Sarah Palin would not be an effective President, 39% in Tea Party say, according to a new poll
BY Sean Alfano
Is Sarah Palin selling weak tea?
The ex-Alaska governor may be a Tea Party star, but a new poll suggests she might not have much support if she runs for President, even among the fledgling movement's base.
Just 47% of people who say they support the Tea Party think Palin can be an effective President, 39% disagree, according to a CBS News Poll.
Among overall voters, 64% say she couldn't hack it in the White House and 48% hold an unfavorable view of the 2008 GOP Vice Presidential candidate.
However, Palin's pull has been on display during the run-up to the midterm elections as she's been credited as helping at least 25 candidates win primary races with her endorsement.
The budding kingmaker, though, encountered some controversy with one of the politicians she has backed.
This week, e-mails surfaced between Palin's husband, Todd, and Alaskan Senate contender Joe Miller that suggest a rift between the Tea Party politicians.
On Wednesday, the Palins and Miller tried to defuse talk of any tensions.
The controversy stems from Miller's appearance last month on Fox News Sunday when he declined to say if he thought Palin was qualified to be President.
Hours later, Todd Palin fired off an irate e-mail to Miller, as well as the treasurer for Palin's fundraising committee.
"Sarah put her a-- on the line for Joe and yet he can't answer a simple question," the angry wannabe First Dude wrote.
"Sarah spent all morning working on a Face book [sic] post for Joe, she won't use it, not now," he added.
Todd Palin downplayed the incident in a statement to The Weekly Standard Wednesday, saying, "we'd gotten our wires crossed."
"Joe hadn't said anything like what I'd been told," he said.
While Miller told Fox News Palin was qualified to be commander in chief, he again declined to give his endorsement.
"There are a number of others that are there as well -- any one of which would make a far better presidential candidate
than what we got right now in the Oval Office," Miller said. "But her decision to run is hers, hers alone.
For her part, Sarah Palin added her two cents on the matter via Twitter.
"There's no 'there, there' but the lamestream media will keep on tryin."
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