Breaking News: It’s all relative

After watching in-depth coverage of each candidate’s 9th cousin, three-times removed, I decided to conduct the first ever Greene Room poll:

17% of Democratic voters nationwide say that they will vote for Barack because he is a distant cousin of Brad Pitt – the Brad Factor is outpacing the Oprah Effect in bringing women voters to his campaign.

22% of Democrats support Hillary because Angelina Jolie is in her family tree – sources close to her campaign are urging Hillary to get lip injections to help male voters see more of a resemblance.

13% of voters will not vote for McCain because he has no celebrity relatives, but that’s okay because 34% of Democrats who are still loyal to Jennifer Aniston will be voting for the Republican nominee.

Given the nature of the National Enquiresque-like coverage of the election, you never know what nonsense will be scrutinized for an entire day week. Let’s see how much airtime the Clinton and Obama economic speeches will get today. What would happen if the media only covered the serious issues at stake, provided unbiased and accurate analysis of each candidate’s experience and plans, or just simply stopped focusing on the inside baseball horserace angle? Oh yeah, Hillary would be the front-runner.

As MJ said, "I’m talking to the man woman in the mirror…," because I too am guilty of sensationalizing the race in some of my on-air commentary, but the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem.