One Mans Opinion 1/26/2011
By Dewaine Shoulders

I hate polls. I absolutely despise them. First of all, none of them can be 100% accurate; and secondly, none of them are without their fair share of political leanings --- Democrat-run polls tend to lean left while conservative polls tend to lean right. If MSNBC does a poll, it leans so far to the left that it simply falls over.

So with that in mind, I want to talk about the latest poll on Fox News. Bret Baier, the host of Special Report, posed the question for his latest poll:
The 12 for 2012 -Which potential GOP presidential candidate do you prefer?

The choices were: Haley Barbour, Chris Christie, Mitch Daniels, Jim DeMint, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty, Mike Pence, Mitt Romney, John Thune and other.

Once I voted (and you know who I voted for... Her initials are SP [wink wink]), I got to see the breakdown on the voting. Again, this isn't a scientific poll. I'm sure many people voted more than once (kind of like a typical Chicago election). But here was the breakdown per candidate at the time of this writing:

Haley Barbour 0.23% (581 votes)
Chris Christie 3.25% (8,363 votes)
Mitch Daniels 0.64% (1,637 votes)
Jim DeMint 0.51% (1,308 votes)
Newt Gingrich 1.13% (2,893 votes)
Mike Huckabee 10.61% (27,270 votes)
Bobby Jindal 0.46% (1,195 votes)
Sarah Palin 44.09% (113,298 votes)
Tim Pawlenty 0.36% (938 votes)
Mike Pence 0.81% (2,073 votes)
Mitt Romney 29.52% (75,862 votes)
John Thune 0.98% (2,506 votes)
Other 7.42% (19,071 votes)

Now Other I will take as people like Ron Paul, Jeb Bush or Oscar the Wonder Chicken (potentially a dark horse candidate for the Free Range Movement). So, over nineteen thousand folks either like Ron Paul, or KFC is voting heavily on old Oscar.

But the vast amount of votes were for three contenders... Mike Huckabee 10.61% - 27,270 votes, Mitt Romney 29.52% - 75,862 votes and Sarah Palin 44.09% - 113,298 votes. So, if the GOP convention were held today, Sarah Palin would be leading the race with Mike Huckabee showing. That would leave Mitt Romney as the front-runner for Vice President... Right?

Wrong.

If Sarah Palin were to nominate someone for VP, I would say she would continue to buck the GOP and go for a Tea Party person. My money would be on Michelle Bachmann. Her popularity continues to grow, and a woman/woman ticket would make historic gains for women everywhere. I would even bet that the NOW gang would back them (NOT!).
Of course, all of the women on the left would probably vote for Oscar the Wonder Chicken... Especially the PETA crowd.

But the numbers tell a tale. Sarah Palin, for all of the debunking the left tries to do to her, is more popular than Mitt (Romneycare) Romney and Mike Huckabee combined. And if Sarah runs, I'll paraphrase the immortal words of Rush Limbaugh: She'll mop the floor with Obama, and any other GOP establishment darling; most of whom are RINO's and not worthy of the title of POTUS.

But President Sarah Palin does have a very nice ring to it!

But that's just my opinion, I could be right.