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...poll showed him attracting Perot-like presidential support, in the low teens. And the temptation is understandable, because the barrier between politics and media stardom has been getting more porous. Al Franken went from SNL star to radio host to Senator. Mike Huckabee has a show on Fox News. Sarah Palin left Alaska's governorship to be an author and a media gadfly. Glenn Beck recently announced a political-activist movement involving a "100-year plan" for America...
...instance, unlike elected, Wall Street--tied conservatives, media conservatives could full-throatedly embrace, and be embraced by, the conservative-libertarian tea-party phenomenon, which Fox News has practically owned. This should worry the officeholding GOP: a December Rasmussen poll found that if the Tea Party were an actual party, it would win more votes for Congress than Republicans would. Fox News and the tea parties may now be hotter political brands than...
...fact, that raises the question, Is there more power to be gained by influencing politics from the outside than by running for office? Fox News chief Roger Ailes recently knocked down rumors that he was considering a presidential run, and no wonder. Running the network, he has more influence on conservatism than John Boehner or Michael Steele does. Besides, talk is cheap, but politics is expensive. One of America's most successful media figures turned politician is New York City's Michael Bloomberg--a mogul rather than a screen personality--and he was barely able to buy a third term...
Sources: ABC News; NPR; Huffington Post; Reuters...