Alaskan Idol
by digby
If Sarah Palin is a serious presidential contender, this could be the final transition from a traditional presidential campaign to a full fledged American Idol style election:
The former Alaska governor is teaming with uber-producer Mark Burnett (“Survivor”) to shop a reality series about her home state, network sources confirm. Palin and Burnett made the rounds at least three of the major broadcasters (NBC, ABC and Fox) while in Los Angeles for her taping of “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” this week.
Palin and her family would be on-camera in the show, which one executive described as “‘Planet Earth’ meets Alaska meets her family,” referring to Discovery’s high-definition nature hit.
“There’s an awful lot of interest in her,” one executive said. “As a short-order series, it might work. It would depend on what kind of footage you get.”
Oh, I think we have a hint. Remember the footage of her fixing cheese dogs and moose chili for the kids in her business suit?
Or how about this?
Don’t underestimate the appeal of this. After all, we are already voting for presidents on the basis of whether or not you want to have a beer with them. She could be the first Reality TV president.
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