FOX News signs Palin

[MediaBoy4Radio]

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/01/11/sarah-palin-signs-multi-year-deal-with-fox-news-channel/38387

The Mayans were a few years off.

[Mark_Giardina]

No big surprise!

[Lkeller]

No big surprise!

No - no big surprise.  But this is her chance to show that she's not ignorant.  She'll have to get educated fast if she's going to offer any real news analysis, rather than empty political platitudes.  Whether you like Carl Rove and Dick Morris or not, you have to admit that they're smart, and they both have a lot of political knowledge to impart.

[recto101]

Well but if she wants to keep popularity in Red States she has to compete against Beck and Hannity in Talk Radio. Palin will not sell here in California.

[DToTheJ]

Compete against Beck and Hannity, you say?

You know what they say... If you can't (or don't have plans to) beat 'em, join 'em!

[microbopeep]

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/01/11/sarah-palin-signs-multi-year-deal-with-fox-news-channel/38387

The Mayans were a few years off.

Hubba-wa??  

[Lkeller]

Well but if she wants to keep popularity in Red States she has to compete against Beck and Hannity in Talk Radio. Palin will not sell here in California.

Not true.  Palin won't be "competing" with Hannity and Beck. She will no doubt be a regular guest on Hannity's Fox News show; and Sean will be happy to have her...like it or not, she has star power.

There is absolutely NO reason she has to have a radio show.  There are not many successful politicians who started out with talk radio shows...though many retired politicians host talk shows after leaving office.  To have a successful talk show, you have to be controversial to get people excited.  And then the statements you make on the radio can be thrown back in your face if you later run for office. Rush Limbaugh is the most popular radio talk host in history, but I doubt he could win elective office on a state or national level.

As for California - it's a liberal Democrat state - Palin will not "sell" in California unless she does a 180 and becomes a liberal democrat.  Not likely, I'd say.

[Robnoxious]

As for California - it's a liberal Democrat state - Palin will not "sell" in California unless she does a 180 and becomes a liberal democrat.  Not likely, I'd say.

While true about Cali's political lean, liberal talk radio isn't exactly burning up the rating charts anywhere around here.

[BRNout]

As for California - it's a liberal Democrat state - Palin will not "sell" in California unless she does a 180 and becomes a liberal democrat.  Not likely, I'd say.

Nonsense (about her not selling).  Fox News has far more viewers in California than in any other state.  There are more conservative Republicans in California than in any other state.  Yes, they're usually outnumbered on election day (statewide), but there are some pretty large population centers in the state that lean red, including San Diego County, the Central Valley, the Inland Empire and Orange County (though not as much as in the past).  Lots of FNC viewers in those places.  Don't confuse California with Vermont or Massachusetts - it generally votes 45% Republican (way down from years past, by the way) and that 45% is pretty rabid. 

Remember, this isn't an election - it's about TV.  In that regard, this move will probably be a win for Fox News because Palin is the flavor of the year on the right. 

[Lkeller]

As for California - it's a liberal Democrat state - Palin will not "sell" in California unless she does a 180 and becomes a liberal democrat.  Not likely, I'd say.

Nonsense (about her not selling).  Fox News has far more viewers in California than in any other state.  There are more conservative Republicans in California than in any other state.  Yes, they're usually outnumbered on election day (statewide), but there are some pretty large population centers in the state that lean red, including San Diego County, the Central Valley, the Inland Empire and Orange County (though not as much as in the past).  Lots of FNC viewers in those places.  Don't confuse California with Vermont or Massachusetts - it generally votes 45% Republican (way down from years past, by the way) and that 45% is pretty rabid. 

Remember, this isn't an election - it's about TV.  In that regard, this move will probably be a win for Fox News because Palin is the flavor of the year on the right. 

I didn't mean Palin wouldn't "sell" to TV viewers in California, I was saying that she couldn't win an election here.

And I didn't say there weren't conservative voters in California, and .  Of course there are.  I spend time in the north state, and I know how white, Republican, and conservative people are there.  And again - of course, Sarah Palin will "sell" to those TV viewers.  How painfully obvious.

But in elections, it's all about numbers. The vast majority of the state lives along the coast in urban areas like San Francisco and Los Angeles - and they are increasingly liberal and Democrat.  San Diego and southern Orange counties are obvious exceptions. California has become a much more liberal state since the days of Reagan.  Look at northern Orange County.  It's no longer conservative, due largely to immigration.

As for talk radio - there are lots of theories as to why conservative talk radio does so well, while liberal talk radio generally fails.  I don't know...maybe its because liberals are listening to NPR.  But don't make the mistake of equating talk radio listening with voting.  Not the same thing.