you see....

when loans like these are two years old, they reset and the prevailing interest rate is triggered.

That triples the mortgage payment.

So why not sell?

OK.

But everyone sold or offered to sell at the same time.

FIxed rate mortgages were being offered now, by 2006, with 30% down. MINIMUM!!!!!!!

no refinancing there......

no buyers there.....

why?

because ARM loans can't refinance easily, that's why.

A sale is absoultely necessary for a sound commercial bank to write a refinance. But a refinance must be qualified for. If the ARM buried homeowner cannot handle the reset of the existing ARM, how will thaT SAME HOMEOWNER QUALIFY FOR A REFINANCE INTO A FIXED RATE LOAN?

Answer: they don"t!!!!!!!!!

what do they do then?

they sell?

to whom?

to sonmeone with 30% down, that's who.

But that doesn't work. Nobody puts 30%down.


exactly.

that's why new loans backstopped with that requirement for equity participatioin in a housing market known to be flat and stagnant by the banks being inundated with loan apps for fixed rate refi's.

HUH?????????????


The 30% down requirement was plugging in an expected downturn and deflationary effect on housing?

HUH?

The banks knew that a correction was overdue. A 20% loss in equity was anticipated by the expected short selling into the market of homes by distressed sellers.


WHy oh why is everyone a real estate expert and an entrepreneur in speculative housing as an investment tool

Everyone thought they were smarter than the industry professionals.LOL\

Housewives and car salesmen acting like they are wheeling dealing General Contractors and astute interior designers.

puuullleeeeeezzzzeeeeeee.

have some more KOOL AID, folks.




Does this make sense?


probably not.

doesn't anyone that agrees to an ARM know that it must reset after two years according to the whim of the lender or holder of the note?

BUying homes on the bet that they will rise in value quicker than the date of the exppectant reset accompanied the gamble by those ignoring the principle behind ARMs.

they are qualifying loans, not lonng term sound fixed rate loans.

Assuming that prices will always rise is foolhardy and not due diligence.

Who's game is it anyway?


This was the warning in 2000 that went unheeded.

Accompanying those warnings were statistcs showing that house prices were out of balance, geographically speaking, at a variable rate from the deviation of the historic basis for qualifying for home loans.

That ignored criteria was that the house should cost no more than 3 times the annual salary of the borrower.

Buying down the initial interest rate to qualify boirrowers for homes that cost 10-12 times the borrowers annual income is just plain old fashioned stupidity.

you got what you got because of this "head in the sand" delusion that historyy is a lie, and that sound fiscal responsibility is an antiquated fossil of a bygone era.


Well, apparently the doomsayers were prophets and not charlatans and carpetbaggers, huh?


Americans buy into free lunches way too easy.

scary.

hey war!

i remember you had posted something about the shia exodus from Iraqi cities just prior to the "surge: as seen by drones and camera shots from above at night.

something like that.

if that is as I remember reading, then maybe they all went to Afganistan to regroup and change the theater of engagement.

Maybe we will get to see a "saurge"engineered for Afghanistan and witness further decimation of terrorist cells and anarchistic mercenaries an a wholesale level.


But they might just sneak back into Syria or Lebanon and give the Ira-elis fits.

What say you?

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting/cps2006.html

see table 7. open it with excel.

it shows how voters lean in terms of actually voting by distinction.

very interesting stats from the census bureau.

65% OF THE COUNTRY IS REGISTERD AND LESS THAN HALF ACTUALLY VOTED IN 2006.

the most noticeable spread is between the unemployed which vote by least percentage among those registered to vote, and the government employed workers which vote with the most intensity of all voters.

This is extremely alarming.

voting appears to be a lobbying effort and the enthusiasm for bigger government is evident in the high percentage of government workers that vote.


enjoy..............my fellow sheeple.

kudos to single parents.

I am one too.

my industry, construction, is sufferng the free lunch program of free houses to democrats at the lower end of the cess pool to vote democrat as a bribe.

they mostly lost their free lunch homes.

