What is the REAL reason the media is focusing so much attention on Sarah Palin?

[mtnsnake]

[msongs]

1. because so many people on DU and elsewhere are fascinated by her and want MORE sarah?? nt

[mtnsnake]

2. That would be choice #1

[maddezmom]

3. #1

[nichomachus]

4. Other: She is being groomed for future use

[onenote]

5. Because she remains an object of curiousity and she's milking it.

No one -- really virtually no one -- knew diddly squat about her 60 days ago. And as they did get to know her, she turned out to be pretty interesting, in a train wreck sort of way. Between the Gibson and Couric interviews, the Tina Fey lampooning, wardrobe-gate, her over-the-top speeches, the post-election in-fighting and stories of meetings in towels, etc etc -- well, of course the media is going to keep covering her. And since having her stay on the scene is a great thing for Democrats, both because she is the new Newt and because she divides the repubs -- I'm all for it.

[0955Forrest]

6. other...

because she's a freekin' train wreck. They look forward to the entertainment value.

[Roxy66]

10. "Train Wreck". I agree....should be in the poll.

[Hepburn]

7. Other:

They finally have found someone who without a doubt is dumber than most of them!

:hi:

[dionysus]

8. Other:

Brewer and Shipley!!

one toke overthe line sweet mtnsnake, one toke over the lineeeeee.....
:hi:

[mscuedawg]

9. Other: The interviewers still hold onto their crushes on her...

Lauer was about as drooly over her as Hannity was...

[denem]

11. The upcoming RNC used clothes clothes auction

Faux news to feature selected underwear.

[Sebastian Doyle]

12. They're keeping her in the press for her upcoming Senate campaign in Alaska

for the seat occupied by convicted felon Ted Stevens.

[Blue_In_AK]

20. More likely she will be campaigning against

Lisa Murkowski in 2010. I'm still holding out hope that Mark Begich garners the majority of the 90,000 uncounted ballots.

[DawgHouse]

13. Because American Idol Season 8 doesn't start until January. n/t

[AlCzervik]

14. the media loves to build people up and then knock them down, not saying Palin

doesn't deserve what she gets but the media is also lazy.

[Doctor_J]

15. #2 - 70% of the people think Obamaland is going to be a thundering success

Big Media is pissed at that, they're trying to ignore it.

[Madam Mossfern]

16. Just ask yourself

What is the real reason for posting here about her?

Yes, she is fascinating in a car wreck rubbbernecking way. I think we need to discuss her less and see if it will die down in the near future. When's that Governors thing-a-mabob meeting? She'll get more mileage after that, and then I think it will fade.


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[Blue_In_AK]

17. 1 and 3, I believe.

She gets ratings, plus she's ambitious in the extreme. She will not go quietly.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

18. She's a freak show surrounded by a lot of scandals.

n/t

[Lumpsum]

19. If it bleeds, it leads. nt

[mollymongold]

21. maybe theyre really democrats who hope she can run in '12 so that she loses in a landslide in 12? nt

[gkhouston]

22. Other: they want to postpone, for as long as possible, those glowing

retrospectives of the Bush years. :puke:

[ecstatic]

23. Her handlers have really cleaned her up, less gaffes and seeming

somewhat reasonable if you don't listen too closely.

HOWEVER, she is still surrounded by incompetent advisers! Why on earth would they try to re-introduce her so soon after the election? :crazy:

[CakeGrrl]

24. She got a big taste of fame and doesn't want to give it up. She'll milk it 'til 2012

if the Republican party lets her.

[SoFlaJet]

25. I fast-forward my DVR

right past every single Palin segment I record on Hardball, Countdown, and Maddow-I give them the Fox News treatment, which is on ignore-in fact ch 360 isn't even on my favorite channel listing