Nets Douse a Potential Palin Presidential Bid: Too ‘Divisive’ and ‘Polarizing’
The evening newscasts on Thursday night eagerly devoted time to fresh speculation, prompted by Sarah Palin’s upcoming bus trip from Washington, DC to New Hampshire, that she may jump into the presidential race, but they all made sure to point out her high negatives amongst non-Republicans, characterizing her as “divisive” and “polarizing” while raising concern she couldn’t beat President Obama.
“She's a divisive figure,” CBS’s Jan Crawford declared,” citing how “our latest polls show that a majority of Republican voters do view her positively, but, among all voters, only 26 percent do. So that gives Republicans some pause. They want someone that they think can beat President Obama.”
On NBC, Andrea Mitchell highlighted “a new tell-all book by a former Alaska aide” before noting the latest Gallup poll puts Palin just two points behind Mitt Romney among Republicans, “but a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows Palin remains a polarizing figure -- adored by conservatives, solidly rejected by Democrats and most independents.”
ABC News political analyst Amy Walter asserted “she’s sort of hit her ceiling. There's very little room for her to grow or to change people's minds.” Reporter John Berman corroborated: “Indeed, in New Hampshire, only three percent of voters say she has the best chance of beating President Obama.”
Some excerpts from Thursday night, May 26, as collected by the MRC’s Brad Wilmouth:
ABC’s World News:
JOHN BERMAN: Palin is re-emerging after months of relative quiet after several other Republicans -- including Mike Huckabee and Mitch Daniels -- decided not to run. Polls currently have her second in the primary field. The problem for Palin? There might be little way to improve that.
AMY WALTER, ABC NEWS POLITICAL ANALYST: She’s sort of hit her ceiling. There's very little room for her to grow or to change people's minds.
BERMAN: Indeed, in New Hampshire, only three percent of voters say she has the best chance of beating President Obama.
CBS Evening News:
JAN CRAWFORD: So if she is thinking about running, this is really going to help her get out there among voters, help restore her image. And, you know, that took a real beating, even among conservatives, when she quit as Alaska's governor. And she's a divisive figure. Our latest polls show that a majority of Republican voters do view her positively, but, among all voters, only 26 percent do. So that gives Republicans some pause. They want someone that they think can beat President Obama.
NBC Nightly News:
ANDREA MITCHELL: The down side of running, more of this: a new tell-all book by a former Alaska aide.
FRANK BAILEY, AUTHOR OF BLIND ALLEGIANCE TO SARAH PALIN: She could not handle criticism. The smallest criticism would send her into a tailspin wasting entire days of state business.
MITCHELL: Today’s Gallup poll shows Palin only two points behind Mitt Romney among Republicans, but a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows Palin remains a polarizing figure - adored by conservatives, solidly rejected by Democrats and most independents.
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Huh.
Submitted by Chris Norman on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 10:19am.
I don't know "electable" Palin is, but I wouldn't trust the MSM to provide me with that information.
Hate From Fear
Submitted by iveseenitall on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 10:30am.
Sarah is what "liberals" fear ---a beautiful, intelligent woman and a truth-teller. Therefore, they hate her. That being said, I hope they keep it up. The more they say, the more foolish they look. [ Never,Never trust a "liberal" (progressive)].
P.S.The new DNC mouthpiece, Wasserman Schultz, is calling Republicans "anti-women". Should they repond that she's a left-wing slut? Oh wait, I think that word was used by a Deomocrat recently. Exactly who is "anti-women"? Duh!
Too divisive...
Submitted by adamsmith on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 10:28am.
Funny how the Senator for 141 days and whom was further left than Kennedy,Pelosi,Boxer,Sanders,Frank wasn't devisive even though the media knew damn well he was an Alinskyite. No, America's first Commie president, he's not divisive at all. He's never said anything stupid, like, "Get in their face"....
The Left and all the Commies that includes fear Palin most of all. She's the living enbodiement that the American Dream is alive and well. As long as Government and a crooked Media stay out of the way....
Palin 2012.....
Right On, adamsmith...
Submitted by iveseenitall on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 10:53am.
And are not Reid, Pelosi, et.al.divisive? Are the same media calling Palin "divisive" not being divisive themselves? Hypocrites--all of 'em. [Never,Never trust a "liberal' (progressive)]
Dear Conservative Whack Jobs
Submitted by bsny on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 10:40am.
(not to be confused with liberal whack jobs) - prove us independents wrong, go ahead and nominate this lightweight of the highest order...then you will really be bitching when the Commie in Chief gets 4 more years!
I'm curious
Submitted by bkeyser on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 10:50am.
If the possession of a belief system is definitive of a "whack job", does the lack thereof infer equivocalness?
you are no independant
Submitted by Free Stinker on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 10:52am.
Obama's budget lost a Senate vote yesterday, 97-0. I suspect even Ron Paul could beat him, and even more so an ex-governor. If she was such a lightwieght should easily be able to criticise what she been writing on Facebook for the last year.
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Don't Jump To Conclusions, bsny
Submitted by iveseenitall on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 11:02am.
Defending Sarah Palin is not necessarily an endorsement of her candidacy. Calling anyone who defends her a "wack-job" is neither mature, nor logical nor "independent".[Never, Never trust a "liberal" (progressive)]
So you are saying...
Submitted by c5then on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 11:04am.
That if the choice came down to Palin or Obama that you, being the independent that you are, would vote for Obama, the person you call the "Commie-in-Chief"?
Do I have that right?
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
A perfect question
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 11:31am.
with the expected response.... room noise and crickets.
You're an independent
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 1:02pm.
You're an independent, supposedly. Why should you care who the GOP nominates or not? The only thing that would be "proved" is that you're not an independent as you claim.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
They are starting already..
Submitted by c5then on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 10:41am.
Hahahahahahahaha.
Palin is getting more press than the other candidates combined and she has not even declared yet. The liberal media hate her and think that they can kill her candidacy even before it starts. They think that the McCain campaign is as good as the Republicans can manage and they successfully torpedoed that in 2008. In reality McCain shot himself in the foot on numerous occasions and was stupid in trying to reign in Palin instead of letting her go.
Watch them start to go after her children again. This will REALLY piss off a large portion of the electorate and back-fire on the media. But they can't help it because they are reacting from ideology and not logic.
I just hope that if Plain has indeed decided to run, that she has prepared her family for the hate that is about to be directed at them.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
A major problem for McCain
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 11:34am.
I think, was that he has become a toothless lion. Perhap the torture and his life in general did it to him, but he lost the ability to fight and was hammered in the debates.
That being said, not that Palin lacks the "teeth" I fear she will be marginalized and lose to Duuh Won in debate.
McCain was intimidated
Submitted by Benjamin on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 11:59am.
by the MSM and Obama's skin color, and what Obama represented as the first black presidential candidate. If you recall, McCain threatened to fire anyone on his staff or his campaign who dared to use Obama's middle name.
Sarah Palin will not be intimidated; nor will she be cowed by political correctness.
hbnolikeee.....Whether Palin would actually lose to Obama in
Submitted by Rush Fan on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 12:07pm.
the debates would not matter. The left-wing media would paint Palin as not only a loser, but someone who is UNFIT to hold office. By the time they were finished, Sarah Palin, who far exceeds Obama in ability, principles, character, and decency, would be characterized as WORSE THAN HITLER.
What's sad is the number of
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 11:13am.
What's sad is the number of conservatives who acknowledge the media's hyperpartisan and dishonest treatment of conservatives, but then sit around saying things like "I like Sarah Palin, but [place MSNBC talking point here]"
Any conservative who actually believes the media will treat the "right" conservative fairly needs to sit at the kiddie table next Thanksgiving with the Obama supporters. The Palin smear campaign has probably been turned into a PowerPoint presentation at Columbia's school of journalism. Keep in mind these people actually blamed Palin for an assassination attempt! Any conservative who goes around with the "I like Sarah Palin, but [place MSNBC talking point here]" attitude validates the media's efforts and will actually encourage them to go even harder on the next conservative seen as a threat against socialism because they know that even conservatives will buy it.
I can't believe conservatives need to be told this.
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
Thank you.
Submitted by Free Stinker on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 1:46pm.
Thank you.
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Thank you.
Submitted by Free Stinker on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 1:47pm.
Thank you.
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Rusty---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 7:53pm.
Zackly right.
Too true.
On all counts.
MD
I like Sarah Palin
Submitted by bkeyser on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 2:40pm.
but I am concerned that even if she were to win the Presidency, her "power" would ultimately be reduced compared to what it is now, or what it would be holding another Republican president's feet to the fire.
That being said, I'll support whomever I feel best replicates my personal beliefs first, and the GOP nominee, regardless. SP is still my first choice at this point.
damn
Submitted by bkeyser on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 2:39pm.
double post
run Sarah
Submitted by ripper58 on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 11:13am.
run....I love watching these media elites get all huffy and puffy and wet themselves in fear!!! this is gonna be a great summer
Are you an infant?
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 11:37am.
You want to chose candidates based on their ability to make the msm wet themselves? And if she cannot win the guaranteed to be nasty debates and loses? Was making the msm wet worth it?
Stupid IS as stupid does
Submitted by Funbowhunter on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 11:17am.
If they REALLY thought she was so "devisive" they would keep their big mouths shut about it. They are afraid, very afraid, and right now they are hoping above hope that a stupid Rhino will pipe in. Remember, Reagan was suppose to loose against Carter in a big way, that fell through. Just think how downtrodden they will be if she runs and wins!!!!
They are afraid or
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 11:37am.
they want you to think they are and the truly don't see her possibly winning and so want her to run... These liars a complex animals, don't forget that.
Wishful thinking
Submitted by ckc1227 on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 1:25pm.
"Remember, Reagan was suppose to loose against Carter in a big way, that fell through."
What happened in 1980 has zero bearing on the 2012 election. Palin is not Reagan. Make no mistake about it, they hope she is the candidate.
And to the poster who said they will target whoever is our candidate, you're right. But the difference is they've had a 4 year head start on bashing Palin, and she's damaged goods because of it. I like Palin, and she'll get my vote if she's the candidate, but she can't win. If it makes you feel better to say I'm spewing a PMSNBC talking point, knock yourself out.
I am not a spelling or grammer nazi by any means
Submitted by Chris Norman on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 10:17pm.
and I make mistakes in both, but, please, oh, pretty please, for the umpty-umpth time to the umpty umpth poster, the word that is the opposite of WIN is spelled: L-O-S-E and not L-O-O-S-E! Further, the spelling for the noun of someone who doesn't win is spelled L-O-S-E-R and not L-O-O-S-E-R. I apologize for maybe coming off as snarky, but the misspellings of these words drives me N-U-T-S!
LOSEN UP MAN
Submitted by sentry_99 on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 10:33pm.
It's no big deal.
No, it's not a "big deal",
Submitted by Chris Norman on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 10:46pm.
No, it's not a "big deal", and my comment was meant sort of, kind of, tongue-in-cheek. But, if you have read as many comments as I have here over the past five years where those words were misspelled you might snap too.
As was mine
Submitted by sentry_99 on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 10:57pm.
Unless "losen up" was spelled correctly. Then I failed.
Sentry, I just "got it"...
Submitted by Chris Norman on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 11:15pm.
I'm on my third beer for the evening - I had a rough day at work - and I'm getting a little slow on the uptake. Now, I get it, LOL. :)
I resemble that remark
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 10:33pm.