Now Congress and the Fed want to bailout those idiot homeowners.

well what about bailing out construction workers that have no work becuase of the libtard free lunch program?

they are trying to foist another free lunch program onto us with this bailout morphing into a refinance instrument for comrade faithful.

I love how the rise in unemployment is attributed to jobs going off shore lately.

I am laughing my butt off at the idea that bush's policies have caused the rise in unemployment, and no lip service is given toi the facts.

The construction industry will be dead until the country selols off all of the foreclosed homes that tanked the economy, and not before.

Supply and demand balance will not occur until that unwinds completely.

How about free homes for tradesmen and craftsmen that through unemployment are also losing their homes which they have had for many years? I see that all the time. not me, though, thankfully.

But still, how do these liars expect unemployment to decline and productivity to increase when the construction industry is dead in the water and rusting away in inactivity?


Single parents and hard working honest Americans with families are getting left out in these free lunch programs for socialist voters and the poor base of the democratic party that squander the hard earned tax dollars of us, the working patriotic American.


Who cares? certainly not our self preening representatives in WASHINGTON.


God bless the single parent. No one else will

can you imagine how much money would be saved not dealing with illegal immigrants that don't pay taxes?

look at southern California.

Our state has lower tax revenues and illegals are not paying their taxes and taking jobs from taxpayers that are citizens.Why?

This is libtard socialism at its zenith.

coming to a state of dysfunction near you.





Just One State

This is only one State................If this doesn't open your eyes nothing will!

From the L. A. Times..............
1. 40% of all workers in L. A. County (L.A.County has 10.2 million people)are working for cash and not paying taxes. This is because they are predominantly illegal immigrants working without a green card.
2. 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens.
3. 75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles are illegal aliens.
4. Over 2/3 of all births in Los Angeles County are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal, whose births were paid for by taxpayers.
5. Nearly 35% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally
6. Over 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County are living in garages.
7. The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are mostlikely illegal aliens from south of the border.
8. Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal.
9. 21 radio stations in L.A.are Spanish speaking.
10. In L.A.County 5.1 million people speak English,3.9 million speak Spanish.
(There are 10.2 million people in L.A.County. )

(All 10 of the above are from the Los Angeles Times)

Less than 2% of illegal aliens are picking our crops, but 29% are on welfare. Over 70% of the United States' annual population growth (and over 90% of California, Florida, and New York) results from immigration. 29% of inmates in federal prisons are illegal aliens.

We are a bunch of fools for letting this continue


This is only one State...............

If this doesn't open your eyes nothing will! and you wonder why Nancy Pelosi wants them to become voters!

half of your neighbors to the south are drinking KOOL AID and eating the last of their free lunches.

But we can thank God Almighty that we are not yet reduced to the swill you neighbors to the north drink.

well, Reagan sure convinced the Soviets otherwise huh?

did we bluff about star wars or not?

The KGB doesn't ever appear to be asleep and unaware of what time it is.

The Soviets never blinked before.

It may be that mutually assured destruction is not on the table anymore.

hhmmmmm.....

the pollsters are always around the grocery stores here where I live in California.

I smile and nod and they always turn away.

from time to time, i watch them from a distance to see who they talk to.

try it sometime.

really.

you will be amazed at what you see.


The prejudice and patronizing filters and condescension of the left are glaringly visible.

they only approach people that fit certain visual images.


usually unsuccessful, poor, minorities, and tattered souls.


think this is bullsh!t?

watch them sometime and see for yourself that they are attracted to visual images projecting a particular image.


It is uncanny.

those polls won't work to show anything credible.



case in point.

The exit polls after that last election.

totally off base and opposite of the outcome, huh?

not.

it is a bailout of the effects of giving the democrat base homes they can't afford and then lose in foreclosure, en mass.

nice spin.

you don't have a very good seat up there in socialist Canada, do you?


don't be shy. come on down and feel the love of socialisms fruits here.

clintonomics works.

it almost ruined the fat cats and rich republicans, huh?

Come on down and participate in the libtard scorched earth doctrines of hate and discontent.

you'd fit right in.

here's some KOOL AID!!!!!!

join the party ,comradette.

no kidding....

he has lost his edge with voters, huh?

