Politics | President Obama Obama Would Wallop Sarah Palin: 50% to 33% Generic GOP candidate still leads Obama by 6 points By Neal Colgrass Posted Aug 22, 2011 2:35 PM CDT Copied Photographs of President Barack Obama, left, and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, right, appear in a storefront window, in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Aug. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) President Obama should be rooting for Sarah Palin to join the race and take her mama grizzly act all the way to the Republican nomination. A new Rasmussen Reports survey shows that if Election Day were today, Obama would trounce Palin 50% to 33%, better than the 47% to 38% lead he held last month. It also bests his numbers against a generic Republican candidate—where Obama lags by six points—and his 44% to 39% lead over Rick Perry, 46% to 39% lead over Michele Bachmann, and his virtual tie with Mitt Romney. Read These Next Mark Zuckerberg's 'list' has Silicon Valley buzzing. IAEA chief downplays damage to Iran nuclear sites. Hall of Famer Dave Parker dies The screwworm is truly the stuff of horror films. Report an error