Majority of Conservatives Think Palin’s Endorsements are Aimed at Helping Her, Not GOP

[Hissyspit]

Source: The Upshot

Majority of conservatives think Palin’s endorsements are aimed at helping her, not GOP
By Holly Bailey

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has repeatedly insisted that she's only focusing now on helping to elect GOP candidates around the country. But a new CBS/New York Times poll finds that even conservatives don't buy that argument.

According to the poll, two out of three voters overall say they believe Palin's endorsements are motivated by the desire to stay "in the public eye," while just 18 percent believe she's acting out of the desire to "elect conservative candidates." Among conservatives alone, a majority — 53 percent — think she's doing it for the attention, while 29 percent say she's trying to help GOP candidates.

Still, as other recent polls have found, the survey questions the effectiveness of Palin's endorsements. A majority of so-called tea party members (57 percent) and Republicans (61 percent) polled said a Palin endorsement wouldn't affect who they vote for in the upcoming 2010 midterms. Still, that number doesn't reflect the enormous publicity push that a Palin endorsement gives a candidate, particularly when it comes to raising money.

This latest poll comes against the backdrop of the ongoing "will she or won't she" mystery about Palin's intentions in the 2012 GOP presidential contest. Shushannah Walshe, who covered Palin for Fox News in 2008 and co-wrote a book about the onetime VP candidate, writes in a Daily Beast piece today that current and former Palin staffers believe she's prepping for presidential run — though good luck getting anyone to say that on the record."No one has been told directly, but staffers are working under the assumption that she's running," a former Palin aide, who declined to be named, told Walshe.

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[rrneck]

1. Huh. Seems they're smarter than they look.

Of course, who are they going to brag to about that?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. Palin should be put in a boat and put out in the ocean

never to return. I'm am so sick of hearing about that trollop.

[bluestateguy]

3. I know more than a few conservatives who think Palin is an embarrassment

and unqualified to be president.

[Historic NY]

4. Have they suddenly been eating smart pills? They reep what they sow.

[alp227]

5. When even conservatives are rejecting Palin it's time for her to shut up.

Apparently when she got her job at Fox News the Republican sheep woke up and realized what a knucklehead she really is.

Speaking of which, I was at my university's library and saw a copy of Leland Gregory's book You Betcha compiling dumb Palin quotes. Someone put that book (intentionally or not) in the "recent fiction" section. I checked it out so that I could have some laughs this weekend.

[wisteria]

6. They are just figuring this out? Actually, I think she has a vendetta against the party

for how she supposes they treated her and her campaign. And, as for her love of America-thats bunk.
Palin is about Palin and unfortunately, way too many people don't see what an egotist and opportunist she really is. I really hope someone in the Repub party puts and end to her some how. They have enough dirty tricks and lies they use on Democrats, I just can't believe she is outsmarting Rove and the Repub party.

[savalez]

7. +1

[struggle4progress]

8. Well, they're wrong: Steaming Heap of Moose Chili really really hopes to help the GOP

The ungrateful SOBs just don't know a good thing when they see it

:evilgrin: