The latest NBC/WSJ poll is in, and in a three way race for popularity between Sarah Palin, the Republican Party and Nancy Pelosi, Sarah Palin wins by a nose over Pelosi. Of course, and it should be noted that Palin was running against a very weak field. Still, this might mean good things for the divine Ms. Sarah in 2012. She’s going to take advantage by becoming the featured speaker at the Iowa Family Council’s annual fundraising dinner, according to The Iowa Republican. Let’s hope for Palin’s sake that she shows for the event.

That’s the problem with Palin at the moment, as delineated by conservative John Fund in the Wall Street Journal in late August:

If so, one of her first priorities will have to be repairing the reputation she is developing as a no-show. Last week, organizers for an Alaska initiative that would require that parents be notified before any child got an abortion reported that Ms. Palin had agreed to appear at their kickoff event but now wouldn’t show. Ms. Palin’s staff insists she wasn’t invited, and that she was out of the state.

Normally, such incidents can be put down to a “she-said, they said” kind of dispute. But the Alaska no-show marked the fourth time in recent months that an anticipated Palin speech had fallen through because her staff insisted she had never confirmed it.

Iowa is a place where the wingnut conservativesw are strong, so Sarah getting her foot in the door there is important. Hey, we can only hope this leads to her getting the Presidential nomination in 2012. She’ll be easy for Obama to beat, after all. Despite him being an active target for hate and trying to put across a controversial healthcare plan, Obama’s favorable numbers are double those of the Quitta from Wasilla.

Hat tip goes to Taegan Goddard.