Phenom Palin
While some Republicans around the country suffer from low approval ratings, one Republican governor is still soaring--and soaring high. According to a poll last week, Sarah Palin of Alaska, sometimes mentioned as a VP candidate for McCain, has a favorability rating of 86%. A year and a half after taking office, Palin's ratings have been consistently high. Will these numbers increase her chances of McCain picking Palin? Despite her inexperience, it might make McCain take a closer look. Here's an excerpt of the article and you can watch the video here:
Pollster Dave Dittman says that Palin has connected with Alaskans on a personal level much more so than on a policy level.
"I think they like her youthfulness, the fact that she's a woman, that she's a mother, that she stands up to the big boys kind of a thing," Dittman said. "There's the populist air of it. And she hasn't done anything really wrong."
Palin had the advantage of following Alaska's least-popular governor, Frank Murkowski. She says the reason for her rating is simple.
"I think you just can't go wrong when your intentions are good in terms of providing that service to Alaskans -- open, honest, transparent government; clean up some of the ethical lapses that Alaskans had been getting tired of," she said.
HT: PalinforVP.com