And I am pretty sure, that does make you a spelling nazi. Me, I always forget to plural, or adjective correctly.
Boudin,
Submitted by Chris Norman on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 11:17pm.
As this was the first time I have directly castigated someone for their spelling and probaly will not do so again, I refuse to wear the title of "Spelling Nazi". :)
As I noted, I am prone to mistakes also, as I write pretty much like I speak. That makes me fairly certain my writing would make Miss Hunt, my 7th grade English teacher, spin in her grave. If Miss Hunt saw all these "loose"s, she would come back from the dead to thwack the knuckles of those who spell it that way. :)
Sure, I understand
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 11:20pm.
And I cant even remember the name of a single English Teacher. Just goes to show, what I'm working with?
Chris...Would it be impertinent of me to point out the irony
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 11:27pm.
of your misspelling "grammar" in the title of your "Grammer Nazi" post?
Just funnin' with ya. Have another beer for me. :-)
Jer
Dem nazi's
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 11:39pm.
Never could spell worth a flip
Jer,
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sat, 05/28/2011 - 12:19am.
My face reddens and not from the three Coronas I've been downing. And, see, I proved my own sub-point. :)
I actually thought about running a check on GRAMMAR but after the third beer and the day I've had, I didn't really care past "loose" :)
By the way, Miss Eloise Hunt is going to be in my dreams tonight and make me diagram like a thousand sentences as punishment
And, as a courtesy to your invitation, I think I'll now open a fourth....
Ah, the good ole
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 05/28/2011 - 12:19am.
Ah, the good ole days...sipping an ice cold Corona. All I have left are the limes. Enjoy. I think I'll go make myself a nice, stiff limeade.
Here's to Miss Hunt.
Jer
Ever since before the One was elected
Submitted by Jimcinsc on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 11:34am.
I have been told that I'm a racist if I didn't vote for Obama, because I'm white and he's black. I would vote for Herman Cain in a heart beat if the election were held tomorrow.
Should Palin run, I don't know that I would vote to nominate her to run against Obama, but if she were nominated, I'd vote for her.
I suppose that should Palin get the nomination, and I vote for her, I can count on NOW to be on my side since I'm voting for a woman?
Sometimes, I just crack myself up.
Palin
Submitted by jessieH on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 12:10pm.
I would vote for Palin over puppetman. I would vote for a shaved mongoose over puppetman. Why anyone would vote for Soros's puppet President is beyond me. All I hear from him is Uh, um, well, uh, um, you see uh, um,ect. Even with the teleprompter, he can't talk straight.
So many concern trolls
Submitted by katiejane on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 12:55pm.
in the MSM. They can dismiss Palin as divisive but ignore the same quality in Obama? At least people don't wonder if Palin thinks America is exceptional like the empty suit in charge.
Kinda like Lincoln
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 12:59pm.
Sara is "polarizing" and "divisive?" Hummm, kinda like President Lincoln!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Sarah Palin as Hillary Clinton
Submitted by j17ghs on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 1:38pm.
Where are all the media comments about Palin being bashed because she's a woman? When Hillarious Clinton was First Lady and then a potential Marxist presidential candidate -- her ovaries and fallopian tubes got trumped by a Marxist with a bit of African DNA -- her former press secretary Dee Dee Myers talked about how Clinton was abused because the Old Boy's Club couldn't stand the sight of a woman. (Well, even Bill can't stand the side of her, and I can't either, so I understand).
Palin will win!
Submitted by vote24 on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 2:22pm.
Well I am endorsing her candidacy. Vote Palin. This movement is growing and will continue to grow. Don't be the last on on board. You will be taking part in the saving of America. The more the liberal media flips out the better it is for your country. Please stay focused. Rino is death.
Free's
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 10:48pm.
New best friend.
If Palin get's in, this will be fun, energetic. Just what everyone needs!