Flap’s Links and Comments for March 10th on 14:35

These are my links for March 10th from 14:35 to 14:47:

• President 2012: Presidential candidates staffing up in Iowa – Eric Woolson, Mike Huckabee's key organizer in Iowa in 2008, has joined Tim Pawlenty's team. The Des Moines Register reports:

  The top Iowa adviser to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Wednesday he will support former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty should Pawlenty seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

  Eric Woolson, a 52-year-old veteran campaign press operative and media strategist, said he did not know whether Huckabee would run again. Woolson managed Huckabee's winning 2008 Iowa caucuses campaign.

  Woolson said he likes Pawlenty's record, style and profile as a governor. And Woolson worries that Huckabee's summer time frame for deciding whether to run again may be too long.

  This tells us a few things. First, either by intention or by tardiness, Huckabee is taking himself out of the race….

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  Iowa is not that important in that it is a caucus and not a primary state.

  John McCain ignored Iowa twice and won the nomination the second time.

  Tim Pawlenty has no choice but to compete since his name recognition is very low.

  I am positive Haley Barbour will be in there soon but who knows aobut Mitch Daniels – if Daniels is even running.

  And, Huckabee – he ain't running.

• So unfav? Sarah Palin’s poll plunge – Bloomberg Poll is Crap – Sarah Palin’s unfavorable rating is off the charts.
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  The former Alaska governor’s numbers are astonishingly upside-down, according to a new Bloomberg poll showing a 32 percentage point spread between those who have an unfavorable rating of Palin and those who view her favorably.

  Of the 60 percent in the poll who have an unfavorable opinion of Palin, more than half of them – 38 percent among the whole survey – said they have a “very” unfavorable view of Palin.

  Her “very” unfavorable rating is higher than the total favorability ratings of Newt Gingrich, Donald Trump and Chris Christie.

  The new poll is a dip from a December Bloomberg poll showing Palin with a net favorable rating of 33 percent and a net unfavorable rating of 57 percent.

  The survey is just one more indicator that if Palin were to run, she'd face a very strong headwind whenever trying to reach out to voters beyond her hardcore supporters.

  More people surveyed had an opinion of Palin than any other politician surveyed except for Barack Obama, indicating that her numbers are not likely to swing wildly one way or the other.

  The poll of 1,001 adults was conducted March 4-7 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

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  There are other polls which are MORE alarming from this poll which is full of crap. Look at the Favorable of public employees and unions and Obama.

  Major sampling errors – so move on.