A new USA Today / Gallup poll reveals that, either despite or directly because of what seems to be a near-constant barrage of Occupy Wall Street news items from all sorts of ideological points of view, the American public is, to put it in layman’s terms, “super meh” about the whole endeavor.

Everybody pass the Cheetos! A majority of Americans now support marijuana legalization — 50%, up from 46% last year, according to a new Gallup poll. Stoners can celebrate that this percentage is an all-time record-high in the history of the poll. The poll was released following the news that California Medical Association has called on the federal government to legalize the drug.

As a candidate polling consistently within the top three of within the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Rep. Ron Paul has received a great deal of media coverage about how little media coverage he gets, even garnering support for being given more airtime by Jon Stewart. Tonight, however, one interviewer called out the Congressman for refusing an invitation to the airtime he complains he rarely gets– Bill O’Reilly, who extended an invitation to Rep. Paul today.

A new Gallup Poll released today finds that, if it were to be held today, the 2012 presidential election would be a close one with President Barack Obama matched closely against each of the four possible Republican opponents. Obama led against Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann by two and four percentage points of perspective voters, respectively, while Mitt Romney edged him out by two percentage points. Obama and Perry stood tied, each earning 47 percent of registered voters prospective tallies.

According to a new Gallup poll released today, President Obama‘s approval rating has returned to a 41% approval ratings, the lowest level at which he’s ever polled, the last time coming around November of of 2010 around the mid-term elections. Perhaps most concerning to the White House reelection efforts is that his approval rating is down most among likely independent voters, with 35% of independents approving of the job Obama has done, nine points lower than where that figure has been earlier in the year.

Republicans and Republican-leaning independent voters clearly have not picked a frontrunner. According to a new Gallup poll, Republicans kinda sorta like three potential GOP nominees: Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Sarah Palin, who split essentially even (Huckabee in front with 18 percent, and Romney and Palin tied with 16 percent). They are the only Republicans in the poll to hit double digits, ahead of a long list of others, including New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (1%), Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann (4%) and Newt Gingrich (9%).

Megyn Kelly interviewed Michael Reagan earlier today on Fox News and when the subject turned to Reagan’s father being selected by Americans in a Gallup poll as their favorite president, the disappointed reaction of Chris Matthews was discussed. Kelly concluded Matthews “didn’t seem too happy” with the result and Reagan was ready for retaliation.

On Monday night’s Hardball, host Chris Matthews briefly worked over a recent Gallup poll that named Americans’ picks for the Greatest President Evah, but The Blaze‘s Pam Key seems to think Matthews was taking a shot at Ronald Reagan‘s Alzheimer’s Disease, posting the video with the headline “Chris Matthews Disgustingly Concludes Americans ‘Limited Memory’ Must be Only Reason They Think Reagan Was a Great President.“

Every year in honor of Presidents Day, Gallup conducts a poll where they ask Americans who is the greatest United States president? This year’s results revealed Ronald Reagan as the favorite choice among Americans and Chris Matthews was none too pleased, dismissing the poll as just a “memory quiz.”

At the end of every year, Gallup asks Americans which men and women they most admire. Today, they released their results, a number of which are surprising: for instance, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton narrowly beat Sarah Palin as the Most Admired Woman. President Barack Obama easily won the Most Admired Man title, with 30% of mentions. But there’s a new and noteworthy addition to the list: Glenn Beck, who came in fourth place.

According to a new Gallup poll that nation’s elevated interest in the election was not merely a passing fancy, seems a lot of folks got hooked. Also according to the poll, Republicans and Independents are more plugged in then Democrats, which would sort of explain the current state of the health care bill.