MN-PPP: Obama leads all Republicans by at least 5 points

[Mr. Morden]

PPP poll of Minnesota:

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_MN_12081023.pdf

Obama 51%
Gingrich 38%

Obama 50%
Huckabee 40%

Obama 54%
Palin 36%

Obama 47%
Romney 42%

Obama 51%
Pawlenty 43%

job approval / disapproval:
Obama 49% / 46%
Pawlenty 43% / 53%

favorability / unfavorability among all voters:
Gingrich 30% / 52%
Huckabee 37% / 40%
Palin 35% / 60%
Romney 32% / 42%

favorability / unfavorability among Republicans only:
Gingrich 58% / 21%
Huckabee 64% / 16%
Palin 70% / 23%
Romney 53% / 23%

Pawlenty job approval among Republicans only:
approve 83%
disapprove 12%

Despite Palin's high favorability #s, she gets the lowest GOP support in a general election matchup with Obama.  Only 76% of Republicans say they'd vote for Palin over Obama (most of the rest are undecided), whereas for Romney it's 87%, and for Pawlenty it's 90%.  This is a pattern that shows up in other states, that PPP noted in this post:

http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/12/palins-republican-problem.html

Palin has very high favorability ratings with the GOP, but the minority of Republicans that doesn't like her seems willing to at least consider backing Obama over her.

[Mr. Morden]

The only credible path to victory for Palin is one in which Bloomberg runs. 

Didn't PPP show that a Bloomberg candidacy would hurt the Republican candidate more than Obama?

Their poll does indeed show Bloomberg drawing more from Romney than Obama in an Obama-Romney-Bloomberg race:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=128613.0

Though I'm not sure the average voter has any clue what Bloomberg's political platform is.  In a real race, Bloomberg's impact would depend on what he's running on.