That explains his landslide election results in November, huh?

nobama doesn't get it.

never did.

He has to learn that we are not here for hs own self gratification, but to govern oursselves with a representative government.

this is not a soapbox for celebrity, despite nobama's best efforts to characterize this election on his terms.

and they are a huge voter base, huh?


also, reducing Fox News popularity with viewers as pandering to the elderly is a perfect example of generalizing about our seniors.

it is stereotypes like this that amaze me about libtard haters.

The insensitivity towards others that is eclipsed by the libtards sensitivity to criticism of their narrow and divisive platforms and agendas.

This country is pluralistic, not divisive.

Libtards gotta stop this sugar high addiction to drinking the KOOL AID.

Faux news is terrible, huh?

FOXNEWS HANNITY/COLMES 4,921,000
FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,839,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 3,561,000
FOXNEWS SHEP SMITH 2,184,000
FOXNEWS HUME 2,108,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,854,000
CNN COOPER 1,719,000
MSNBC RACHEL MADDOW 1,716,000
CNN KING 1,646,000
MSNBC HARBALL 1,145,000



I guess you better tell FAUX news to ignore the statistics of who is listening to them, huh?


Have some KOOL AID!!!!!!!!!!

now that's a GAFFE.

the left hand doesn't know what the leftist hand is doing.

see what I mean?

yup.

and they continue doing that because it doesn't work for them.


methinks they don't like us much.

here is Congress' approval rating across the board.



see the site to understand the columned numbers. the format would not paste.
http://www.pollingreport.com/CongJob.htm



CONGRESS – Job Rating in national polls

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See also: Detailed trend Survey
Approve Disap-
prove Unsure Approve
minus
Dates % % % Disapprove
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
9/8-9/08 23 68 8 -45
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
8/29-31/08 18 75 7 -57
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
8/18-24/08 16 78 6 -62
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
8/19-20/08 20 73 7 -53
.

L.A. Times/Bloomberg 8/15-18/08 17 73 10 -56
.

Quinnipiac LV
8/12-17/08 16 74 10 -58
.

AP-Ipsos
7/31 - 8/4/08 19 75 * -56
.

CNN/Opinion Research Corp.
7/27-29/08 22 77 1 -55
.

Research 2000 LV
7/25-27/08 13 81 6 -68
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
7/22-23/08 21 68 11 -47
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal RV
7/18-2108 15 75 10 -60
.

AP-Ipsos
7/10-14/08 18 77 * -59
.

ABC/Washington Post
7/10-13/08 23 71 6 -48
.

Gallup
7/10-13/08 14 75 10 -61
.

Quinnipiac LV
7/8-13/08 14 77 9 -63
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
6/17-18/08 19 69 13 -50
.

AP-Ipsos
6/12-16/08 23 72 * -49
.

Gallup
6/9-12/08 19 74 7 -55
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal RV
6/6-9/08 13 79 8 -66
.

Quinnipiac RV
5/8-12/08 16 76 8 -60
.

Gallup
5/8-11/08 18 76 6 -58
.

NPR LV 5/7-8, 10/08 22 73 4 -51
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
4/30 - 5/3/08 18 75 8 -57
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
4/28-29/08 22 67 11 -45
.

CBS/New York Times
4/25-29/08 21 68 11 -47
.

AP-Ipsos
4/7-9/08 23 71 * -48
.

Gallup
4/6-9/08 20 71 9 -51
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
3/28-31/08 23 72 6 -49
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
3/18-19/08 20 67 12 -47
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal RV
3/7-10/08 19 69 12 -50
.

Gallup
3/6-9/08 21 71 8 -50
.

AP-Ipsos
3/3-5/08 24 72 * -48
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
2/19-20/08 22 68 10 -46
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
2/14-17/08 28 63 9 -35
.

AP-Ipsos
2/4-6/08 22 74 * -52
.

ABC/Washington Post
1/30 - 2/1/08 33 59 8 -26
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
1/30-31/08 22 66 12 -44
.

NPR LV 1/29-31/08 28 65 7 -37
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal
1/20-22/08 18 70 12 -52
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
1/10-12/08 23 70 7 -47
.

