Jay Leno made news when he announced that Sarah Palin will be among his high-profile guests when he returns to The Tonight Show next week (aka “The Jaysurrection”). Now David Letterman’s lineup for next week pits Mitt Romney against Sarah Palin on Tuesday night — and the ratings may well provide clues on which probable GOP presidential contender may be most popular. The week’s lineup for Letterman’s Late Show are: MONDAY, Bill Murray; TUESDAY, Mitt Romney; WEDNESDAY, Jerry Seinfeld and Tom Brokaw; THURSDAY, Tom Hanks; and FRIDAY, Matt Damon. Leno’s first week of guests are: MONDAY, Jamie Foxx, Olympic Gold Medal Skier Lindsey Vonn; TUESDAY, Sarah Palin, Olympic Gold Medal Snowboarder Shaun White; WEDNESDAY, “Jaywalk All-Stars” with the Cast of MTV’s Jersey Shore, Chelsea Handler, and the most decorated American Winter Olympian of all time Speed Skater Apolo Anton Ohno; THURSDAY, Matthew McConaughey and Jason Reitman; FRIDAY, Morgan Freeman and Meredith Vieira.
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Jamie Foxx
Sarah Palin (already)
Matthew McConaughey
Morgan Freeman… Nooooo! Not Morgan Freeman!!!
You are all officially on the “Dickheads Who Suck Up to the Mediocre Late Night Douchebag” list.
May your Q ratings drop out from under you for helping that asshole hack.
I love comments from high school dropouts. They are so uplifting!
Thanks TLB, do you want a regular check or a money order? I know you don’t have a bank account, so let me know ok?
Jay Leno, King of Late Night, back at 11:35 p.m. Is this a great country or what? As long Leno doesn’t subject us to Paul Reubens all will be well.
Don’t worry, he will.
The ratings will have absolutely nothing to do with who’s more popular. People want to see Sarah Palin because she’s a moron and says stupid things, and people find that entertaining. That’s all.
I completely agree. Not only that, but obviously Jay is gonna poke some fun at her and the “interview” will be a complete joke.
tch,tch,aren’t we showing our Haavaad education and language skills. Sarah will outshine them all and do it without filthy language as well.
Both Leno and Letterman are liberals. What I’m waiting to see is Letterman “grow a pair” when he interviews Democrats. Now that might be worth watching! David Letterman is an unusually good suck-up to far left loons. Jay lobs a few hard balls to Republicans who are stupid enough to go on his show, but David has never tried to embarrass a Democrat. Forget about Leno, Letterman, and Kimmel and get some sleep!
Yeah I agree. Palin is a much more popular public figure, and of course she’s going to get the ratings on Tuesday. That doesn’t mean people will vote for her (and it might mean the opposite, in fact). Come election time, I have to believe cooler heads will prevail.
If Jay grows a pair and doesn’t throw her softballs all night, then maybe, just maybe, I’ll regain a little bit of respect for him.
But you’re right, people watch her to see her screw up, and she is utterly oblivious.
I think Palin and Dubya are twin souls. Both born under lucky stars and dumber than a box of hammers.
Leno is a REPUBLICAN. He’ll do what he must to appease the leftists running Los Angeles, but don’t expect a crazed Chris Matthews interview.
RATINGS RESULTS:
Leno will take in his highest ratings for his entire new run on the Tonight Show. They will DROP DRAMATICALLY because of the quiet, unspoken pro-Conan boycott. Then, NBC’s other show (Seinfeld as marriage counselor?) will get abysmal ratings and be off the air in a few weeks.
HOWEVER, Romney will easily destroy Palin in the primaries (if she even runs) and Romney will then destroy Obama in 2012.
It’s all so predictable.
I agree that Palin will win the night, but I kind of want to see what she’ll have to say about mean-spirited David Letterman. Also as you mention, the choice of the audience as to who wins ratings as guest on a talk show next week has almost no correlation to who the public wants to see in the White House 2 years from now.
Leno is NOT a republican. When it was rumored he was, he came out and said himself he was not. When someone tries to be bi-partisan and have both sides as guests is when someone on the fanatical left labels them a republican. You don’t understand hearing both sides.
And he probably will throw her softballs, just as he’s thrown softballs to every liberal he’s had on, but you don’t see that, you are too stuck in the ideology.
You guys are all wrong. The only chance the republicans have is to have someone new, not SOS from Washington. Romney and Palin have no chance. The new guy from Mass, Scott Brown could be the long shot.
As for me, I am volting all incumbents out. As long as the wild eyes B*itch is running the floor of the house Washington goes down.
I can only hope this prediction comes true
Jay Leno is a COMEDIAN, not a journalist. He doesn’t ask “tough” questions to ANYONE…..ummm, because he is a COMEDIAN. I bet Sarah Palin knows the difference between the two. Which would actually make her smarter than you.
And who wins the ratings as a predictor of who the 2012 Presidential contenders will be from a late night talk show? Really, people?
Romney is a social LIBERAL. He is the reason we have UN-legislated homosexual marriage in Massachusetts, (see link for the truth), and he is the reason I no longer have the liberty to NOT buy health insurance in this state. No way will I back Romney or any other RINO like him.
WOW, You are so smart. Would you please provide me with the winning lotto numbers. Romney is a has been. Sarah rocks.
I don’t know how often you watch these shows, but they don’t usually try to make any of their guests answer hard questions. They’re not dumb enough to irritate half their audience (be it democrat or republican).
And like her or hate her, Sarah Palin probably couldn’t be as horrible of a President as Obama if she tried. And at the very least she has proven herself able to govern on a smaller level. What’s Obama done? Only thing he does well is campaign.
As for Romney, I don’t think enough Christians would vote for him to get him through the primaries. In the minds of most Christians, voting for a Mormon is not much different than voting for a cult leader.
I have a suspicion that someone else will come along though and get the republican nomination that’s not on the radar right now.
Sarah Palin is not going to screw up. She’s a smart lady. The myoptic media falling over on it’s left side completely distorted and continues to do so as admittance to reality would expose them for the biased fools that they really are. Joe Bin Biden on the hand is prone to faux pas!
Why should Jay ask her hardball questions? It’s an entertainment show. When does any real news organization ever push a Democrat for real answers to hard questions? They just accept everything they say and move on to the next question.
Last week Schwarzenegger went on all the major news shows and said California was doing great and had just created 150,000 jobs in the “green” sector. But there are no jobs. California is on the brink of financial collapse. No one ever asked him what these jobs were or what the source for that “statistic” was. Supposedly a Republican, Schwarzenegger continually talked about Republicans as if they were “the other party.”
That state needs to lay off tens of thousands of highly paid union workers and cut high salaries and benefits to those who remain just to have a chance at recovery. But he’s talking about 150,000 non-exisistent jobs as what’s going to save their economy.
George Bush was “dumber than a box of hammers” yet he fooled all the smart ones into supporting his Iraq operations. Sarah Palin is equally as dumb (purportedly) and yet she is target #1 of the left. Why not target persons who are actually smart=dangerous to your cause.?
What kind of IQ can be perpetually amused with a box of hammers?
keep talking and maybe people will believe you. that’s the way a lot of candidates get elected. it doesn’t have to be true, just say it a lot and the idiots who don’t want to read or learn anything on their own will believe it.
tell me more about sarah palin’s ‘lucky star.’ yeah, what a life of priviledge.
Palin-hatemongers are so-o-o-o transparent! If she were no threat, you lefties wouldn’t keep trashing her. You obviously respect her clout or you would just MOVEON.
Ranked in order of who has more money,more fame, more success in his or her chosen field, who comes in last — you, George W. Bush or Sarah Palin? Now who’s dumber than a box of hammers?
Rebuttal to your comment is that Sarah Palin is wealthier than you, has more friends than you, and more than likely much happier than you.
what? she’s not on jay-walk-duh?
Compared to Joe (V.P. is a great job because I don’t have to do anything) Biden and/or President Prompter, Sarah Palin is a whopping genius! I will be watching da chin ALL WEEK LONG!
Leno will once again giving Letterman a thrahing in the ratings war. Sarah P is a great way to kick his show off. Followed up by the Jay-Walkers, he will be right back in the saddle in his fomer spot of winning the ratings battles. Go Jay geaux…
Yeah, Yeah, Go Sarah
Exactly!
JP- The fact you have obvious dislike towards Sarah Palin only fuels the attraction she brings on both sides.
I think it will do nothing but good for Leno and Letterman to bring all sides to the table. Perhaps you might try stating your own intellectual disagreement to Sarah Palin’s statements you claim as ‘stupid things’. Now, that could really be entertaining.
You wrong if you think the only reason people will watch Palin is to watch her ‘screw up’…how funny. You wish.. libs will do that, and wish that, but the truth is, Palin has appeared on tons of venues since her highly successful book tour began, and she’s done very well on her own terms. You’re wrong. Dream on.
Sort of like watching an Obama speach, eh?
How can you call someone a moron when she was elected to be a governor and has sold millions of books. Have you done that? I think you are a moron making a comment like that.
I’m pretty sure you just beat out Sarah Palin for saying stupid things.
I smell fear in this post. The fear that someone as seemingly simple minded as Sarah Palin could be taken seriously. Actually, these are the same people that lowered the bar when they elected Obama. Just keep entertaining yourselves with your TV sets. The real world will forge on in spite of you.
The only morons are the ones that write stupid comments like most of the ones posted here. They talk out of there ass which is fitting since most of them are complete AH’s that most likely voted for the real morons that park there worthless butts in DC.
Most Americans are sick of both sides of the aisle and when November rolls around they will clean house. As for Romney he is just another Republicrat and will not get the nomination.
How much of a moron could the most popular and youngest governor in the country have been. People want to see her cause she is charismatic unlike Romney and adorable. But you guys need an excuse upfront.
You’re a moron, you make stupid comments, and I find that entertaining.
Sarah Palin dumb? You know the true measure of intelligence? Fitting two sides of an argument in your head at once. I can see all you can muster is one. Too bad. If it wasn’t for the fools the rest of us might not succeed.
You must feel pretty good calling Sarah Palin a moron. How hard it must have been for you to arrive at that decision.
I guess if intelligence is on a scale, she will get many, many, more points than Joe (what did I have for lunch) Biden, Nancy please don’t make me say any five letter words) Pelosi, or the king of dumb Harry (look for the union label on healthcare) Reid.
Sarah rising, Obama failing.
Life is good.
Sarah will win the night…She’s smart,cagey and good-looking.Besides, people want to see the person who will replace Urkel in the White House….
Sarah is not a moron but you are:)
I think you are a cheesey elitist wannabe
You should know. Stupid is as stupid does!
The only morons are the people who belittle Sarah, maybe you have an inferiorty complex, since she has fresh ideas. You should ask yourselves why she scares you so much, could it be you know she’s right and your afraid your decadent lifestyle will be hurt.
Are you one of the progressive activists who’s job is to make sure Palin’s name never appears in any form of media without an accompanying jab at her intellect, or are you one of the people they’ve duped? Your tactic of Bush-bashing for eight years worked… there’s a completely inexperienced and totally incompetent progressive in the White House. Why not continue the tactic by smearing Palin? Makes sense to me.
Palin such drives the progressives up the wall!!!They will say anything, except the truth.
…very entertaining comment JP.
Funny, you are a moron and say stupid things, but no one cares what YOU think.
I will watch because I LIKE SARAH PALIN. You stuck up jerks! You’re Obama and Biden are the morons.
HAHA you are already conceding that the ratings are going to be in favor of Leno on the night Sarah Palin is on. What a lame pre-emptive diffusive drivel of an excuse you give for it though! Sarah Palin is going to be our next President in 2012 so get used to the term ‘Madam President’
No, you people bashing Gov. Palin are the morons. You’re afraid of an intelligent, accomplished, attractive, conservative woman.
If you don’t like Sarah Palin then why watch? Obama was on that show a lot and I think he’s a moron so I didn’t watch it? Come on you know you really like her but can’t bring yourself to admit it.
If being a moron and saying something stupid are qualifications for being on the Leno show, perhaps you should do a week on it.
People want to see Sarah Palin because she is beautiful both inwardly and outwardly and because politically she makes a lot of sense. J.P., the moron seems to be people like you.
absolutely correct.
I agree with you 100%. I myself wouldn’t care to see Sarah Palin as a presidential hopeful, but I would watch her on tv because she says some of the stupidest things.
You know what idiot, you are the moron. It is becoming so obvious that you Sarah bashers are so full of hate that your stupid comments just reinforce your total ignorance of her political history. If she is a moron, than Obama, Biden, Pelosi, and Reid are all neanderthals and worse. As so many have posted, Sarah Palin has more intelligence, experience, and common sense than all four of those radical MORONS put together.
