Palin-The "Celebrity" -- More Popular With Press Than Republicans

*** The Palin question: After giving at least four high-profile speeches in the last couple of weeks -- for John McCain’s re-election, in Searchlight, NV, at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, and yesterday in Boston -- we once again raise this question about Sarah Palin: Is she more influential with the media than she is with Republicans? For example, she placed third at the SRLC straw poll (a disappointing finish when you consider that the winner, Mitt Romney, didn’t show up and that Ron Paul was second). In addition, a New York Times/CBS poll finds that a plurality of self-identified Tea Party members don’t think she’s qualified to be president. And now Kentucky Senate candidate Trey Grayson (R) says Palin isn’t qualified for the White House. No doubt that she’s a political celebrity, but that isn’t necessarily translating into GOP support. There is growing evidence that she is not the political force some would like to believe (indeed, if she were actually pondering a big for 2012, this last month would be seen as a disappointment). By the way, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reported on “TODAY” this morning that California AG Jerry Brown, who is running for governor, is investigating Palin’s paid speech at Cal State Stanislaus about whether the school’s foundation properly followed 501 3c rules.

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http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/04/15/2271335.aspx

Sarah provides all four.

profitability of the bottom line. Few in the media today are interested IMO in what's good for the country, it's just all about greed.

Think of all those missing/murdered children cases you see detailed on Today. How many of them are white? I can't recall the last time I saw a black, Hispanic, or any other child given so much attention on that show - but I beg to be proven wrong here.

It still sticks in my craw how JonBenet Ramsey's death garnered so much media attention, but the brutal rape and poisoning of "Girl X," which happened around the same time as Ramsey's murder, didn't get squat from the media:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985957,00.html

Its mostly entertainment anymore.

"Since when has news been entertainment?!"

"Since it was invented?"

A shame, really.

The American public tires easily of commercial faces, symbols, personalities unless there is one quality that makes them fascinating and intriguing.

Sarah Palin lacks the qualities of a true icon.

How much longer do you predict for the Palin "brand" to exist before she's replaced with another and newer personality?

:rofl: