The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll shows that as Palin leaves office in Alaska, 53 percent of U.S. voters view her negatively, and 57 percent don't think she understands the complex issues of the day.

Still, given how some news outlets have recently been bending over backward to claim she remained “popular,” despite previous polling data that showed just the opposite, we'll have to see if the press is able to report the ABC/WP poll results a bit more accurately. Because I'm pretty sure it's no longer accurate to describe Palin as “popular.”

I'd love to see Fox News' Greta Van Susteren have Byron York back on her program so they could once again discuss how “popular” Sarah Palin is.