Gov. Martin O'Malley is one of only three governors from the class of 2006 to have net negative approval scores.

Deval Patrick, the Democratic governor of Massachusetts who will also be at the Denver Renaissance Hotel this week, fares slightly better than O'Malley, with an upside-down 41 percent to 47 percent rating in April. Doing worse than O'Malley is Nevada's Jim Gibbons (R), who according to a recent Rasmussen poll was rated "excellent" or "good" by just 22 percent of voters and "fair" or "poor" by 76 percent. Ouch.

Then again, it could be worse: they could be like New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) and out of a job completely. In November 2007, he was at a measly 33 percent approval.

The most popular governors appear to be Mike Beebe (D-Ark.) and Sarah Palin (R-Alaska), who both have favorable ratings of at least 80 percent.

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D) and Florida governor Charlie Crist (R) are in the middle of the pack, both with high approval ratings. In June, Crist had a 61 percent to 23 percent approval according to a Quinnipiac poll, while a recent Quinnipiac poll placed Strickland a 60 percent to 25 percent approval rating.

According to a recent Rocky Mountain News poll, Bill Ritter, the Democratic governor of Colorado, has a 50 percent to 26 percent favorability rating and a SurveyUSA poll in May found that Gov. Chet Culver (D) has a positive 51 percent to 43 percent approval in Iowa.

Little recent polling is available in Idaho, though a December 2007 survey showed governor Butch Otter (R) with an approval rating of 65 percent to 19 percent.