No … that is why I watch you!!
Unless you are a former governor, a former VP candidate and a top-selling author, who are you to call her a moron? She seems to be doing fairly well for herself.
No sir the only moron around are the stupid lefties like yourself who are to ignorant to know anything about anyone. Read what she has done for Alaska and then we’ll see who the moron is. She’ll get more ratings than anyone.
Yeah, I agree with you. I’m looking forward to seeing sarah in lenos show, and I’m gonna be stoned as hell so I can laugh my ass off when comes on.
She has no idea what a joke she is, she thinks she is god to this country. lol.
And what night will you be appearing?
We will see.
My bet is that Sarah Palin’s night will be the biggest draw.
Because, she really is the Nations best hope of getting out of this mess the so called experts have us in. Her ‘Make IT Happen’
record in the the big ‘A’ is very impressive in it’s honesty
and results. She is the fresh approach that we all need right now.
Another idiot scared of a coservative woman.
Well Sarah Palin will get a big number for Leno but Letterman/Romney will be the better interview. In fact the rest of the week Letterman clearly has the bigger stars/better guests.
This person is obviously doing DRUGS the only noteworthy guest Lefterman has besides Romney is Matt Damon and an ahhh on Hanks(I like Hanks but he isn’t as big as he once was.
What are you kidding? Monday he has Bill freakin Murray. A comedic legend. I’ll take him over Jamie Foxx any day. I’m not saying Foxx isn’t funny and talented, but he does seem a little full of himself these days, and he sure as hell is no Bill Murray.
Jin Chon–I guess you didn’t watch the Olympics the past 2 wks, Leno’s lineup is HOT!
Letterman is a sleaze bag, Anyone who watches him probably performs in porno shows
Jay will blow Letterman out of the water with Sarah Palin.
Every single show Sarah is on gets it’s highest ratings ever.
Romney can’t draw a crowd handing out free beer and pizza!
Romney wouldn’t hand out beer at all. But he will destroy Obama in 2012 based on his better ideas for getting America out of this mess. Small gov’t, cut taxes, strong defense, strong familes.
The difference between Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney?
Sarah Palin will be our next President.
Palin isn’t even qualified to be President of the Sarah Palin Fan Club.
LOL! Obama wasn’t qualified and look at him now.
I think you are confusing her with Obama.
Nice one
The current occupant doesn’t have a lengthy resume, either.
I wouldn’t say Palin is ready yet, but she sure has a 2-up on who is running this country now !
Qualified? hahahaha… BHO was the least qualified person running for any post last election cycle, and our country is suffering for it. No experience running governments or businesses… but the media elites got ‘em elected anyway. Sarah has vastly more experience, just not a Hawvawd degree. Sorry, this country needs patriots right now, not elitist-know-nothing-euro-loving-socialists who surround themselves with other elitist-know-nothing-euro-loving-socialists.
Sarah Palin is just as qualified as the idiot we now have in the office.
The effect of lack of qualifications for being President is on display everyday with our current President. He has less qualifications and experience than Ms. Palin and proves it. Other than being a good speaker for what he is told to read on the teleprompter, he hasn’t changed from when he was an ILL Senator. He was a good little Senator, he did just what the party bosses told him to do.
Palin Rocks, Letterman stinks, Leno’s a yawn and Romney’s a good guy hampered by dorks that can’t get past his religion.
Sarah Palin is more qualified for President than Obama is even today. And she left the governorship of Alaska because of countless “ethics inquiries” that was preventing her, or her administration from getting anything done. Yet again, the left was wasting tax payers money.
That’s odd yet funny commentary. Considering that Barack Hussein could never pass the security screening to wait tables in the White House. So it just goes to show ya’ that ya’ can betcha’ that The People who voted this turd in to office are dumber than a slow boatload of hammers and cycles making their to China.
What a moron just like Letterman & Obama!
Are you joking? Sarah Palin is a JOKE. She QUIT as Gov. of Alaska. You REALLY want her having the nuclear codes? I would vote for Kevin Smith for President before I voted for Sarah Palin.
I don’t know about President Kevin Smith. He might get kicked off Air Force One.
