Greg Sargent at The Plum Line flags an overlooked tidbit from a recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll:
The poll asked people how they'd respond if a Congressional candidate had various hypothetical attributes. Asked how they'd feel if a candidate were "endorsed by Sarah Palin," the response was....
Says Sargent:
Obviously those pointing to Palin's influence are only concerned with her impact among GOP primary voters. But the above finding is another mark of just how toxic Palin has become to the rest of the world -- and how out of sync with public opinion the media obsession with Palin's alleged influence really is.
And that's the tiny detail the media somehow manages to overlook while playing stenographer for Palin or waxing poetic about the tea party as a whole ... their toxicity to the majority of the voters.
Just a few months ago Harry Reid was "dead man walking," Charlie Crist was the next Republican Senator from Florida, the Republican nominee in Kentucky was a shoo-in, Rob Simmons had a good shot at getting Chris Dodd's seat, NY-23 was going to be back in Republican hands ...