Hillary is now more popular than her boss

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lost to Barach Obama in last year's battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, but a new national poll suggests that Hillary Clinton is now more popular than her boss, President Barack Obama.

A Gallup survey released Thursday indicates that 62 percent of Americans hold a favorable view of Clinton, 6 points higher than the 56 percent who view Obama favorably, reports CNN.

"This is a common pattern in recent polling," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.

"Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice consistently had higher favorable ratings than George W. Bush. Madeleine Albright was more popular than Bill Clinton. Secretaries of State don't get blamed for economic problems or unpopular domestic policies, and they often don't get the same share of the blame as the commander-in-Chief for international slip-ups either."

It’s worth mentioning that the Gallup telephone poll of 1,013 adults was conducted October 1-4, before President Obama was named winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.