I’d vote for Koko the talking gorilla before I’d vote for Sarah Palin.
You already did.
I think you already did!
sounds like you already did….
You did that the last time!!!!
You already did
you probably already did.
You get my vote for idiot of the year.
Then I guess we know who you voted for in the last election TEH!
Ahh…so you are voting for the incumbent, then?
You Did!
You already did!
Isn’t he already in office?
Doesn’t matter, most of you big talkers want changy hopey bull**** yet most of you don’t vote. Stay home.
Your going to be very sad when you wake up after election day and see obama smashed in a landslide by sarah palin.
The thing I like best about Sarah Palin is the reaction she so predictably elicits in liberal morons. I don’t think she has any intention of ever running for office again. She just likes to drive nuts like you even nuttier. lol
At she actually ran something other than a community support group! And recently, that is soooo obvious Mr Obama is over his head…
Nuclear codes? REALLY! Please put away your 80′s cold war movies. You’re a douche.
Typical leftist boo hooing. You people can’t come up with anything original. It is always the same whining…Sarah is dumb, stupid, a quitter, not qualified…blah, blah, blah. Yawn.
Obviously the Palin haters suck and they are the biggest joke like their joke for a president.
May I respectfully disagree with you?
An officeholder who would voluntarily makes the decision to resign because she believes she (or he as the case may be) can no longer be effective; who believes she should step aside because it is in the best interest of the people she was elected to represent, is an honorable person.
The kind of person who is not fit for office is one who refuses to resign, no matter how corrupt and/or inept he has proven himself to be, who has abused his office and lost the trust and respect of those who placed in that position, who is determined to hang onto power and position only to enrich himself, despite his manifest unfitness.
A person who is willing to sacrifice her political career because she believes it is in the best interest of the people who elected her (as well as the ones who didn’t) is a person who sought office for the right reasons, not just a desire to empower and enrich herself. A person who is willing to resign an office when she comes to the conclusion that she cannot do a good job given the political atmosphere she is dealing with, realizing that it is in the best interest of her state to give up her office is, I think, the kind of person we want in that position in the first place.
If you think that Sarah Palin is not well informed enough, not polished enough or perhaps just too young to be elected to high political office, or you disagree with her political views, it makes sense that you would not want to to see her holding public office. But if your reason for not wanting her in a position of authority is because she made the decision to resign when she felt it was in the best interest of Alaska, please think again carefully! What Sarah Palin has demonstrated by her decision to reisgn is humility, courage, and strength of character; rare qualities have been almost entirely missing in our political leadership for much too long.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
It’s funny because (like you & Palin) it’s stupid.
100% agree. What is funny about these Palin haters is that they only know what SNL, the nut jobs at MSNBC and Newsweek, tell them about Palin.
If she were a Dem they would be eating her up as such a strong and powerful woman standing up to the GOP and all of their attack dogs. But because she is a conservative, they tow the line and follow like sheep.
Obama has not so much as run a hot dog stand in his life these idiots elected him and look at the mess this has got us.
Please! Palin is not Presidential. Obama has to go too!!
Uh…I’m right of center, but Palin? C’mon! How about Thune? Let Leno or Letterman give him a shot. The last thing we need is a Palin or a Huckabee. Where is the next Barry Goldwater for crying outloud?
Hahahahahahahaha…that’s a real knee-slapper!
Sadly, Palin is just as qualified as our current President.
You can’t really be serious. I’m a conservative, but she is the last person on Earth I’d want to be president. However, I don’t think she’d be chosen or win…hopefully. If she were the nominee it would be a definite win for the democrats. I don’t understand why so many other conservatives think she is qualified. I feel awkward for her every time she opens her mouth. Palin supporters boggle my mind.
Sarah Palin would maybe get one-third of the vote. That’s if she still looks like a milf in 2012, which might be hard to pull off then. Even then, still only losers like Gary who need a pretty face reinforcing his opinion will vote the stupid btch. However, I dunno maybe Americans’ ever-decreasing intelligence is taking over: Reagan to Bush was a downgrade; Bush to Clinton was a downgrade. Clinton to W. was, at best, a lateral, but maybe a downgrade. W. to Obama is a downgrade, which is notable. The only way it could be surpassed would be to go from Obe to Sarah. Maybe the losers are ready to take over the country.