AP-Ipsos
1/7-9/08 26 69 * -43
.

Gallup
1/4-6/08 23 71 6 -48
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
12/18-19/07 25 60 15 -35
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal
12/14-17/07 18 70 12 -52
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
12/10-14/07 22 69 10 -47
.

ABC/Washington Post
12/6-9/07 32 60 8 -28
.

Gallup
12/6-9/07 22 70 8 -48
.

CBS/New York Times
12/5-9/07 21 64 15 -43
.

AP-Ipsos
12/3-5/07 25 70 * -45
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
11/13-14/07 26 61 14 -35
.

Gallup
11/11-14/07 20 69 11 -49
.

AP-Ipsos
11/5-7/07 25 70 * -45
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal
11/1-5/07 19 68 13 -49
.

ABC/Washington Post
10/29 - 11/1/07 28 65 7 -37
.

Quinnipiac RV
10/23-29/07 21 70 10 -49
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
10/23-24/07 25 54 22 -29
.

L.A. Times/Bloomberg RV 10/19-22/07 22 69 9 -47
.

CBS
10/12-16/07 27 59 14 -32
.

CNN/Opinion Research Corp.
10/12-14/07 22 75 3 -53
.

Gallup
10/12-14/07 29 64 6 -35
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
10/9-10/07 24 63 12 -39
.

NPR LV 10/4, 6-7/07 25 69 6 -44
.

Gallup
10/4-7/07 23 71 6 -48
.

AP-Ipsos
10/1-3/07 22 73 * -51
.

ABC/Washington Post
9/27-30/07 29 65 6 -36
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
9/25-26/07 24 63 13 -39
.

CBS
9/14-16/07 27 65 8 -38
.

Gallup
9/14-16/07 24 71 5 -47
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
9/11-12/07 32 56 11 -24
.

AP-Ipsos
9/10-12/07 26 71 * -45
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal
9/7-10/07 23 65 12 -42
.

CBS/New York Times
9/4-8/07 23 66 11 -43
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
8/21-22/07 24 60 17 -36
.

Pew
8/1-18/07 21 65 14 -44
.

Gallup
8/13-16/07 18 76 6 -58
.

Quinnipiac RV
8/7-13/07 20 70 10 -50
.

CBS
8/8-12/07 25 63 12 -38
.

AP-Ipsos
8/6-8/07 25 72 * -47
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal
7/27-30/07 24 63 13 -39
.

CBS/New York Times
7/20-22/07 26 61 13 -35
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
7/19-22/07 25 68 8 -43
.

ABC/Washington Post
7/18-21/07 37 60 4 -23
.

CBS/New York Times
7/9-17/07 29 59 12 -30
.

Gallup
7/12-15/07 27 66 7 -39
.

AP-Ipsos
7/9-11/07 24 70 * -46
.

CBS
6/26-28/07 27 60 13 -33
.

Newsweek
6/18-19/07 25 63 12 -38
.

Gallup
6/11-14/07 24 71 5 -47
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal
6/8-11/07 23 64 13 -41
.

Quinnipiac RV
6/5-11/07 23 66 11 -43
.

L.A. Times/Bloomberg 6/7-10/07 27 65 8 -38
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
6/5-6/07 29 55 15 -26
.

ABC/Washington Post
5/29 - 6/1/07 39 53 8 -14
.

CBS/New York Times
5/18-23/07 36 52 12 -16
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
5/16-20/07 31 61 8 -30
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
5/15-16/07 32 53 15 -21
.

Gallup
5/10-13/07 29 64 7 -35
.

AP-Ipsos
5/7-9/07 35 60 * -25
.

Quinnipiac RV
4/25 - 5/1/07 39 52 9 -13
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
4/26-30/07 38 54 8 -16
.

NPR LV 4/26-29/07 35 59 6 -24
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal
4/20-23/07 31 52 17 -21
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
4/17-18/07 35 49 16 -14
.

ABC/Washington Post
4/12-15/07 44 54 3 -10
.

CBS
4/9-12/07 34 54 12 -20
.

