Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is all over the airwaves these days but two recent polls indicate she's far from being America's sweetheart -- or presidential timber.

A telephone poll of 873 adults conducted Nov. 13-15 by CBS News showed 23 percent have a favorable view of the former Alaska governor. That matches her favorable rating in July, when Palin announced she was resigning from her job as governor.

Thirty-eight percent, meanwhile, have an unfavorable view of her -- also roughly matching her July rating. Another 37 percent say they are undecided or haven't heard enough. The poll's margin of error was plus or minus 3 percentage points.

On the political side, a CNN poll indicated fewer than three in 10 Americans think Palin is qualified to be president.

Sarah Palin may be rich, thanks to her book deal, but she's not popular, according to an NBC-Wall Street Journal poll conducted Oct. 22-25 and a CNN poll conducted Oct. 16-18.

CNN's poll found that a whopping seven in 10 Americans surveyed don't think that the Republican Party's 2008 vice presidential nominee is qualified to be president.

The NBC-Wall Street Journal poll tracks Palin's general popularity, and found that at a new low, with 11 percent of those surveyed having very positive feelings toward her and another 16 percent having somewhat positive feelings about her. Last October, polling registered voters, Palin's numbers were much higher -- 26 percent very favorable and 18 percent somewhat favorable.

If the 2012 election were held now, President Obama would be re-elected comfortably, despite his approval sliding below 50 percent and rising doubts among independent voters, according to a Clarus Research Group poll conducted Aug. 14-19.

Clarus found that Obama would win in trial heats against a slate of possible Republican candidates:

-- Against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, 47 percent to 38 percent;

-- Against former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, 53 percent to 34 percent;

Alaska's new Republican governor, Sean Parnell, begins his tenure to fill out the term of Sarah Palin with higher approval ratings than his predecessor, according to a Hays Research Group poll conducted July 29-30.

The survey found that 66.5 percent of respondents said they "feel positive" about Parnell and just 7.8 percent of respondents have a negative opinion. An additional 18 percent expressed no opinion and 7.8 percent responded that they didn't know Parnell.

Palin, the GOP vice presidential nominee in 2008, triggered positive ratings from 46.8 percent of those surveyed; a negative rating from 47.5 percent and, from 4.5 percent of the Alaskans polled, no opinion of Palin at all.

Three Republicans are bunched within five points of each when potential GOP presidential candidates are matched up for 2012 with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney barely on top, according to a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll conducted July 21-22. The margin of error for the part of the survey dealing only with Republican voters is 6 points.

Romney leads with 22 percent, followed by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee with 21 percent and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with 17 percent. Former New York City mayor (we're dealing with a lot of "formers" here) Rudi Giuliani polls 13 percent, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich gets 9 percent and by the time we get to an elected official, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, he scrapes together 3 percent. Ten percent say it's too soon to decide.

Other recent polls have varied on the 2012 results. A Washington Post/ABC News survey conducted in mid-July had Huckabee on top while a July 10-12 Gallup poll favored Romney. Several recent polls made clear that voters overall don't want to see Palin as president.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee leads the pack of potential GOP presidential contenders for 2012, according to a Washington Post/ABC News poll of self-identified Republicans and Republican-leaners conducted July 15-18. The margin of error is 3 points.

He is followed by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at 21 percent, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at 19 percent and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 10 percent. Everyone else polls less than "no opinion" which got 6 percent, including Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, about him there has been speculation as a contender for 2012. He got 1 percent.

President Obama's approval-to-disapproval numbers have dropped to 54 percent to 38 percent, down from 62 percent to 31 percent in early June, and voters disapprove of how he's handling health care by 45 percent to 43 percent, according to a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll conducted July 21-22. The margin of error is 3 points.

One factor in the erosion of Obama's marks is that independents now approve of his performance by a 54 percent to 36 percent ratio, a significant falloff from the 66 percent to 26 percent he enjoyed in June.

Voters are split, 49 percent to 48 percent, on whether they want Congress to pass a major health care overhaul this year. Fifty-one percent don't think the Obama administration has a clear plan for health care. Asked whether they favored or opposed the package being put together on Capitol Hill based on what they know, voters oppose it 47 percent to 36 percent.

On the heels of a Washington Post/ABC News poll showing President Obama's approval ratings slipping on front-burner issues, a Public Policy Polling survey conducted July 15-16 saw his overall job approval rating drop from 50 percent to 43 percent with 7 percent undecided. (The Post/ABC poll still had Obama's overall rating at 59 percent to 37 percent).

Obama's rating in PPP polls had been 55 percent in May and 52 percent in June.

The poll did hypothetical match-ups with Obama pitted against four Republicans for 2012. Obama bested all of them in the PPP survey, but a Rasmussen Reports poll had less favorable news for Obama.

At this early stage. former Massachusetts Gov. and last year's presidential hopeful Mitt Romney leads a list of other Republicans when it comes to who should top the GOP ticket in 2012, with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin a close second, according to a Gallup poll conducted July 10-12.

The poll of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters has Romney at 26 percent, Palin at 21 percent, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee at 19 percent, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 14 percent, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty at 3 percent and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour at 2 percent.

When it comes to favorability ratings, Palin leads the pack among Republicans with a 72 percent to 21 percent favorable-to-unfavorable ratio but among all Americans she is viewed unfavorably by 45 percent and favorably by 43 percent.

Americans say by 65 percent to 22 percent that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin does not have the ability to be an effective president, according to a CBS News poll conducted July 9-12.

Eighty-six percent of Democrats predictably hold that view, while independents agree by 55 percent to 30 percent. Even Republicans don't think she's equipped for the job by a 51 percent to 33 percent margin. Pluralities among all those groups - Democrats, Republicans and independents, don't think she will run for President in 2012.

A third poll has weighed in this week on how Americans are viewing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin after her surprise announcement that she was resigning this month, and this one says a majority of voters say her decision makes them less likely to support her if she runs for President and also believe she's not fit to hold the office.

By 55 percent to 37 percent, voters said Palin was not fit to be President, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted July 6-7. Fifty-seven percent said her decision to resign her job with 18 months to go made it less likely they would support her, 30 percent said more likely and 14 percent weren't sure.

Voters are split on how they view Palin, with 46 percent seeing her favorably and 45 percent unfavorably. The margin of error is 3.2 points.

Fifty-four percent of Americans say they would be not too likely or not likely at all to vote for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin if she runs for president in 2012 while 43 percent would be very or somewhat likely to support her , according to a USA Today/Gallup poll conducted July 6.

The hard cores for and against Palin are the 19 percent who put themselves in the "very likely" to vote for her category while 41 percent say "not at all likely."

Likelihood of voting for Sarah Palin, by political party.

Thirty-five percent of Republicans say they'd be very likely to vote for her and another 37 percent somewhat likely. Twenty-five percent rate their chances of backing her not too likely or not likely at all. Seventy percent of Democrats oppose her. The results among independents are the most mixed: a plurality - 39 percent - are not at all likely to vote for her joined by another 14 percent who describe themselves as not too likely. Nineteen percent deem themselves in the very likely camp and 25 percent describe themselves as somewhat likely.

While there's been a debate among pundits about whether Palin helped or hurt her presidential chances by announcing her resignation, 70 percent of those polled said it had no effect on the way they view her.

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney tops Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Republican party chairman Michael Steele when it comes to favorability ratings with the overall public, but among Republicans Palin far outpaces the pack, according to a Pew Research Center poll conducted June 10-14.

Romney's favorable-to-unfavorable ratio among the general public is 40 percent to 28 percent with 12 percent undecided with 32 percent undecided. Palin's is 45 percent to 42 percent with 12 percent undecided. Gingrich is in negative territory with 38 percent unfavorable to 35 percent favorable and 26 percent undecided, and Steele's numbers don't count for much since 63 percent have no opinion of him.

We're a little late on this one, but CNN/Opinion Research released a poll this week showing that there is no clear front runner in the hearts and minds of Republicans for the 2012 nomination.

Twenty-two percent said they'd most likely support former Arkansas Gov. Mick Huckabee, who had his moment during the 2008 GOP primaries before falling by the wayside, while 21 percent each would back Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. The poll was conducted May 14-17 and had a margin of error of 4.5 points. Thirteen percent like former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and 6 percent backed former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

Mike Huckabee is the top choice right now among Republicans to be the party's presidential nominee in 2012 followed closely by Mitt Romney, but among all voters, Huckabee, Romney and Rudy Giuliani are all knotted up at the top of the field, according to a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll conducted May 12-13.

Huckabee leads Romney 20 percent to 18 percent among GOP voters with Newt Gingrich following at 14 percent, Sarah Palin at 13 percent and all others at 4 percent or less. The margin of error is 6 points.

Among all voters, Giuliani garners 16 percent, Huckabee 15 percent, Romney 14 percent, Palin 9 percent and Gingrich 7 percent. The margin of error for this ranking is 3 points.

In a different take on President Obama's 100-day ratings, Public Policy Polling found Obama's job approval ratings lower than in a Pew Research poll released today, but decided to take things a step further (actually four years further) and match him against potential GOP opponents in 2012. And by that measure, he's doing a lot better than potential Republican contenders.

Obama leads Newt Gingrich 52 percent to 39 percent with 9 percent undecided; Mike Huckabee by 49 percent to 42 percent with 9 percent undecided; Sarah Palin by 53 percent to 41 percent with 6 percent undecided and Mitt Romney by 50 percent to 39 percent with 11 percent undecided.

Job approval ratings for Alaska's two top statewide Republicans show that first-term Sen. Lisa Murkowski is in a strong position right now should Gov. Sarah Palin decide to challenge her in a GOP primary in 2010, according to a Hays Research Group poll poll conducted Mar. 24-25.

The survey found that Palin, John McCain's 2008 running mate, has a 59.8 positive approval rating and 34.9 percent negative rating, while Murkowski received a 71.6 percent positive approval rating and 20.9 percent negative rating. The remaining respondents didn't express an opinion.

For all the attention that radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh got during the sideshow over whether he was the de facto leader of the GOP (a view that Democrats gleefully promoted), a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted March 6-7 found that 65 percent of Republicans see no clear leader of their party.

No one sampled in the poll was seen by higher than 4 percent as leader, and that, was, well, Limbaugh. Asked if Limbaugh was the leader of the party absent other names, the answer was "no" by 70 percent to 14 percent.

RNC Chairman Michael Steele and Sen. John McCain tie at 3 percent, while Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Limbaugh's fellow conservative radio talker, Sean Hannity, weigh in at 1 percent.

On the Democratic side, 49 percent said Barack Obama, 23 percent said no clear leader, 7 percent said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and no one else broke 1 percent.

When asked who they would like to see running for president in 2012, Republicans cite familiar names from the 2008 presidential campaign season, topped by vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. This is according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll that provides a very early test of GOP voters' preferences.

Palin, the governor of Alaska, led with 29 percent among the 462 Republicans who responded to the poll taken Feb. 18-19. Palin built a sizable fan club on the Republican right as the party's surprise vice presidential pick with her effusive campaign style and strongly conservative views, though she committed several stumbles that raised serious doubts among many other voters.

Palin's lead was not big enough, however, to clearly establish her as the early candidate to beat in a nominating race that will take shape over the course of the next three years. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who emerged as the longest-lasting challenger to eventual presidential nominee John McCain in the 2008 Republican nominating campaign, was close behind at 26 percent.

While most elected officials would relish a 68 percent to 27 percent approval rating, that number is way down from previous ratings for Sarah Palin in an Ivan Moore Research poll conducted Sept. 20-22. Her numbers were 82 percent to 13 percent in Moore's Aug. 30- Sept. 2 poll, the range she had been in since January. Although her support among Republicans is mostly unchanged, Democrats went from giving her good marks by 60 percent to 33 percent, to disapproving now by 59 percent to 36 percent which no doubt had to do with their presidential preferences.

Barack Obama and John McCain are tied at 46 percent each with 8 percent undecided in a Newsweek poll conducted Sept. 10-11. The margin of error is 3.8 percent. They run evenly among independents. Obama had led by 3 points in this poll in July. A little ominously for Obama, 77 percent of former Hillary Clinton supporters are supporting him, but 16 percent say they will back McCain. The survey also shows McCain gains on the issues of the economy, energy and Iraq.

McCain leads among white voters by 55 percent to 37 percent. White evangelicals and white Catholics back McCain by margins of 47 percent and 26 percent respectively. Obama leads among non-whites by 75 percent to 17 percent.

The most important factor in the campaign for Obama supporters is ability to bring about change followed by his positions on the issues. For McCain backers, three factors rank about equally - positions on the issues, experience and leadership. Voters overall say by 51 percent to 27 percent that Obama is the more likely to bring change.

What a difference a speech viewed by 40 million people makes.

A week ago, hardly anyone had heard of Sarah Palin. Now, a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Sept. 4 says she is regarded favorably by 58 percent of likely voters and unfavorably by 37 percent, with only 3 percent saying they are not familiar with her. Voters said McCain made the right choice in picking her by 51 percent to 32 percent. They said by 46 percent to 40 percent that she was not ready to be President, but that contrasts with Rasmussen's poll when she was first picked in which 44 percent said she was not ready, 29 percent said she was and 26 percent just didn't know. Asked who had the better experience to be president, voters chose Obama by 48 percent to 44 percent, compared to Rasmussen's Sept. 3 poll that had that figure at 49 percent to 39 percent. Fifty-eight percent said the choice of Palin helps McCain's presidential chances, 10 percent said it hurt and 25 percent believe it will have no impact.

There's some more polling information out today on Sarah Palin but unfortunately all of it was conducted before last night's speech, so we suspect these numbers will change.

Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Sept. 3:

• Fifty-seven percent of likely voters have been following the Palin story very closely and another 28 percent somewhat closely.
• Fifty-one percent believe the press is out to get Palin, while 35 percent say its coverage of her is unbiased.
• Voters believe Obama has the better experience to be President than Palin by 49 percent to 39 percent.
• A quarter of voters say the choice of Palin will make them more likely to vote for John McCain, a fifth say less likely, and just over half say it will have no impact on their decisions.

CBS News poll conducted Sept. 1-2:

• Sixty percent of registered voters are undecided about Palin or don't know enough about her to have an opinion. Of those who do, 26 percent have a favorable view of her and 13 percent an unfavorable one.
• More than one in four voters interviewed after Palin's selection say that the Vice Presidential choice will matter to them this year. However, 68 percent say the selection won't make a difference in their vote.