Key findings from a new Washington Post-ABC News poll include a 55 percent disapproval rating for Sarah Palin:

In contrast to David Bernstein, who puts Sarah Palin 16th among possible GOP presidential contenders, another astute guy, Nate Silver, has a Top-10 list of why she could get the Republican nomination in 2012:

Sarah Palin will get a bounce from the media blitz surrounding her new book, but she doesn't crack the Top 15 in Boston Phoenix political writer David Bernstein's handicapping of the 2012 Republican field for president. Palin places 16th, behind such notables as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (11th); former Florida governor Jeb Bush (14th) and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (15th).