L.A. Times/Bloomberg 4/5-9/07 34 58 8 -24
.

Gallup
4/2-5/07 33 60 7 -27
.

AP-Ipsos
4/2-4/07 40 57 * -17
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
3/29 - 4/1/07 37 52 11 -15
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
3/27-28/07 30 54 16 -24
.

Gallup
3/11-14/07 28 64 8 -36
.

CBS/New York Times
3/7-11/07 31 53 16 -22
.

AP-Ipsos
3/5-7/07 33 63 * -30
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal
3/2-5/07 31 53 16 -22
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
2/27-28/07 32 49 20 -17
.

CBS/New York Times
2/23-27/07 33 50 17 -17
.

ABC/Washington Post
2/22-25/07 41 54 5 -13
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
2/21-24/07 30 55 16 -25
.

CBS
2/8-11/07 32 52 16 -20
.

AP-Ipsos
2/5-7/07 34 58 * -24
.

Gallup
2/1-4/07 37 55 8 -18
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
1/30-31/07 33 44 22 -11
.

CBS
1/18-21/07 33 49 18 -16
.

ABC/Washington Post
1/16-19/07 43 50 8 -7
.

AP-Ipsos
1/16-18/07 34 60 * -26
.

Gallup
1/15-18/07 35 56 9 -21
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
1/16-17/07 32 47 21 -15
.

L.A. Times/Bloomberg 1/13-16/07 36 44 20 -8
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
1/11-14/07 31 49 21 -18
.

AP-Ipsos
1/8-10/07 32 62 * -30
.

Gallup
12/11-14/06 21 74 5 -53
.

ABC/Washington Post
12/7-11/06 37 57 6 -20
.

AP-Ipsos
12/4-6/06 27 67 * -40
.

AP-Ipsos
11/13-15/06 26 70 * -44
.

Gallup
11/9-12/06 26 67 7 -41
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
11/8-12/06 27 63 11 -36
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics LV
11/4-5/06 29 57 13 -28
.

USA Today/Gallup
11/2-5/06 26 63 11 -37
.

ABC/Washington Post RV
11/1-4/06 36 60 4 -24
.

CBS/New York Times
10/27-31/06 29 56 15 -27
.

AP-AOL
10/20-25/06 25 72 * -47
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
10/19-23/06 27 65 9 -38
.

USA Today/Gallup
10/20-22/06 26 67 6 -41
.

ABC/Washington Post
10/19-22/06 31 65 4 -34
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal RV
10/13-16/06 16 75 9 -59
.

Gallup
10/9-12/06 23 71 6 -48
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics LV
10/10-11/06 31 63 6 -32
.

CNN
10/6-8/06 28 63 9 -35
.

USA Today/Gallup
10/6-8/06 24 68 7 -44
.

ABC/Washington Post
10/5-8/06 32 66 2 -34
.

CBS/New York Times
10/5-8/06 27 64 9 -37
.

Time
10/3-4/06 31 57 12 -26
.

AP-Ipsos
10/2-4/06 27 69 * -42
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
9/24-26/06 28 65 7 -37
.

L.A. Times/Bloomberg 9/16-19/06 30 57 13 -27
.

CBS/New York Times
9/15-19/06 25 61 14 -36
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics LV
9/12-13/06 29 53 18 -24
.

AP-Ipsos *
9/11-13/06 29 68 -39
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal RV
9/8-11/06 20 65 15 -45
.

Gallup
9/7-10/06 29 63 8 -34
.

ABC
9/5-7/06 40 55 5 -15
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
8/29-30/06 24 61 15 -37
.

Cook/RT Strategies RV 8/25-27/06 31 58 12 -27
.

Time
8/22-24/06 30 59 11 -29
.

CBS/New York Times
8/17-21/06 29 60 11 -31
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
8/17-20/06 31 61 8 -30
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
8/8-9/06 24 58 17 -34
.

Gallup
8/7-10/06 27 65 8 -38
.

AP-Ipsos
8/7-9/06 29 69 * -30
.

ABC/Washington Post
8/3-6/06 36 60 4 -24
.

