PALIN'S GIG WITH FOX MEANS SHE'S NOT RUNNING FOR POTUS; SHE'S GONNA BE THE NEXT RUSH, O'REILLY AND OPRAH ALL ROLLED UP INTO ONE

MEMEORANDUM HAS THE ROUND UP OF ALL THE NEWS AND OPINION ON PALIN'S DEAL WITH FOX.

• MY PREDICTION IS THAT THIS IS JUST THE WARM-UP, THE DRESS REHEARSAL, AND THE SHAKEDOWN CRUISE FOR HER CAREER AS THE NEXT RUSH AND O'REILLY AND OPRAH ALL ROLLED UP INTO ONE.

• I PREDICT THAT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS O'REILLY WILL RETIRE AND THAT PALIN WILL REPLACE HIM WITH A MORE OPRAH-LIKE PRIME-TIME SHOW AND THAT IT WILL BE A HUGE HIT.

SHE'D REACH MILLIONS EVERY NIGHT AND BE AS INFLUENTIAL AS RUSH AND O'REILLY AND OPRAH ALL ROLLED UP INTO ONE.

THAT'S AS GOOD AS BEING POTUS. FOR A LOT MORE MONEY AND WITH A LOT LESS HEADACHES.

I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE THING THAT COULD BE BETTER THAN PALIN HAVING A PRIME TIME SHOW OF HER OWN ON FOX:

OBAMA HAVING ONE ON CNN STARTING IN 2012!

UPDATE: MAYBE PALIN CAN ALSO REPLACE COWELL ON IDOL?