The Gallup Poll just conducted an interesting survey. They wanted to know who the American people viewed as the winners and losers in politics for 2009. To find out, they questioned 1,025 Americans (aged 18 and older) during the days December 11th through 13th. The poll has a sampling error of 4%.
The biggest winner of the year was Michelle Obama. She was labeled a winner by 73% of the respondents (Republicans 48%, Independents 70%, Democrats 96%). Finishing a close second was Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who was rated a winner by 70% (Republicans 45%, Independents 72%, Democrats 90%). President Obama was rated a winner by 58% and Sonia Sotomayor by 57%.
The biggest losers of the year were the White House party crashers, Tareq and Michaele Salahi (pictured). They were rated as losers by 70% of the respondents. Others rated as losers were Gov. Mark Sanford 63%, Rep. Joe Wilson 61%, Congressional Republicans 52% and Nancy Pelosi 50%.
I was surprised by a couple of things in this poll. The first was that 45% of Republicans rated Hillary Clinton as a winner. I thought she was far less popular than that among Republicans (by comparison, only 22% of Republicans rated President Obama as a winner).
The other surprise was that Sarah Palin did not score 50% on either the winner or loser list, and her figures were within the margin of error (winner 46% and loser 49%).
Ted, I told you months ago not to get your dander up about Palin until she proves herself to be politically viable as a national candidate. She may fade into obscurity long before 2012, in which case you've expended a lot of time and energy for naught obsessing about her.
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