The Most Important Number in Politics Today

Washington Post by Chris Cillizza | Jul. 16, 2009 (News Analysis)

33 -- That's the percentage of Republicans who said that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has the ability to be an "effective" president in a new CBS News survey in the field earlier this month. Full Story »

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Topics: Republicans, Media and Politics, Sarah Palin
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Jul 16, 2009 - 11:43 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Joey Baker (review), Susan Harper (review), Randy Morrow (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Jul 16, 2009 - 11:43 AM PDT

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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Jul. 16, 2009
Derek posted this story.
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Joey Baker
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 by Joey Baker - Jul. 16, 2009

Great points about Palin. Theory seems sound.

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Randy Morrow
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 by Randy Morrow - Jul. 17, 2009
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Susan Harper
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 by Susan Harper - Jul. 16, 2009

This is more like an editorial. The only facts are the poll numbers.

I believe that if Sara Palin wants to be elected for national office, she will need to convince a lot of people that she is capable of whatever position. I would not be surprised if she ran for congress or senate.

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