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 We could be getting a 'Super El Niño.' California is cracking down on the 'Montana Loophole.' 2 women die in same California motel room, 5 days apart. Cowboys QB is single again, just weeks before his wedding. Report an error