Sarah Palin (David Shankbone), and Mike Huckabee (David Ball)
Excluding the biased and inaccurate Rasmussen polls, President Obama still enjoys a net positive approval rating, but as everybody knows, his numbers have come down to earth since the spring of 2009.
What is less well-known is that over that same time period, his top Republican rivals have experienced a similar slide in their ratings. A new Public Policy Polling survey shows that since April, 2009, the GOP's Fab Four?Mike Huckabee (-15), Mitt Romney (-17), Sarah Palin (-15), and Newt Gingrich (-23)?have averaged an 18 point drop in net favorable ratings. Moreover, each of them has a net negative favorable rating, unlike President Obama who has a net positive favorable rating.
It's easy to see why Newt Gingrich had the worst performance of the bunch (his attempts to explain affair with a staffer during impeachment hearings continue to astound), but none of them did well. TPM's Jon Terbush took a look at a composite of all polling since early 2010 and found the same trend?each of the Fab Four are significantly less popular now than they were at the beginning of the year. During that stretch President Obama's numbers have held fairly steady.
Bottom-line: President Obama may wish he still had his sky-high ratings of early 2009, but at least his numbers still put him in positive territory. His leading political rivals were never that strong to begin with, and their numbers are worse now than ever. No wonder Jim DeMint is talking about a new candidate entering the race. Who knows? Maybe the stars are aligning for Michele Bachmann, who apparently stole the show in Iowa this weekend. Wouldn't that be fun?
Source: http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/rdJlwRowh_c/-GOPs-Fab-Four-2012ers-in-polling-slide
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