Rasmussen: Palin 64%, Huckabee 12%, Romney 11%

[Mr. Morden]

Here are the full results:

Palin 64%
Huckabee 12%
Romney 11%
Jindal 4%
Crist 2%
Pawlenty 1%

Also, favorable-unfavorable numbers for each of them among Republicans:

Palin 91-8 (even though 20% of Republicans say she hurt McCain's chances)
Huckabee 80-16
Romney 81-15
Jindal 40-21
Crist 36-22
Pawlenty 36-21

[Mr. Morden]

     91% favorable for Palin? 80% favorable for Huckabee? Where did they poll? Bob Jones University?

Other polls have shown Palin with a favorability rating of around 80-85% among Republicans.  91% might be a record.  The Huckabee and Romney numbers are also much higher than what they were among Republicans back in February (which is about the last time people were doing polling on Huckabee and Romney).  This Pew poll from early Feb. has Huckabee at 52-29 and Romney at 54-29 among Republicans:

http://people-press.org/report/392/mccains-support-soars-democratic-race-tightens

I can understand that, because that was in the middle of a hard fought primary campaign, the favorable numbers within the party would rise after it was over, but not *that* much.

[Mr. Morden]

Jindal 40-21 approve/disapprove???  Why?

He's a non-white.

Actually, I think the poll is just kind of screwy.  I also think there's no way that 61% of Republicans know who Jindal is.  I'm sure it's way lower than that.  In all likelihood, a large share of that 21% is people who have no clue who Jindal is, but say they have an unfavorable opinion of him because the only thing they're going on is his name.