Palin's Popularity Rises
A new national poll released this morning suggests that Republican Sarah Palin would beat Democrat Joe Biden -- yet another sign of the popularity of John McCain's high-risk veep choice. While the same CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey found Barack Obama and McCain statistically tied -- Obama with 49 percent, McCain with 48 percent -- Palin leads Democrat Joe Biden 53 percent to 44 percent. The first-term Alaska governor's favorability rating is also higher than the veteran Delaware senator's -- Palin's is 57 percent favorable, 27 percent unfavorable, while Biden's is 51 percent favorable, 28 percent unfavorable.