So Sarah Palin attracted more viewers to SNL than have watched since Nancy Kerrigan got clocked.
Newspapers are saying any article with Palin in the headline ends up on their most popular stories list.
If the election goes the right way, and she's not a heart beat away from the Oval Office - could her alternative future be as the next Hollywood phenom?
Does she have staying power to attract big ratings and readships post-election? Or will her 15 minutes in the spotlight be cut off at the knees (like Nancy Kerrigan)?
I hope that the minute the election is done, McCain's B-team political staff ship Caribou Barbie on the first snowjet back to the Last Frontier with Todd, Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig. And that she faces a future as an outcast, even among the most fervant Republicans who blame her for losing the election for them.
But I have to admit - I love to hate her. Even more than I loved to hate JR Ewing. I click on every spoof video. I can't wait for the next gaffe. I relish the Tina Fey impersonations.
Given that her biggest qualifications for being on the ticket is a blindly ambitious desire to be famous and get attention (with her history as a pagent queen and driving hours to get a glipse of Ivana Trump) -- it's not a stretch to think of her making a move to join the media elite she currently scorns.
With the ratings she's scored, it's hard to think Hollywood could resist giving it a try...
Possible options (we all know she's not destined for radio):
Conservative Oprah-ish talk show?
Instead of Gayle King and Dr. Oz, she could have Joe the Plumber and Cindy as the former junkie. Imagine the book burning club options?
Sarah Palin Live? Fox would certainly want her. The only question would be Hannity & Combs, Nancy Grace, Larry King, or other type of format?
Reality shows?
Meet the Palins. Her family has more reality show potential than the Osbournes and Paris Hilton combined. The drama of the unwed pregnant daughter, the son serving in Iraq, and Piper hamming it up could be irresistible. Imagine the hunting episode(s)? The Iron Dog race day? The stalking and sabotaging the former brother in law?
Pro-America Make Over. at a minimum, maybe she'd shine in a TLC show on how to make towns or pockets of the country into "real" Americans.
Hockey Moms. pitbulls with lipstick could maul the opposing moms on the main street set of Northern Exposure.
Learn to Speak in Tongues with Sarah. An Alaskan version of Martha Stewart. we could all learn how to gut a moose and the get our curses removed by a witch doctor. She could teach us how to do some fancy pageant walking. Learn all the folksy-ness you could ever want. You betcha.
Or she could go straight to the Big Screen.
Isn't it about time for Miss Congeniality 3?
Maybe this is all wishful thinking, because as a DC citizen, I'm just hoping that we just never have to face a Senator Sarah in our future.