11.   Despite his low popularity ratings, Speaker Newt Gingrich will be a presence at the convention because he is the permanent chairman.

12.   Even then, Medicare passed primarily because Johnson had at the time two advantages Clinton does not -- high popularity ratings and a large Democratic congressional majority.

13.   For several years, the puzzle was over which side of the political spectrum Di Pietro would honor with his persistently high popularity ratings.

14.   For the sake of his popularity rating with Orangebloods throughout the state, Mackovic had best hope Watler is right.

15.   He lost his battle for re-election to the presidency despite having enjoyed near-stratospheric popularity ratings just after the Persian Gulf war.

16.   Her popularity rating is high.

17.   His popularity ratings have sunk to single digits.

18.   His popularity ratings continue to sink, and his grip on the country is palpably weakening.

19.   His popularity ratings have been sinking for months.

20.   Kathleen Brown, conventional wisdom had it last year, would step triumphantly over the prostrate political form of Wilson, whose popularity rating had dipped near single digits.