But honestly, we won’t have to find out because Sarah Palin will not run. She may be of questionable intelligence but she’s not a complete imbecile; her fortunes are highest when she’s on the fringes of the discussion, not having skin in the game. If she runs, she’ll get embarassed again and that will decrease her celebrity. Having a national stage is all she wants, not the presidency. That would be hard work and she already bowed out of averge work as Gov. of Alaska.
Gary – Please keep believing that fantasy. I want Palin to be the nominee because it will ensure that the Dems are in control for the next 30 years.
She will be the next president?
What in the hell are you smoking?????
Hey Gary;
Put your hands around your ankles real tight and pull real hard.
That should help clear your head of stupid thoughts an you can breathe better too.
sarah is a winner–you can call her president palin
Do you know what is funny, Cal? I didn’t even have to read your reply to know you were a Sarah Palin “fan.” Do you want to know why, Cal? You don’t use punctuation or capitalization. Cap-it-tal-ee-ZA-shu.
You’re missing the “n” off “Cap-it-tal-ee-ZA-shun”. Glass houses and all.
this isnt a doctoral thesis, its the internet, is that really the best you can come up with?
I believe that last syllable should be “shun”. There is an “n” on the end of the word.
Cap-it-tal-ee-ZA-shu? There’s an N sound at the end of capitalization. If you’re going to make a personal cut on someones grammar, you should make sure you do it right. Otherwise, you might sound like a pompous jackass.
Or “retard.”
I love the namecalling when people run out of actual content.
Sara Palin is a “weener” not winner.
People watch her like those who rubber neck at accidents. They say they don’t want to see the severed head but they look anyway.
What comes out of her mouth now is under such tight control but when she flaps those lips moose crap will emerge; mark my words.
Retard=bad from Rush. Retard from libs why “that’s just hookey dookey”. If the right wants her to run…bring her on…she is a real boob.
What are you smoking?. That woman is only slightly brighter than the dim bulb that currently occupies the Brown House.After Obumbler we need a heck of a lot more than that woman promises. She’s attractive to look at but she aint got what it takes to be President—unless you want another Obumbler or Jimmy Carter type.
we already had a palin for president: gw bush. i don’t want another president that can’t speak english. palin’s sweet, but not too bright.
Obama can speak without reading from a teleprompter.
Those who consider Sarah Palin dumb, are the ones who are truly stupid. Not only is she sharp, she’s well-read.
Sarah is like Jay: You can hate them all you want but at the end of the day, they will come out on top.
Except for that time Palin lost.
Except that she didn’t run McCain did? And you call her dumb! People vote for President, not Vice President.
I didn’t know we were votin’ for Vice Pres. I guess Joe Biden won the Presidential election? Ok, now go on a little rant about how we actually are voting for both as we cast our ballot. Make sure you use big words like “traditionally”.
That was one chapter. Time will tell the true ending….
Ummm, just like a lefty, trying to fit history into your world view. She didn’t lose, the ticket lost, mostly because of John McCain and an ill run campaign. Stop already, your boy is fairly in and isn’t solving anything. Live with that.
McCain lost that one, not Palin.
she really came out on top back in 2008 when she lost the election.
See comments above… *sigh*
Dude, McCain recruited Gov Palin to help his flailing pole numbers. She gave his team a huge boost. He would have won hands down if he had a voting history similar to her very, very popular governing of Alaska. Get a brain man. Gov Palin was the most popular Governor in the country. So what’s wrong with governing accordance with our constitutions?
Read the above, the same applies, just cause you say it loud and often doesn’t make it factual.
I think we all lost that election
You are so STUPID. Sarah has won more than you will ever win, she has accomplished more than you and your whole family did or will in all of the generations that you existed. Wow, what a record you have.
that’s faulty logic- she would be president by now if that were true
How would she be President now if that were true? She never ran? Learn to understand American politics before you comment on them!
Umm.. She didn’t run for President. Just fyi.
your ambiguousness is astounding
Uh Josh, She was running for VP. Now go back to your Wii.
hey lightbulb….she wasn’t running for president.
Games not over yet
Palin couldn’t have won, she was the VP to an Obama fan. President’s are elected and they typically get more air time than their VP’s. Palin actually made the race close, I seen reports showing that Palin gave McCain a 10 point boost.
