Fewer say there is at least some chance they would vote for Ron Paul (42%) or Michelle Bachmann (39%). Substantial majorities of those who have heard of Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich have ruled out voting for them; 67% say there is no chance they would vote for Palin while 66% say there is no chance they would vote for Gingrich. Among Republican and Republican-leaning voters who have heard of each of the candidates, Perry generates a little more enthusiasm than Romney: 37% say there is a good chance they would vote for Perry while 40% say there is some chance. By comparison, 28% of GOP voters say there is a good chance they would vote for Romney and 47% say some chance.  A nugget from today's Pew poll that deserves a post of its own: Forty-one percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters say there is "no chance" they would vote for Sarah Palin in a presidential race.
– If Sarah Palin decides to run for president she'll find lots of hostile Republicans out there, according to the latest Pew Research Center poll. Some 41% of Republican and Republican-leaning voters told pollsters that there was no chance they would vote for Palin. Only Newt Gingrich, with 48%, had a higher rejection rate. Some 37% said they wouldn't vote for Ron Paul, and 31% gave the thumbs down to Michele Bachmann. Only 17% said there was no chance they'd vote for Rick Perry. Among voters in general, 67% say there's no chance they would vote for the Alaskan governor. "There's no question that Palin would shake up the GOP race if she got in, or that she'll continue to command media attention for as long as she drags out the will-she-or-won't-she act," writes Alexander Burn at Politico. "But the level of interest in her candidacy among actual voters is not what it used to be." Click for the latest on the Palin-Karl Rove feud.