Well this is interesting.

A new Gallup poll finds that former Vice President Dick Cheney is marginally more popular than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The survey found that 37 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of Cheney, who has launched a high profile media blitz to defend the Bush-Cheney administration and rip the Obama administration.

That's a bit better than the 34 percent who have a favorable opinion of Pelosi, who's been caught in a mess trying to explain what she knew about harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists, and why she didn't object.

But Cheney's edge is hardly a bragging point, as both have pretty low favorable ratings.

Moreover, Cheney also has a higher unfavorable rating, as 54 percent of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of him while 50 percent have an unfavorable opinion of Pelosi.

The reason Cheney has more of both: he's better known and more people have an opinion of him than of Pelosi.

Overall, the net negative rating is similar - 17 percentage points and 16 for the Speaker.