WASHINGTON: First Lady Michelle Obama Monday tops a new poll purporting to show how warmly Americans regard their leaders, besting even her husband President Barack Obama. Mrs Obama scored a chart-topping “warmth rating” of 60.1 degrees, three degrees hotter than the president, who came in fourth place with 56.5 degrees. The survey asked voters to rate leaders from O to 100 degrees on the “feeling thermometer” with the highest numbers reflecting the warmest feelings. At 59.2 degrees, former president Bill Clinton came in second place, while New Jersey's popular Republican governor Christopher Christie was third with 57 degrees. Former New York mayor Rudolph Giulani came in fifth place with 52.3 degrees, followed by Republican Mick Huckabee with 51.8 degrees and current Republican House Speaker, John Boehner with 51.1 degrees. Nancy Pelosi came bottom of the poll with 32.9 degrees, below Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid and Sarah Palin, who ranked third from the bottom with just 38.2 degrees.