Cook/RT Strategies RV 7/28-30/06 28 57 15 -29
.

CBS/New York Times
7/21-25/06 28 58 14 -30
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal
7/21-24/06 25 60 15 -35
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
7/20-23/06 31 58 11 -27
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
7/11-12/06 25 61 14 -36
.

AP-Ipsos *
7/10-12/06 27 68 -41
.

Gallup
7/6-9/06 29 61 10 -32
.

Time
6/27-29/06 31 55 14 -24
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
6/21-25/06 30 62 8 -32
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
6/13-14/06 29 59 12 -30
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal
6/9-12/06 23 64 13 -41
.

CBS 6/10-11/06 26 60 14 -34
.

AP-Ipsos *
6/5-7/06 24 73 -49
.

Cook/RT Strategies RV 6/1-4/06 27 56 17 -29
.

Gallup
6/1-4/06 27 63 10 -36
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
5/18-21/06 29 64 7 -35
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
5/16-18/06 27 56 17 -29
.

CBS 5/16-17/06 26 59 15 -33
.

ABC/Washington Post
5/11-15/06 33 63 4 -30
.

Gallup
5/8-11/06 21 71 8 -50
.

CBS/New York Times
5/4-8/06 23 64 13 -41
.

AP-Ipsos *
5/1-3/06 25 71 -46
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal
4/21-24/06 22 65 13 -43
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
4/18-19/06 25 52 23 -27
.

Gallup
4/10-13/06 23 70 7 -47
.

L.A. Times/Bloomberg 4/8-11/06 28 61 11 -33
.

ABC/Washington Post
4/6-9/06 35 62 3 -27
.

CBS 4/6-9/06 27 61 12 -34
.

AP-Ipsos *
4/3-5/06 30 67 -37
.

Time
3/22-23/06 39 49 12 -10
.

Gallup
3/13-16/06 27 65 8 -38
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
3/14-15/06 29 55 16 -26
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal
3/10-13/06 33 53 14 -20
.

CBS 3/9-12/06 32 54 14 -22
.

AP-Ipsos *
3/6-8/06 31 66 -35
.

ABC/Washington Post
3/2-5/06 36 62 3 -26
.

Quinnipiac RV
2/21-28/06 25 63 11 -38
.

CBS 2/22-26/06 28 61 11 -33
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
2/16-19/06 30 61 8 -31
.

Gallup
2/6-9/06 25 65 10 -40
.

AP-Ipsos *
2/6-8/06 35 61 -26
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal
1/26-29/06 29 56 15 -27
.

ABC/Washington Post
1/23-26/06 43 53 4 -10
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
1/24-25/06 34 51 16 -17
.

L.A. Times/Bloomberg 1/22-25/06 35 55 10 -20
.

CBS/New York Times
1/20-25/06 29 61 10 -32
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
1/12-15/06 31 59 10 -28
.

Gallup
1/9-12/06 27 67 7 -40
.

ABC/Washington Post
1/5-8/06 41 55 5 -14
.

CBS 1/5-8/06 27 57 16 -30
.

AP-Ipsos *
1/3-5/06 34 63 -29
.

ABC/Washington Post
12/15-18/05 43 53 4 -10
.

NPR LV 12/15, 17-18/05 43 51 6 -8
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
12/13-14/05 30 52 18 -22
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
12/12-13/05 26 64 10 -38
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal
12/9-12/05 25 60 15 -35
.

Gallup
12/5-8/05 29 63 8 -34
.

AP-Ipsos *
12/5-7/05 31 65 -34
.

CBS/New York Times
12/2-6/05 33 53 14 -20
.

Quinnipiac RV
11/28 - 12/4/05 27 61 11 -34
.

Time
11/29 - 12/1/05 33 55 13 -22
.

Diageo/Hotline RV
11/11-15/05 36 53 12 -17
.

Gallup
11/7-10/05 29 63 8 -34
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal
11/4-7/05 28 57 15 -29
.

AP-Ipsos *
10/31 - 11/2/05 37 59 -22
.

ABC/Washington Post
10/30 - 11/2/05 37 59 4 -22
.

