Dipstick on a Prig

I just heard Morning Joe‘s Mika Brzezinski blurt out the utterly false statement that everyone “loves” Sarah Palin. Via a diary at Open Left we can see that Palin is, in fact, running a little low when it comes to favorability:

The Research 2000 poll for dKos released Sept. 11 shows Palin at 52% favorable, 35% unfavorable, a 17-point net positive. Over the next several days look at the trend:

Sept. 11: +17 point net positive
Sept. 12: +14 point
Sept. 13: +9
Sept. 14: +5

Palin’s unfavorables are up to 42 while here favorables are down to 47. Her Charlie Gibson interview and generally bad press for the McCain-Palin ticket are taking a toll. Here are Barack Obama’s net positives for the same four days: 16, 16, 14 and 15 today. Joe Biden: 19, 19, 18 and 16 today. As for McCain, a similar pattern to Palin only not as steep a decline: 11, 13, 12 and 9.

It looks like poputonian’s “The Sarah Palin Hype Cycle” post, one of the most emailed posts we’ve seen here at Rumproast, was right on the money.

The Open Left diary then goes on to make some salient points as to why it’s not a bad idea to keep the focus on Caribou Barbie. We’ll be discussing the pros and cons of keeping the heat on her tonight during the premiere broadcast of Radio Rumproast (11PM ET). Make sure you tune in.

[Open Left link via Daily Kos diary: “Palin’s $400 dollar haircut? Private Tanning Bed in Gov Mansion”]

Posted by Kevin K. on 09/15/08 at 08:25 AM • Permalink

Categories: Politics • Election '08 • St. McSame • Barack Obama • Joe Biden • Poliblogs • Sarah Palin •

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We’re almost sorry we made this music video goof on Sarah Palin, to add to the cacophony—

“Sarah Palin Bounce” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiIURSJIjOw

God help us all. Excellent news post; keep up the good work here!

—the guys at Bindledog

Comment by J.V. on 09/15/08 at 08:55 AM

I’ve been playing Cassandra for days, saying that the Obama campaign needs to go after Palin—but if press coverage is tarnishing her, maybe that’s enough….

Comment by Steve M. on 09/15/08 at 09:20 AM

The fascination with the Snowbilly has definitely taken a downward turn. Whether to credit the Obama campaign for letting it play out is an open question.

Comment by Tom65 on 09/15/08 at 09:55 AM

Kev, what does most emailed mean? Is that referral links from email sources?

Sidenote: Notice how PUMA totally followed the hype cycle flame out. The more visibility they get, the faster they move to the trough of disillusionment.