Some days Sarah Palin seems to be everywhere – to the point that it looks like she's got the whole of America in the palm of her hands. But that's not the true picture if a new CBS news poll is anything to go by.
It puts her favourability rating at just 22%. That makes you sit up a bit.
And you thought Barack Obama's approval ratings – admittedly not the same as favourability but an indication nonetheless – were bad. They stand at 45%.
Palin's unfavourability rating is at 48% with 29% undecided.
This is the flip side of the enormous success the Tea Party meetings have been having. They have proven to be hugely powerful and influential by being outspoken and tough on both Democrats and Republicans they see as big spenders.
But the phenomenon pushes away people as well as attracting them. It is divisive. And the best example of the impact of that divisiveness is Sarah Palin herself.
