Poll: Alaska Republicans Want Palin In 2014 Senate Race

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Source: TPM

There are plenty who doubt that Sarah Palin will actually run for U.S. Senate in Alaska next year, but a survey from Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling released Tuesday suggested that the Republican nomination may be hers if she wants it.

Thirty-six percent of GOP primary voters in Alaska said they'd back the former half-term governor, with 26 percent saying they would support Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell (R). Dan Sullivan, the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, garnered the support of 15 percent of primary voters, while Joe Miller, a tea party favorite who had the backing of Palin in the 2010 Senate race, picked up only 12 percent support.

A Palin nomination could jeopardize the GOP's chances in a race identified as one of the party's best pick-up opportunities in 2014, the poll found. With 58 percent of Alaska voters saying they have an unfavorable opinion of her, Palin trailed incumbent Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) by 12 points in a hypothetical general election matchup.

The poll indicated that Treadwell, who launched his campaign last month, would give the Republicans the best chance in a general election, with Begich holding only a 4-point edge over the Republican. Voters are split on Begich, according to the poll: 42 percent said they approve of the Democrat's job performance while 41 percent said they disapprove.

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In related grifter reality show news, New Jersey Republicans want Snooki to run against Cory Booker...

[Berlum]

1. Las Vegas now setting odds on whether FAIL or QUIT will come first

[tom_kelly]

3. Wow!

I see many emotions in her face... anger, despair, defeat, fear, disgust

[Javaman]

11. I perfer to just go with just plain ugly. nt

[crim son]

20. The sadness is evident.

I'd joke that it's due to her crappy makeup job, but whatever the reason, it's there. I guess ignorance *isn't* bliss.

[asjr]

7. The look on her face indicates she is smelling

something rotten.

[Jackpine Radical]

22. She looks to me like every little kid's

nightmare First Grade teacher.

[Wolf Frankula]

34. Snow Snooki is Crabby Old Mrs. Halverson

That's why she lost Minnesota and Wisconsin in 2008, and almost lost North and South Dakota. Mrs. Halverson is that crabby woman in the Lutheran Women's Group or PTA who tells everybody how to live, and lets her own kids run wild. She tells everybody else they have to help out, and never does herself.

Wolf

[Mr.Bill]

30. I see someone who will soon be spending

a lot of money on plastic surgery. In 20 years she'll look like Michael Jackson.

[Daemonaquila]

2. Proving that some people never learn.

It'll be what - 2 years before she quits for another Rethug Welfare job?

[Paulie]

4. Poll: National Democrats Want Palin In 2014 Senate Race

To ensure Democratic Senators from Alaska...

[Veilex]

28. Indeed!

[Mike Daniels]

5. Or to phrase it another way 64% don't support Palin for the Senate

I don't get the logic about wanting to rehire someone to represent you in government when they quit the last job you hired them to do.

In the time she quit her job she's done nothing to show that she has any greater of a grasp on issues that matter than she did during the 2008 campaign. If Alaska wants her to represent them they can elect her to state or local government. There's no excuse for them making the rest of the country have to suffer this ego-maniac's perpetual need for attention.

[Sunlei]

6. quitter

[bobclark86]

8. The real headline:

"Alaska Republicans really are this stupid"

[freshwest]

29. Yes, they are. Look at Joe Miller still getting support. Love that sig line, too.

[B Stieg]

37. Ditto - Love the sig line

[trof]

10. So do Democrats.

[davidpdx]

12. Half-term governor?

Is that what they call a quitter? More like dim-wit governor.

[Thor_MN]

13. Who will they want in 2017?

[trusty elf]

14. The "morans" guy supports her.

[IMG][/IMG]

[Politicalboi]

31. Shouldn't Senut have 2 N's

Better watch out, Moran guy is looking to sue.

[cosmicone]

15. In another survey

Alaska Republicans were found to have a lower average IQ than the grizzly bears and average Alaskan daytime temperature.

[Arctic Dave]

16. As an Alaskan, I say,

[heaven05]

17. doesn't

surprise at all. This clown would probably win, current statistics be damned. Amerikkkans are famous for voting AGAINST their best interests at the state and national level.

[Vanje]

18. I hope she runs!

Sarah Palin brings the funny!

[hobbit709]

19. So Alaska Republicans are dumber than average is what that says.

[Arctic Dave]

21. Alaskan repugs are so dumb, they have to toss

out the stats because it is too much of an outlier for the rest of the repug party.

Alaskan repugs are so dumb, that by just being dumb it automatically puts them in charge. The rest are too dumb to know the leader is dumb.

Alaskan repugs are so dumb, they think the sun shining all summer long is from the southern repugs forgetting to turn off their lights at night.

Alaskan repugs are so dumb...

Your turn.

[louslobbs]

36. Yes, Alaska Republicans are dumber than your average, everyday, dumb Republicans is how I

read it. As a visual, take a bag of ordinary rocks.......most Alaskan Republicans are dumber than a bag of ordinary rocks.....my deepest and sincerest apologies to ordinary bags of rocks wherever they may be.
Lou

[Blasphemer]

23. Joking aside... this is actually kind of scary

I don't think the poll result would have been the same a couple of years ago. We're dealing with a resurgence of conservative ideology in reaction to very little liberal progress. Yes, we are making progress in terms of gay marriage/gay rights but in so many other areas things are already too conservative.

[MrBig]

24. In all honesty, I hope she runs

Begich is going to have a tough re-election campaign if he faces a moderate. Someone on the extreme side like Palin or Joe Miller would help ensure Begich's re-election

[WI_DEM]

25. It's just another attention scheme by Palin to raise money and then

not run. She loves the speculation and attention but to actually go and work in the Senate--no way. She couldn't even hack it as a governor.

[MrNJ]

26. For once I agree with republicans

Let her run. We need another D senator.

[Lizzie Poppet]

27. Rested and ready for her grueling three-year term.

[KamaAina]

32. Not only is Snooki 25, she was born in Chile.

Of course, most of her fan base probably thinks that's sort of like an underwater birth, only using a few cans of Hormel with Beans.

[Orsino]

33. Well, she's not going to run.

Raising all the necessary money for campaigns is work, day in and day out, and Palin is the opposite of work.

On Fox, she only has to sit in the make-up chair and talk sometimes. She'll tease the GOP just long enough to sell another book, then return to her regularly scheduled nothing.

[tofuandbeer]

35. I think she'll run: Palin will do anything to feed that ego.