incendiary column in December 2009, questioning connections in Mike Huckabee's commutation of a man named Eugene Fields (you can read the particulars of the case here).

But the salient portion of the story is that Sanders is apparently pro-life; Parke is a recent convert, and HuckPAC chose to endorse the recent convert. Tolbert suggests a grudge might be in play, and for those who've followed Huck and grudges (see his battle with Pat Toomey), it's certainly possible, although definitely speculative.

Executive Director of HuckPAC, Sarah Huckabee, passed along the following note to Tolbert:



“Our endorsement of John Parke has nothing to do with political grudges, but has everything to do with helping elect the best candidate in the race. I have personally spoken with John several times about this issue and I believe his heart and his belief that every life is sacred is sincere. If we had any question about where John stood on the life issue he would not have received an endorsement from Huck PAC.”

H/T Gop 12

(Frountloading HQ) PPP: 2012 Presidential Trial Heats (Jan. '10): Obama Trails (Huckabee) for the First Time

Public Policy Polling [pdf] today released their monthly look at the 2012 presidential playing field. Here's a quick look a the toplines
Huckabee: 45%
Obama: 44%
Undecided: 11%

Obama: 49%
Palin: 41%
Undecided: 9%

Obama: 44%
Petraeus: 34%
Undecided: 21%

Obama: 44%
Romney: 42%
Undecided: 15%


Margin of Error: +/- 2.8%
Sample: 1151 registered voters (nationwide)
Conducted: January 18-19, 2010


NOTES:
1) The president is under 50% against all four prospective GOP presidential aspirants in this month's poll for the first time since PPP started these examinations last March. How is January going for the president again?


2) The sample voted for McCain in 2008 at the same rate as the actual results (46%), but Obama has dropped off in this sample versus the actual vote total in November 2008 (53% to 47%). Yes, the sample still favors the Obama slightly, but that makes for a much more competitive balance between the president and his Republican counterparts.

H/T: Frountloading HQ
http://frontloading.blogspot.com/2010/01/ppp-2012-presidential-trial-heats-jan.html

Obama Billboard to Come Down, Company Wants Palin

NEW YORK (AP) — How long does it take to dismantle a billboard?

Close to three weeks, apparently.

The outerwear company that mounted a giant billboard in Times Square showing President Barack Obama in one of its jackets, prompting a call of protest from the White House, says it’s finally removing the offending sign on Wednesday — and it hopes Sarah Palin will agree to take Obama’s place.

Weatherproof hasn’t heard from Palin yet on whether she’ll serve as a model — this time, they’re asking permission — but that’s not even all the news on the Times Square billboard brouhaha front.


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/25/us/AP-US-Presidential-Billboard.html?_r=2

Palin Needs Mccain's Endorsement to win in 2012.

why?
well how bad would it look if her former running mate did not even endorse her?
pretty bad.
the media meme would be this:
"Even her former running mate does not think Palin can be Potus"
Mccain is Palin's Bridge to the middle like Palin is Mccain's Bridge to the Right.


Bottom line: Palin helping Mccain in his relection bid is not only smart, but it's necessary