"In my opinion, any mandate coming from government is not a good thing, so obviously … there will be more the explanation coming from former governor, Romney, on his support for government mandates … Even on a state level and even a local level, mandates coming from a governing body, it's tough for a lot of us independent Americans to accept, because we have great faith in the private sectors and our own families … and our own businessmen and women making decisions for ourselves. Not any level of government telling us what to do," – Sarah Palin, tweaking Romney on the day he announced his candidacy.
Meanwhile, PPP finds a national two-way race between Palin and Romney with each garnering 15 percent support, followed closely by Cain and Pawlenty. But there's an unexpected element for Romney – the Rapture:
18% of GOP primary voters believe it will occur in their lifetimes and 31% of them support Palin to 15% for Romney, 11% for Cain and Gingrich, and 10% for Pawlenty.
Unless Palin voters literally disappear into Heaven, Romney will be running as the liberal/centrist candidate, while Palin has the Christianist right in the palm of her ink-stained hand.
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