CBS
10/30 - 11/1/05 34 53 13 -19
.

Gallup
10/13-16/05 29 64 7 -35
.

Diageo/Hotline RV 10/12-16/05 29 62 10 -33
.

AP-Ipsos * 10/3-5/05 35 61 -26
.

CBS 10/3-5/05 31 57 12 -26
.

Newsweek
9/29-30/05 32 56 12 -24
.

FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
9/13-14/05 34 49 17 -15
.

Gallup
9/12-15/05 35 59 6 -24
.

CBS/New York Times 9/9-13/05 34 54 12 -20
.

NBC/Wall Street Journal 9/9-12/05 29 53 18 -24

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WHAT TRUE qualifications does Sarah Palin have? Every time the woman opens her mouth, nothing but moronic, stupid comments flow out
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The Most Popular Governor
Alaska's Sarah Palin is the GOP's newest star.
by Fred Barnes
07/16/2007, Volume 012, Issue 41

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The wipeout in the 2006 election left Republicans in such a state of dejection that they've overlooked the one shining victory in which a Republican star was born. The triumph came in Alaska where Sarah Palin, a politician of eye-popping integrity, was elected governor. She is now the most popular governor in America, with an approval rating in the 90s, and probably the most popular public official in any state.

Her rise is a great (and rare) story of how adherence to principle--especially to transparency and accountability in government--can produce political success. And by the way, Palin is a conservative who only last month vetoed 13 percent of the state's proposed budget for capital projects. The cuts, the Anchorage Daily News said, "may be the biggest single-year line-item veto total in state history."

As recently as last year, Palin (pronounced pale-in) was a political outcast. She resigned in January 2004 as head of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission after complaining to the office of Governor Frank Murkowski and to state Attorney General Gregg Renkes about ethical violations by another commissioner, Randy Ruedrich, who was also Republican state chairman.

State law barred Palin from speaking out publicly about ethical violations and corruption. But she was vindicated later in 2004 when Ruedrich, who'd been reconfirmed as state chairman, agreed to pay a $12,000 fine for breaking state ethics laws. She became a hero in the eyes of the public and the press, and the bane of Republican leaders.

In 2005, she continued to take on
the Republican establishment by joining Eric Croft, a Democrat, in lodging an ethics complaint against Renkes, who was not only attorney general but also a long-time adviser and campaign manager for Murkowski. The governor reprimanded Renkes and said the case was closed. It wasn't. Renkes resigned a few weeks later, and Palin was again hailed as a hero.

Palin, 43, the mother of four, passed up a chance to challenge Republican senator Lisa Murkowski, the then-governor's daughter, in 2004. She endorsed another candidate in the primary, but Murkowski won and was reelected. Palin said then that her 14-year-old son talked her out of running, though it's doubtful that was the sole reason.

In 2006, she didn't hesitate. She ran against Gov. Murkowski, who was seeking a second term despite sagging poll ratings, in the Republican primary. In a three-way race, Palin captured 51 percent and won in a landslide. She defeated former Democratic governor Tony Knowles in the general election, 49 percent to 41 percent. She was one of the few Republicans anywhere in the country to perform above expectations in 2006, an overwhelmingly Democratic year. Palin is unabashedly pro life.

With her emphasis on ethics and openness in government, "it turned out Palin caught the temper of the times perfectly," wrote Tom Kizzia of the Anchorage Daily News. She was also lucky. News broke of an FBI investigation of corruption by legislators between the primary and general elections. So far, three legislators have been indicted.

In the roughly three years since she quit as the state's chief regulator of the oil industry, Palin has crushed the Republican hierarchy (virtually all male) and nearly every other foe or critic. Political analysts in Alaska refer to the "body count" of Palin's rivals. "The landscape is littered with the bodies of those who crossed Sarah," says pollster Dave Dittman, who worked for her gubernatorial campaign. It includes Ruedrich, Renkes, Murkowski, gubernatorial contenders John Binkley and Andrew Halcro, the three big oil companies in Alaska, and a section of the Daily News called "Voice of the Times," which was highly critical of Palin and is now defunct.