Leno’s show with Palin will win. The people that hate her will watch to see her stumble (or hope she stumbles) and the people that love her will watch. Those two groups likely make up 87% of the viewing public.
Romney is a very capable guy, but not entertaining. He’s great at running a business, but so was Perot and Perot was more entertaining.
Jeez, it was refreshing to see a post here by an adult for a change. Your analysis is spot on.
Romeny has that resume, he’d be pretty damn qualified to run the country.
Maybe having a president who has actually run a business, knows how to budget, and has actually been responsible for something bigger than himself would be a good thing.
The amateurs in Washington now obviously have no clue about business, or they would not be demonizing the very thing that drives our economy and holds the future of our economic recovery.
I predict Jay Leno wins the ratings for that night. Palin rules!
The only thing that Sarah Palin rules at is giving women a bad name. Who would want an idiot for president? Not I.
I be sure to watch Leno’s show. I like Mitt but I like Sarah better and I don’t like Letterman at all.
AMEN
Romney scores higher in polls among Republicans and all voters for preference for candidate for President. Palin draws more crowds and sells more books.
Why? Palin is personally more popular, but there is a large portion of the public that does not like her at all (mostly women). No one hates Mitt Romney but no one loves him either.
My guess is that Palin pulls in more viewers, but that she does not get the nomination. I don’t think Romney will either (Tea Partiers distrust him on RomneyCare, big government RINO-ism, softness on size/scope of government).
The tonight show is dead. Letterman rules!
How could a woman who quit her job representing the people of her state to concentrate on other “more important” things such as her book tour and speaking to Sean Hannity once a week be a serious presidential candidate? Not to mention attending four colleges to earn a degree. Anyone who would vote for her is fucking retarded and I truly believe there would be a mass exodus of intelligent people out of this country should Palin be elected president. i wouldn’t trust her to walk my dog
Whiskey – Can you explain to me the contradiction between the (good) points you made in the first and 3rd sentences?
Well, of course Leno’s going to have Palin on. Jay’s going to keep trotting out all of his old shticks (*yawn*), and doing a round of Jaywalking-with-Palin is an obvious choice. Making fun of idiots is his stock in trade.
LET THE RACE TO MEDIOCRITY BEGIN!!!
I can’t wait until O’Brien manages to get himself back on TV so I dump all over him.
I had heard that Adam Lambert was going to be on Leno the same night as Palin. I guess that ship has sailed.
Ummm. Did anyone notice that Sarah Palin isn’t Jay’s only guest?
The guest with real accomplishments, real drive, and a real work ethic is Shaun White. He also has an appeal that just doesn’t quit.
White for the win.
Who? Do you think people will be talking that day around the water coolers that he’s going to be on Leno that night? It will be because of Palin that Leno wins the night….reality has come a’callin’. Face it like a man.
Palin is MORE ENTERTAINING. She should win. Saying that, I don’t want the MOST ENTERTAINING as my next President. I want the MOST CAPABLE and QUALIFIED. That leaves PALIN at the bottom of the list.
ROMNEY / DeMINT in 2012!
Palin will win that night, but it isn’t because she’s taken more seriously for President. It’s because she is media buzz personified. Her stupid comments do nothing but make people want to watch to see what she says next. She’s the Jessica Simpson of politics.
Anyone else notice the representation of these stars? Letterman’s getting Damon, who’s repped by Patrick Whitesell at WME…Only WME star on Leno’s first week is Jason Reitman. Anyone else think Ari Emmanuel might be trying to blackball Jay for screwing over his client?
Everybody knows this is just Leno trying to rebuild his audience, unless he really zings her like Kimmel did to Leno I can’t see this having any long term effect on Leno’s ratings, we all know the first week Leno’s ratings will be huge. I’ll be more interested the week after to see what the ratings are like, I predict Leno will plummet and Letterman will stay steady
Yep, jerks like jerks. Letterman will last until the trashmouth jerks wise up.
Even if Sarah brings in more viewers to Jay, that does not mean she is a lock for the Republican nomination. Palin doesn’t have a chance in hell to get the nomination. She bombed with mainstream Republicans and Independents which will be critical votes for the GOP nominee to get in 2012. She will be like Huckabee. She will win a few small states but she won’t have what it takes to win over the mainstream Republicans and Independents in the big states.