Anything for CNN to change the subject that Barack Obama, the President’s poll numbers are in the crapper.

“WASHINGTON (CNN) – Americans appear to be souring on Sarah Palin, according to a new national poll.

Thirty-nine percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday have a favorable opinion of the former Alaska governor and last year’s Republican vice presidential nominee. That’s down seven points from a poll conducted in May, and it’s also nine points lower than the 48 percent who now say they now view Palin unfavorably. Forty-three percent viewed Palin negatively in May.

“Most of that change has come among Republicans and conservatives,” says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. “GOP voters still like Palin — two-thirds continue to have a favorable view of her — but she is not as wildly popular among GOPers as she was in the spring, when eight in ten Republicans had a favorable view of her.”"

Whatever. Palin isn’t running for office yet and we all know about the methodology CNN uses, normally a 3-1 democrat/independent. Yet the only poll numbers that count NOW are Obama’s and they are dismal, just six months into his reign.

Gallup has Obama’s approval at 54%, but Rasmussen has it at a more accurate (likely voters) 48 percent. On the healthcare issue Obama’s done, with nearly half the country disapproving of his handling of healthcare reform and the same number of the economy.

But whatever CNN needs to sooth itself I guess.

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